Iran

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Previously known as Eeleyanet Gostar and Net Peygard Samavat, Emennet Pasargad is an organization that often changes its name to avoid US sanctions, and which is known for providing cybersecurity services to government entities in Iran. In November 2020, the US warned that Iranian hackers exploited known vulnerabilities to access voter registration data, and in…

Malware & Threats, Network Security, Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

“We stand in solidarity with Albania following the recent cyber attack on its national information infrastructure,” NATO allies said. “We strongly condemn such malicious cyber activities designed to destabilise and harm the security of an Ally, and disrupt the daily lives of citizens.” The alliance pledged to “support Albania in strengthening its cyber defence capabilities…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Iranian state media said earlier that the internal computer system of the municipality of Tehran was targeted in a “deliberate” shutdown Thursday in the latest apparent cyber attack in the country. The People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), which is outlawed in Iran, said in a statement that their operatives inside the country had carried out…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Tuesday’s attack “technically” resembles two previous incidents whose perpetrators “were unquestionably our enemies, namely the United States and the Zionist regime”, the Revolutionary Guards’ Gholamreza Jalali said. “We have analysed two incidents, the railway accident and the Shahid Rajaei port accident, and we found that they were similar,” Jalali, who heads a civil defence unit…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown advanced threat actor, probably of Iranian origin, using a previously undocumented RAT targeting largely aerospace and telecommunications organizations. They have named the group MalKamak, and the campaign Operation GhostShell. Cybereason first detected the threat actor engaged in cyber espionage with the unknown remote access trojan – which it called…