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US Waged Cyberattack on Database Used by Iran to Target Tankers: NY Times
2019-08-29 14:19

The United States staged a secret cyberattack in June against a database used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to plot attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf, The New York Times reported....

Sizing Up Impact of U.S. Cyberattack Against Iran
2019-08-28 22:18

New York Times: Database Used to Plot Attacks on Oil Tankers Wiped OutThe United States' June cyberattack against Iran wiped out a critical database used by the nation's paramilitary arm to plan...

Iran-Linked APT34 Invites Victims to LinkedIn for Fresh Malware Infections
2019-07-19 21:30

The group was posing as a researcher from Cambridge, and was found to have added three new malware families to its spy arsenal.

Iran-Linked Malware Shared by USCYBERCOM First Seen in December 2016: Kaspersky
2019-07-08 20:54

Iran-linked malware uploaded to VirusTotal last week by United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) was first observed in Dec 2016 and Jan 2017, according to security firm Kaspersky.  read more

Iran's blame-it-on-Bitcoin 'leccy shortage probably isn't a US hack cover story... yet
2019-06-28 18:45

But just imagine Stuxnet: Consumer Edition Comment Iran claims that recent surges in electricity demand, leading to blackouts and brownouts, were caused by too many cryptocurrency miners’...

Iran-linked APT33 Shakes Up Cyberespionage Tactics
2019-06-26 19:33

After a March report exposed Iran-linked APT33's infrastructure and operations, the cyberespionage group has adopted new tactics and techniques.

Iran is doing to our networks what it did to our spy drone, claims Uncle Sam: Now they're bombing our hard drives
2019-06-24 19:35

Tehran's hackers are 'wiping' infected machines as tensions spike, fresh sanctions approved Hackers operating on behalf of the Iranian government have turned destructive, warns the US Department...

Iran Targeting U.S. With Destructive Wipers, Warns DHS
2019-06-24 13:52

The Department of Homeland Security is warning that U.S. agencies are being targeted by Iranian-backed cyberattacks with destructive wiper malware.