As I reported over the weekend, the multidimensional cyber warfare playing out in the Middle East has taken a shape we have not seen at this scale before—a mix of military offensive and defensive capabilities with state-sponsored attacks on civilian targets
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Iranian use more than two tons of narcotics every day
Iranians use more than two metric tons of narcotic drugs per day, a member of Majles (Iran’s parliament) has cited the head of Drug Control Headquarters (DCH), Eskandar Momeni as saying. The spokesman of parliament’s judicial and legal committee, Hassan Norouzi disclosed on Sunday, July 14, that the DCH head told members…
Iran Regime uses Linkedin to recruit spies
The risk that hostile intelligence services will use LinkedIn as a recruitment tool has been widely reported. One such report, by Mika Aaltola at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs published in June 2019, focused on Chinese activity on LinkedIn
U.S. military sends warning about potential hacks by Iran Regime
US Cyber Command has issued a warning – a very public warning on its Twitter account – that it has found the “active malicious use” of a vulnerability within Microsoft Outlook that the Iranian regime appears to be linked to
Iran regime is the main threat to cyber security in the Middle East
Iran and its emissaries continue to be the main cyber threat to the Middle East,” Unna said. “Israel is prepared for cyber threats. We have the ability to respond with strength against the attacks, not necessarily in the same medium they attacked
Iran increased cyber attacks against U.S. in recent weeks
Cybersecurity firms say Iran has increased its offensive cyberattacks against the U.S. government and critical infrastructure as tensions have grown between the two nations
Iranian hackers try to infiltrate a number of U.S. organizations
Three cybersecurity firms have said that they’ve seen Iranian hackers try to infiltrate a number of US organizations over the past few weeks, as tensions between the two nations continue to rise
Iranian hackers launch new campaign against U.S.
Analysts at two security firms, Crowdstrike and Dragos, tell WIRED that they’ve seen a new campaign of targeted phishing emails sent to a variety of US targets last week from a hacker group known by the names APT33, Magnallium, or Refined Kitten and widely believed to be working in the service of the Iranian government
Iran Regime caught spreading misinformation against MEK
Twitter on Thursday said it removed thousands of accounts linked to coordinated, state-backed activities it believes were from the Iranian regime and archived them to its public database launched last year
Twitter deletes Iranian accounts used to spread propaganda
Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government’s agenda
Cyber threat from Iran Regime
The Iranian regime has ratcheted up its threats against the US and its rivals in the Middle East. A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander last month warned that the American military presence in the Gulf is a target
