Malek Team
Malek Team is a nation-state APT group with a financial motive, tracked by Brandefense. It targets organisations in Israel. It uses 3 MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
- Techniques
- 3
- Exploited CVEs
- No CVE data
- First seen
- Oct 8, 2023
- Last seen
- Dec 31, 2023
- Record updated
Who They Target.
About Malek Team.
Malek Team is an Iranian-linked threat actor that emerged in October 2023. The group operates as a cyber persona under Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and is formally linked to the BlackShadow campaign and the Agrius APT framework. Malek Team conducts hack-and-leak operations and influence operations primarily targeting Israeli entities. Notable attacks include Ono Academic College (October 2023) and Ziv Medical Center (December 2023). The Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), together with Shin Bet and the IDF, officially attributed this actor to the Iranian government. The group employs data theft and extortion tactics aimed at sowing chaos, weakening social cohesion, and eroding public trust in national institutions.
Last updated Jun 18, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.