U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign

U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign

U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign Oct 18, 2024Ravie LakshmananCyber Intelligence / Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have warned about a year-long campaign undertaken by Iranian cyber actors to infiltrate critical infrastructure organizations via brute-force attacks. Read more…

Election Interference and Cybercrimes

U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes

U.S. Charges Three Iranian Nationals for Election Interference and Cybercrimes U.S. federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian nationals who are allegedly employed with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their targeting of current and former officials to steal sensitive data. The Department of Justice (DoJ) Read more…

Iranian MOIS-Linked Hackers Behind Destructive Attacks on Albania and Israel

Iranian MOIS-Linked Hackers Behind Destructive Attacks on Albania and Israel

Iranian MOIS-Linked Hackers Behind Destructive Attacks on Albania and Israel An Iranian threat actor affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been attributed as behind destructive wiping attacks targeting Albania and Israel under the personas Homeland Justice and Karma, respectively. Cybersecurity firm Check Point is tracking the Read more…

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms and Individuals Tied to Cyber Attacks

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms and Individuals Tied to Cyber Attacks

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms and Individuals Tied to Cyber Attacks The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned two firms and four individuals for their involvement in malicious cyber activities on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command (IRGC-CEC) from at least Read more…

Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks

U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks

U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks Feb 03, 2024NewsroomIntelligence Agency / Cyber Security The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against six officials associated with the Iranian intelligence agency for attacking critical infrastructure entities in the U.S. and other countries. The Read more…

Iranian Hackers Masquerade as Journalists to Spy on Israel-Hamas War Experts

Iranian Hackers Masquerade as Journalists to Spy on Israel-Hamas War Experts

Iranian Hackers Masquerade as Journalists to Spy on Israel-Hamas War Experts Jan 18, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence High-profile individuals working on Middle Eastern affairs at universities and research organizations in Belgium, France, Gaza, Israel, the U.K., and the U.S. have been targeted by an Iranian cyber espionage group called Read more…