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US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and Mexican Security Secretary Rosa Icela Rodriguez at the State Department in Washington on October 13. Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

DHS warns of malicious AI use against critical infrastructure

The DHS report warns of state-backed hackers using AI for both malware development and election interference.

Sep 14, 2023 By Christian Vasquez

Iranian flag waving with cityscape on background in Tehran, Iran. (Sir Francis Canker Photography/Getty Images)

Microsoft: Iranian espionage campaign targeted satellite and defense sectors

Tehran's latest hacking activity involves easy-to-detect techniques to gain access and then pivoting to stealthier methods.

Sep 14, 2023 By AJ Vicens

A portrait of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained on the grounds she did not comply with the headscarf rules, near the Iranian consulate on Oct. 31, 2022, in İstanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Omer Kuscu/ dia images via Getty Images)

Hackers push anti-Iranian government messages to millions via breached app

The apparent hack comes just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian woman who died in police custody.

Sep 1, 2023 By AJ Vicens

Unmasking crypto crime: An analysis of China and Iran

Experts explore the growing influence of cryptocurrency in Iran and China, shedding light on large-scale mining operations, money laundering and fentanyl trafficking.

Aug 23, 2023 By Scoop News Group

Cloud or data center. (mesh cube/Getty Images)

US internet hosting company appears to facilitate global cybercrime, researchers say

Cloudzy, an internet hosting company with a New York phone number, may aiding hackers from Iran, Russia and North Korea.

Aug 1, 2023 By AJ Vicens

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a meeting with Cuba’s president Miguel Diaz Canel (out of frame) at the Revolution Palace in Havana, on June 15, 2023. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

The potent cyber adversary threatening to further inflame Iranian politics

A group calling itself GhyamSarnegouni has entered the Iranian cyber fray with a damaging hack-and-leak operation against the government.

Jun 26, 2023 By AJ Vicens

The U.S. Department of Justice. (bpperry/Getty Images)

Justice and Commerce Department ‘strike force’ target theft of quantum, autonomous technologies

A series of criminal cases took aim at individuals seeking to help China, Russia and Iran gain access to sensitive U.S. tech.

May 16, 2023 By Tonya Riley

People march with Iranian flags and with signs during a rally marking Al-Quds Day (Jerusalem), a commemorative day held annually on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan by an initiative started by late Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran on April 14, 2023. (Photo by AFP / Getty Images)

Microsoft says Iranian hackers combine influence ops with hacking for maximum impact

Many of the 24 cyber-enabled Iranian influence operations Microsoft detected in 2022 were intended to further Iran's Mideast political agenda.

May 2, 2023 By AJ Vicens

Protests in Iran, which started with the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after being detained on the grounds that she did not comply with the headscarf rules, continue at the Iranian consulate on October 31, 2022 in İstanbul, Turkey. (Omer Kuscu/ dia images via Getty Images)

Iran-linked hackers used fake Atlantic Council-affiliated persona to target human rights researchers

A persona dubbed Sara Shokouhi recycled photos of a Russian psychologist and tarot card reader to pose as a Middle East-focused researcher

Mar 9, 2023 By AJ Vicens

An Israeli flag flies in a street in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the patriarches, in the occupied West Bank town of Hebron, on May 26, 2022. (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel blames prolific Iranian-linked hacking group for February university hack

MuddyWater has been attacking targets around the world for years, according to the U.S. and other western governments.

Mar 8, 2023 By AJ Vicens