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Breaking into a website, or seizing its domain name and redirecting the domain, is rarely a long-lasting attack, but it usually causes embarrassment, and, at a technical level, highlights gaps in website security. Iran's online attack capabilities are well developed, and using hack attacks avoids bullet-and-missile exchanges against the U.S., with many experts noting that Iran would be unlikely to win such a fight.
While the notice did not mention any specific threat against the U.S., it did note that "Iran maintains a robust cyber program and can execute cyber attacks against the United States. Iran is capable, at a minimum, of carrying out attacks with temporary disruptive effects against critical infrastructure in the United States." Tom Kellermann, the head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware, who served as a cybersecurity adviser to the Obama administration, says that a retaliatory cyber strike by Iran is almost assured.
Iran's response to the recent U.S. airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, a senior Iranian military commander, could include cyberattacks, and organizations should be prepared to prevent and respond to attacks, cybersecurity professionals have warned. Tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following Soleimani's death and Iran has vowed revenge.
Iran has vowed "Severe revenge" against the United States for killing top commander Qasem Soleimani and will likely use its experience of asymmetric warfare to strike back at its arch foe. "We can't predict what direction Iran will choose to go in. But what we do know is that Iran acts in a calculated manner and takes very deliberate steps," said Ariane Tabatabai, associate political scientist at the Rand Corporation, a policy think tank in California.
Iran's telecommunications minister announced on Sunday that the country has defused a second cyberattack in less than a week, this time “aimed at spying on government intelligence." read more
Here's a rundown of some of the Middle East's cyber argy-bargy Iran claims to have staved off a major cyber attack on its national infrastructure, a couple of months after the Middle Eastern...
An Iranian minster said Wednesday the Islamic republic had recently thwarted a "highly organiz ed cyber attack" targeting its e-government infrastructure. read more
Learning points, not an instruction manual Black Hat 2019 Faking digital evidence during a cyber attack – planting a false flag – is simple if you know how, as noted infosec veteran Jake Williams...
ZeroCleare wipes up where Shamoon left off An Iran-based hacking crew long known to target energy facilities in neighboring Middle Eastern countries is believed to be launching new attacks.…
Likely the work of APT34, ZeroCleare is bent on destruction and disruption, rather than information-stealing.