Iran intelligence backdoored US bank, airport, software outfit networks post, maart 5, 2026maart 9, 2026 An Iranian cyber crew believed to be part of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been embedded in multiple US companies’ networks – including a bank, software firm, and airport, among others – since the beginning of February, with more activity in the days following the US… Continue Reading
How Israel hacked Iran’s traffic cameras to pinpoint Khamenei post, maart 3, 2026maart 4, 2026 Israel is said to have hacked into Iran’s traffic camera networks to spy on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian officials for years before his assassination on Saturday and the US-Israel air strikes, as part of an operation that involved cyber intrusion, human intelligence, and advanced data analytics. Nearly all the… Continue Reading
Iran-Linked MuddyWater Targets 100+ Organisations in Global Espionage Campaign post, oktober 22, 2025oktober 23, 2025 The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new campaign that has leveraged a compromised email account to distribute a backdoor called Phoenix to various organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including over 100 government entities. The end goal of the campaign is to… Continue Reading
Manufacturing Security: Why Default Passwords Must Go post, juli 7, 2025 If you didn’t hear about Iranian hackers breaching US water facilities, it’s because they only managed to control a single pressure station serving 7,000 people. What made this attack noteworthy wasn’t its scale, but how easily the hackers gained access — by simply using the manufacturer’s default password “1111.” This narrow escape… Continue Reading
‘Cyber Fattah’ Hacktivist Group Leaks Saudi Games Data post, juni 27, 2025 As tensions in the Middle East rise, hacktivist groups are coming out of the woodwork with their own agendas, leading to notable shifts in the hacktivist threat landscape. A pro-Iranian hacktivist group known as Cyber Fattah leaked thousands of records containing information about visitors and athletes from past Saudi Games events. Saudi… Continue Reading
Department of Homeland Security Warns of Iranian Cyberattacks Following Devastating Strikes On Nuclear Sites post, juni 22, 2025juni 23, 2025 Following President Donald Trump’s “massive precision strikes” on Iran’s Nuclear facilities, concerns are mounting over the safety of Americans both abroad and at home—especially amid fears of retaliatory cyberattacks. The United States launched strikes on three sites in Iran early Sunday, marking a significant escalation in Israel’s ongoing conflict aimed… Continue Reading
Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations post, november 15, 2024februari 24, 2025 Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. Cybersecurity company Check Point has codenamed the malware WezRat, stating it has been detected in the wild since at least September 1,… Continue Reading
U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign post, oktober 18, 2024 Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have warned about a year-long campaign undertaken by Iranian cyber actors to infiltrate critical infrastructure organizations via brute-force attacks. “Since October 2023, Iranian actors have used brute force and password spraying to compromise user accounts and obtain access to organizations… Continue Reading
Iran’s APT34 Abuses MS Exchange to Spy on Gulf Gov’ts post, oktober 17, 2024juli 3, 2025 A MOIS-aligned threat group has been using Microsoft Exchange servers to exfiltrate sensitive data from Gulf-state government agencies. An Iranian threat actor has been ramping up its espionage against Gulf-state government entities, particularly those within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). APT34 (aka Earth Simnavaz, OilRig, MuddyWater, Crambus, Europium, Hazel Sandstorm)… Continue Reading
Three Iranian Hackers Charged for Influencing Trump Election Campaign post, september 30, 2024 The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against three Iranian nationals linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their alleged involvement in a “hack-and-leak” operation aimed at influencing the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The accused, Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, and Yaser Balaghi, are charged with a… Continue Reading