Iranians charged with cyberattacks on US banks, New York damZDNet Security
On April 23, the US Treasury announced it was sanctioning two Iranian companies and four Iranian individuals for conductingmalicious cyberattacksagainst more than a dozen US companies and government organizations. The Treasury alleged that these organizations and individuals had conducted spear phishing, ...
U.S. State Department officials declined to speculate on allegations that Iran was behind the hack, but a spokesperson said it would be in keeping with Tehran’s past use of cyberattacks and deception. “These latest attempts to interfere in U.S. elections are nothing new for the Iranian re...
An unnamed government entity associated with the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) was targeted by a likely Iranian threat actor to breach the victim's Microsoft Exchange Server with a "simple yet effective" backdoor dubbedPowerExchange. According to a new report from Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the...
A recent barrage of hacks on Obama administration officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran is believed to be connected to the arrest of Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi in late October.
The indictment marks a shift in US-Iranian relations after the two countries negotiated a nuclear treaty. Based on previous news reports, the attacks seem to be linked to the Islamic Republic, and though the charges against the attackers has been on the hands of the DOJ for mor...
According to the DOJ, their attacks were part of a broader Iranian effort attempting to steal sensitive information about American officials and influence U.S. elections. In May 2024, after years of targeting former U.S. government officials, the trio shifted their focus to individuals conn...
144 us universities a new indictment asserts a long string of attacks against hundreds of universities and private companies, in which iran pilfered more than $3 billion worth of intellectual property. norbert michalke/getty images save save in its latest drumbeat against the cyber activities of ...
The state-sponsored hacking group has beenpreviously connectedto cyberattacks against US aerospace, industrial, and business entities, as well asuniversities, in information theft and cyberespionage campaigns. In 2018, Iran was cited as a "growing threat" in the cybersecurity landscape by Accenture....
The targeting of Israelis by Iranian hackers has increased since the October 7th Hamas attacks. A report from Israel-based cyber security company Check Point showed that there had been an 18% rise in cyberattacks in Israel in October following the Hamas massacre on the 7th of October, with 52...