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Google Threat Analysis Group

The Iranian national flag is seen outside the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters during the agency’s Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on March 1, 2021. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran increases phishing attempts on U.S., Israeli targets

APT42 targeted the Biden and Trump presidential campaigns from May to June, Google researchers found.
This picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardments over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Google: Iranian, regional hacking operations that target Israel remain opportunistic but focused

Objectives from the hacking groups include espionage, information operations or destructive activities, researchers say.
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An operator of the volunteer organization ‘Postup’ controls the flight of an UAV carrying a metal detector to search for mines near the town of Derhachi, Kharkiv region, on October 1, 2023. (SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

Russian hackers offered phony drone training to exploit WinRAR vulnerability

Despite an August patch, Russian and Chinese state-backed hackers are using a vulnerability in the popular software to carry out espionage.
Mourners pay tributes at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the deadly Halloween crowd surge, outside a subway station in the district of Itaewon in Seoul on November 1, 2022. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korean hackers exploit Itaewon tragedy to infiltrate South Korean targets

The notorious hacking group used the Halloween tragedy that killed more than 150 people to trick South Koreans into downloading malware.
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