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Why Iranian Hackers Are Emerging As A Threat To US Critical Infrastructure
When people imagine cyber warfare, many often picture dramatic outcomes. The lights go out. The water turns toxic. Those scenarios are real risks. But they are not the only objective, and often not the main one. The real strategic value is access.
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How Cryptocurrencies Are Aiding Iran Amid War With US-Israel
More than $10 million worth of cryptocurrencies left Iranian exchange platforms since first day of Israeli-US airstrikes on Iran.
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FBI Warns Iranian Hackers Using Telegram In Dangerous Malware Attacks
The FBI has warned that Iranian hackers are using Telegram-based malware to spy on global targets, including journalists and dissidents, by gaining remote access to their devices.
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Hackers Target Iran's State TV To Air Footage Supporting Exiled Crown Prince
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not "point your weapons at the people," footage online showed early Monday.
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Pro-Israel Hackers Steal $90 Million In Iranian Crypto Heist, Then Lose All
The group on June 18 said it hacked the Nobitex exchange, a day after claiming it had destroyed data at Iran's state-owned Bank Sepah.
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Iranian Hackers Looking At US Election Websites Ahead Of Polls: Microsoft
An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting US election-related websites and American media outlets as election day nears, according to a Microsoft blog published on Wednesday.
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US Alleges Iranian Hackers Sent Stolen Trump Info To Biden Campaign
US authorities on Wednesday said Iranian cyberattackers had offered "stolen, non-public" material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign to staff for his then White House rival, Joe Biden.
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Microsoft Blames Iranian State Actors for Cyberattack on Charlie Hebdo
US computing giant Microsoft said Friday that it had identified Iranian state actors as those behind the recent cyberattack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Clint Watts, the general manager of Microsoft's Digital Threat Analysis Center, said that the hackers, who called themselves "Holy Souls," were Iranian cybersecurity firm Emennet Pa...
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FBI Director Claims Iranian Hackers Attempted to Target Boston Hospital Last Year to Disrupt Services
FBI Director Christopher Wray recently claimed in his speech at the Boston College that Hackers sponsored by the Iranian government last year attempted a ‘despicable’ cyberattack against Boston Children's Hospital that threatened to disrupt services to patients.
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Facebook Says Iranian Hackers Targeted US, Europe Defence Workers Using Fake Accounts
Facebook said on Thursday that it has disrupted an Iran-based cyber espionage operation targeting defence and aerospace workers in Europe and the US.
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Facebook Says Suspected Iranian Hackers Behind US Election Threats Operated in 2019
Iranian hackers suspected of emailing threatening messages to US voters last week and spreading false information about compromised election systems ran a disinformation campaign last year targeting the Middle East, Facebook said on Tuesday.
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Chinese, Iranian Hackers Targeted Biden, Trump Campaigns: Google
State-backed hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden, a senior Google security official said on Thursday. The same official said Iranian hackers had recently targeted email accounts belonging to Republican President Donald Trump's campaign staff.
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US Government Website Briefly Defaced by 'Iranian Hackers'
The website of a US government agency Federal Depository Library Program was briefly defaced by a group calling itself "Iran Cyber Security Group Hackers".
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Russia Dismisses Hacking Reports as 'Unsavoury'
Moscow on Thursday dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organisations in dozens of countries as an "unsavoury" interpretation of a security report.
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Russian Group Hijacked Iranian Spying Operation, Officials Say
Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and US officials said on Monday.
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Why Iranian Hackers Are Emerging As A Threat To US Critical Infrastructure
When people imagine cyber warfare, many often picture dramatic outcomes. The lights go out. The water turns toxic. Those scenarios are real risks. But they are not the only objective, and often not the main one. The real strategic value is access.
-
How Cryptocurrencies Are Aiding Iran Amid War With US-Israel
More than $10 million worth of cryptocurrencies left Iranian exchange platforms since first day of Israeli-US airstrikes on Iran.
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FBI Warns Iranian Hackers Using Telegram In Dangerous Malware Attacks
The FBI has warned that Iranian hackers are using Telegram-based malware to spy on global targets, including journalists and dissidents, by gaining remote access to their devices.
-
Hackers Target Iran's State TV To Air Footage Supporting Exiled Crown Prince
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not "point your weapons at the people," footage online showed early Monday.
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Pro-Israel Hackers Steal $90 Million In Iranian Crypto Heist, Then Lose All
The group on June 18 said it hacked the Nobitex exchange, a day after claiming it had destroyed data at Iran's state-owned Bank Sepah.
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Iranian Hackers Looking At US Election Websites Ahead Of Polls: Microsoft
An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting US election-related websites and American media outlets as election day nears, according to a Microsoft blog published on Wednesday.
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US Alleges Iranian Hackers Sent Stolen Trump Info To Biden Campaign
US authorities on Wednesday said Iranian cyberattackers had offered "stolen, non-public" material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign to staff for his then White House rival, Joe Biden.
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Microsoft Blames Iranian State Actors for Cyberattack on Charlie Hebdo
US computing giant Microsoft said Friday that it had identified Iranian state actors as those behind the recent cyberattack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Clint Watts, the general manager of Microsoft's Digital Threat Analysis Center, said that the hackers, who called themselves "Holy Souls," were Iranian cybersecurity firm Emennet Pa...
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FBI Director Claims Iranian Hackers Attempted to Target Boston Hospital Last Year to Disrupt Services
FBI Director Christopher Wray recently claimed in his speech at the Boston College that Hackers sponsored by the Iranian government last year attempted a ‘despicable’ cyberattack against Boston Children's Hospital that threatened to disrupt services to patients.
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Facebook Says Iranian Hackers Targeted US, Europe Defence Workers Using Fake Accounts
Facebook said on Thursday that it has disrupted an Iran-based cyber espionage operation targeting defence and aerospace workers in Europe and the US.
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Facebook Says Suspected Iranian Hackers Behind US Election Threats Operated in 2019
Iranian hackers suspected of emailing threatening messages to US voters last week and spreading false information about compromised election systems ran a disinformation campaign last year targeting the Middle East, Facebook said on Tuesday.
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Chinese, Iranian Hackers Targeted Biden, Trump Campaigns: Google
State-backed hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden, a senior Google security official said on Thursday. The same official said Iranian hackers had recently targeted email accounts belonging to Republican President Donald Trump's campaign staff.
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US Government Website Briefly Defaced by 'Iranian Hackers'
The website of a US government agency Federal Depository Library Program was briefly defaced by a group calling itself "Iran Cyber Security Group Hackers".
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Russia Dismisses Hacking Reports as 'Unsavoury'
Moscow on Thursday dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organisations in dozens of countries as an "unsavoury" interpretation of a security report.
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Russian Group Hijacked Iranian Spying Operation, Officials Say
Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and US officials said on Monday.
