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Inside Iran’s Cyber Playbook: AI, Fake Hosting, and Psychological Warfare
2024-11-01 14:09

U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity agencies have published a new advisory attributing an Iranian cyber group to targeting the 2024 Summer Olympics and compromising a French commercial dynamic display...

If you're holding important data, Iran is probably trying spearphish it
2024-09-30 13:35

It's election year for more than 50 countries and the Islamic Republic threatens a bunch of them US and UK national security agencies are jointly warning about Iranian spearphishing campaigns,...

Iran's cyber-goons emailed stolen Trump info to Team Biden – which ignored them
2024-09-19 20:46

To be fair, Joe was probably taking a nap The Iranian cyber snoops who stole files from the Trump campaign, with the intention of leaking those documents, tried to slip the data to the Biden camp...

Iran Cyber Attack: Fox Kitten Facilitates Ransomware in US
2024-09-04 17:01

Read more about an attack campaign led by Iran-based cyberespionage threat actor Fox Kitten, and learn how to protect your company from this threat.

Iran hunts down double agents with fake recruiting sites, Mandiant reckons
2024-08-30 04:27

Farsi-language posts target possibly-pro-Israel individuals Government-backed Iranian actors allegedly set up dozens of fake recruiting websites and social media accounts to hunt down double...

Iran's Pioneer Kitten hits US networks via buggy Check Point, Palo Alto gear
2024-08-28 18:00

The government-backed crew also enjoys ransomware as a side hustle Iranian government-backed cybercriminals have been hacking into US and foreign networks as recently as this month to steal...

Iran named as source of Trump campaign phish, leaks
2024-08-20 06:29

US authorities have named Iran as the likely source of a recent attack on the campaign of the US Republican Party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump. One of those efforts, the statement asserts, resulted in compromise of the Trump campaign and subsequent leaking of documents.

Google raps Iran's APT42 for raining down spear-phishing attacks
2024-08-15 16:25

Google has joined Microsoft in publishing intel on Iranian cyber influence activity following a recent uptick in attacks that led to data being leaked from the Trump re-election campaign. APT42 is largely relying on what Google's TAG calls "Cluster C" phishing activity - distinguished methods that have been in use since 2022, characterized by attempts to impersonate NGOs and "Mailer Daemon."

Trump campaign cites Iran election phish claim as evidence leaked docs were stolen
2024-08-12 05:34

Former US president Donald Trump's re-election campaign has claimed it's been the victim of a cyber attack. The claim was made after US outlet Politico reported an anonymous email account sent it a dossier of information sourced from within the campaign operation, but the entity who sent the docs declined to explain how they came by the info.

Pro-Iran groups lay groundwork for 'chaos and violence' as US election meddling attempts intensify
2024-08-09 13:01

Microsoft says Iran's efforts to influence the November US presidential election have gathered pace recently and there are signs that point toward its intent to incite violence against key figures. "Over the past several months, we have seen the emergence of significant influence activity by Iranian actors," Microsoft said.