Security News > 2023 > December > Microsoft: Hackers target defense firms with new FalseFont malware
Microsoft says the APT33 Iranian cyber-espionage group is using recently discovered FalseFont backdoor malware to attack defense contractors worldwide.
"Microsoft has observed the Iranian nation-state actor Peach Sandstorm attempting to deliver a newly developed backdoor named FalseFont to individuals working for organizations in the Defense Industrial Base sector," the company said.
In September, Microsoft warned of another campaign coordinated by the APT33 threat group that targeted thousands of organizations worldwide, including in the defense sector, in extensive password spray attacks since February 2023.
An Iran-linked hacking group dubbed DEV-0343 by researchers at Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center also attacked U.S. and Israeli defense tech companies two years ago, according to an October 2012 Microsoft report.
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