The Patching Friars' AlmanacA calendar of CVE saints
ReginHoly card for d-regin, generated with AI (Claude, Anthropic) for the Lunario dei Frati Patchatori.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 GSM Regin SILENTIUM AETERNUM
🤖 Image and text generated with AI

⬇ Download holy card: ·

Embed on your site

Circle V · State espionage

The Demon Regin, the Silent One

Legend

Publicly exposed in November 2014 but active since at least 2008, it was a multi-stage, extremely stealthy espionage platform. It targeted telecom operators, governments and researchers, including Belgium's Belgacom, and could monitor GSM networks. The press linked it to Western intelligence services.

Exorcism

Cast it out with deep monitoring of critical telecom infrastructure and active threat hunting. The most valuable systems must be checked even when everything looks normal.

Technical record

Also known as
Prax, QWERTY
Circle
Circle V · State espionage
First seen
c. 2008
Status
Dormant

A highly stealthy, multi-stage espionage platform publicly exposed in November 2014 but active since at least 2008. It targeted telecom operators, governments and researchers, including Belgacom, and could monitor GSM networks. Reporting links it to the Five Eyes intelligence agencies.

Sources: attack.mitre.org · en.wikipedia.org · MITRE ATT&CK reference S0019

© The MITRE Corporation. ATT&CK® information is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation.

📅 Add to your calendar

Saints:Google CalendarApple, Outlook and others (.ics)

Observances (feasts, scourges and miracles):Google CalendarApple, Outlook and others (.ics)

In Google Calendar you can also paste the URL in Settings → Add calendar → From URL. The first sync can take a few hours.