- Security
- By George Dascalu
- July 30th, 2021
Iranian Hackers Posed as Aerobics Instructors to Target Aerospace Employees
An Iranian state-sponsored cybercrime gang targets defense contractor's employee to infect its computer with malware
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- July 30th, 2021
Massive Cyberattack Led to Khaos in Iranian Train System
Meteor, a previously undiscovered wiper malware, was used by cybercriminals to cripple Iran's train infrastructure
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- July 13th, 2021
New Phishing Attacks Targeting Professors and Writers in the Middle East
New sophisticated hacking scheme using a University of London website to collect sensitive data is exposed
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- June 23rd, 2021
U.S. Seizes Iranian State-linked News Websites
Possible breach of sovereignty following websites seizure
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- June 15th, 2021
Iranian State-sponsored Cybercriminal Hacked Israeli Chief-of-Staff
A cybercriminal working for Tehran launched cyberattacks on 1,800 influential people around the world
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- May 27th, 2021
Data Wiper Malware Disguised as Ransomware Targets Israeli Entities
Iranian cybercriminals attacks Israeli Entities
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- May 4th, 2021
State-Sponsored Successor to "Project Signal" Ransomware Campaign Discovered
Researchers from Flashpoint have uncovered a Ransomware campaign in Iran spread via Emen Net Pasergard (ENP)
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 5th, 2020
Hackers Deface US Government Website, Post Image of Donald Trump Hit in the Face
Hacking group claiming to act on behalf of Iran
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- March 28th, 2019
Microsoft Seizes Domains Used by Phosphorus Hacking Group
A total of 99 domains now direct to a sinkhole
- Mobile World
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- December 6th, 2018
Huawei's CFO Arrested in Canada, Faces US Extradition
Wanzhou Meng detained for breaching Iran trade sanctions
- Web / Internet Life
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 26th, 2018
Facebook Removed 82 Iranian Pages, Groups, Accounts Posing as US or UK citizens
Roughly 1 million US, UK users followed the removed accounts
- Online Surveillance
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 30th, 2016
Iran Begins to Roll Out Its Own National Internet
Iran was serious about creating its own Internet
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 29th, 2016
Malware Not to Blame for Recent Fires at Iranian Petrochemical Plants
Iran officials: This is not a Stuxnet-like incident
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 3rd, 2016
New Cyber-Espionage Group Targets Syrian Dissidents
Clues say group activates within Iran's borders
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 3rd, 2016
Cyber-Espionage Group Scraped Telegram for the Phone Numbers of Iranian Users
Tens of accounts hacked by Rocket Kitten hackers
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 29th, 2016
Security Firm Hijacks Cyber-Espionage Server Infrastructure from Iranian APT
Decade-long cyber-espionage campaign comes to a sudden halt
- Cyber Espionage
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 29th, 2016
OilRig Cyber-Espionage Campaign Targets Saudi Arabia's Banks and Defense Sector
Threat group deploys new backdoor named Helminth