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Iranian Hackers Said to Target Presidential Campaign
2019-10-07 01:34

Microsoft said Friday that hackers linked to the Iranian government targeted a U.S. presidential campaign, as well as government officials, media targets and prominent expatriate Iranians. read more

Iranian Official Denies Plans to Interfere With US Election
2019-10-02 06:27

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is denying his country would interfere with the upcoming U.S. presidential election and says his government doesn’t have a preference in the race. read more

Iranian Hacking Group Continues Targeting Universities
2019-09-12 13:33

'Cobalt Dickens' Group Attempting to Steal Intellectual Property"Cobalt Dickens," a threat group with suspected ties to Iran, is continuing its attempts to steal intellectual property from schools...

Industry Reactions to Iranian Mole Planting Stuxnet: Feedback Friday
2019-09-06 15:32

Yahoo News reported this week that an Iranian mole recruited by Dutch intelligence helped the United States and Israel sabotage Iran’s nuclear program by planting the read more

Iranian Hackers Use New Malware in Recent Attacks
2019-07-19 17:46

The Iran-linked cyber-espionage group OilRig has started using three new malware families in campaigns observed over the past month, FireEye reports. read more

US Cyber Command warns that the Outlook is not so good - Iranians hitting email flaw
2019-07-03 23:51

Government-backed campaign going after bug that was patched in 2017 An ongoing Iranian government-backed hacking campaign is now trying to exploit a Microsoft Outlook flaw from 2017.…

U.S. Cyber Command Warns of Outlook Flaw Exploited by Iranian Hackers
2019-07-03 06:06

The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) on Tuesday warned that it had spotted attacks exploiting a Microsoft Outlook vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-11774 in an effort to deliver malware. read more

Iranian Cyberspies Update Infrastructure Following Recent Report
2019-06-27 14:56

The Iran-linked cyberespionage group APT33 has updated its infrastructure following a March 2019 report detailing its activities, according to researchers from Recorded Future. read more

U.S. Struck Iranian Military Computers This Week: AP Sources
2019-06-23 11:10

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Russia-Linked Hackers Hijack Infrastructure of Iranian Threat Group
2019-06-20 18:11

Russia-Linked Hackers Use New Toolset and Likely Took Over Servers Operated by Iran-Linked "OilRig" Threat Group read more