U.S. sanctions two Iranian cyber operatives over crackdowns on Mahsa Amini protests
The pair started a cyber training academy that supports Iranian intelligence in the brutal response to protests, the U.S. government said.
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Demonstrators hold placards with the faces of Iranian women Nika Shahkarami and Masha Amini and the words “Woman Life Freedom” written during a rally in support of Iranian protests, in Paris on October 9, 2022, following the death of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in Iran. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images) Geopolitics -
(Getty Images) Technology Fake job listings help suspected Iranian hackers aim at targets in Lebanon
They’re using fake job documents to target victims.
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Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in August 2011 at the Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka base in Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob D. Moore) Government Iran-linked hackers steal sensitive data from US Navy member, researchers say
The server appears to belong to a hacking outfit that IBM calls ITG18, and which overlaps with groups known as Charming Kitten and Phosphorous.
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(Getty) Geopolitics Russian hackers have been mooching off existing OilRig infrastructure
Russian-linked hackers known as the Turla group have been piggybacking on Iranian hackers’ tools and infrastructure for years now to run their own attacks.
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(Getty Images) Technology Yet another hacking group is targeting oil and gas companies, Dragos says
Researchers have dubbed the group Hexane, and they say it has been particularly active in recent months.
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(Getty Images) Government What happens when one APT hijacks another’s infrastructure
Servers, domains and other infrastructure are a contested resource like any other on the internet.
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(getty) Technology How companies – and the hackers themselves – could respond to the OilRig leak
An unknown person or group started doxing the people behind OilRig sometime last month.
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(Getty Images) Geopolitics Right country, wrong group? Researchers say it wasn’t APT10 that hacked Norwegian software firm
The hack of Visma was done by APT10, according to Recorded Future and Rapid7. Or was it? Other researchers say it had all the hallmarks of another China-linked group, APT 31.
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(CyberScoop) Government Well-known Middle Eastern hacking group keeps updating its arsenal
OilRig is staying very active.
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(Getty) Technology A well-known hacking group is getting better at evading detection
A new report focuses on OopsIE, a trojan first tracked earlier this year, being used in spearphishing attacks against a highly targeted a Middle Eastern government agency.