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Pierluigi Paganini October 29, 2020

Iran-linked Phosphorous APT hacked emails of security conference attendees

Iran-linked APT group Phosphorus successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and security conference attendees. Microsoft revealed that Iran-linked APT Phosphorus (aka APT35, Charming Kitten, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and attendees at this year’s Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 (T20) summit. “Today, we’re sharing […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2020

Iran-linked Silent Librarian APT targets universities again

Iran-linked cyberespionage group Silent Librarian has launched a new phishing campaign aimed at universities around the world. Iran-linked APT group Silent Librarian has launched another phishing campaign targeting universities around the world. The Silent Librarian, also tracked as Cobalt Dickens and TA407, targeted tens of universities in four continents in the last couple of years. In […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2020

Iran acknowledged cyberattacks on two governmental departments

Iran ’s cybersecurity authority revealed that two governmental departments were hit by cyberattacks this week, state media reported. State media reported on Thursday that Iran’s cybersecurity authority acknowledged cyberattacks on two unnamed governmental departments. The state-owned IRAN daily newspaper revealed that the cyberattacks took place on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. Iranian authorities are investigating the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2020

Iran-linked APT is exploiting the Zerologon flaw in attacks

Microsoft researchers reported that Iranian cyber espionage group MuddyWater is exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability in attacks in the wild. Microsoft published a post and a series of tweets to warn of cyber attacks exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability carried out by the Iran-linked APT group known as MuddyWater, aka Mercury. The Zerologon vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1472, is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020

Rampant Kitten ‘s arsenal includes Android malware that bypasses 2FA

Security researchers discovered Android malware capable of bypassing 2FA that was developed by an Iran-linked group dubbed Rampant Kitten Security researchers from Check Point discovered an Android malware, developed by an Iran-linked group dubbed Rampant Kitten, that is able to bypass 2FA. Rampant Kitten has been active at least since 2014 and was involved in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2020

US DoJ charges Iranian hackers for attacks on US satellite companies

The US Department of Justice announced the indictment of three Iranian hackers for hacking US aerospace and satellite companies. Three Iranian hackers residing in Iran have been indicted for stealing data from aerospace and satellite tracking companies. The hackers were employed in a coordinated campaign of identity theft and hacking on behalf of Iran’s Islamic […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2020

Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT contacts targets via WhatsApp, LinkedIn

The Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group leveraged on WhatsApp and LinkedIn to carry out phishing attacks, researchers warn. Clearsky security researchers revealed that Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT group is using WhatsApp and LinkedIn to conduct spear-phishing attacks. Iran-linked Charming Kitten group, (aka APT35, Phosphorus, Newscaster, and Ajax Security Team) made the headlines in 2014 when experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2020

Cybercriminal greeners from Iran attack companies worldwide for financial gain

Group-IB has detected financially motivated attacks carried out in June by newbie threat actors from Iran. The attackers used Dharma ransomware and a mix of publicly available tools to target companies in Russia, Japan, China, and India. All the affected organizations had hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials. The hackers typically demanded a ransom between 1-5 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2020

Two more cyber attacks hit Israel’s water facilities in June

In April a cyber attack hit an Israeli water facility, last week, officials revealed two more cyber attacks against other water management facilities. In April an attack hit an Israeli water facility attempting to modify water chlorine levels, last week officials from the Water Authority revealed two more cyber attacks on other facilities in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2020

Iran-linked APT35 accidentally exposed 40 GB associated with their operations

Iran-linked APT35 group accidentally exposed one of its servers, leaving online roughly 40 GB of videos and other files associated with its operations. Researchers at IBM X-Force Incident Response Intelligence Services (IRIS) discovered an unsecured server belonging to Iran-linked APT35 group (aka ITG18, Charming Kitten, Phosphorous, and NewsBeef) containing data for many domains managed by […]

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Iran-linked Phosphorous APT hacked emails of security conference attendees

Iran-linked Silent Librarian APT targets universities again

Iran acknowledged cyberattacks on two governmental departments

Iran-linked APT is exploiting the Zerologon flaw in attacks

Rampant Kitten ‘s arsenal includes Android malware that bypasses 2FA

US DoJ charges Iranian hackers for attacks on US satellite companies

Iran-linked Charming Kitten APT contacts targets via WhatsApp, LinkedIn

Cybercriminal greeners from Iran attack companies worldwide for financial gain

Two more cyber attacks hit Israel’s water facilities in June

Iran-linked APT35 accidentally exposed 40 GB associated with their operations

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