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Iranian State TV Hacked During President’s Speech on Revolution Day

By Waqas The hackers disrupted the State TV broadcast and instead aired the slogan “Death to Khamenei” and urged people to withdraw their money from government banks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iranian State TV Hacked During Presidents Speech on Revolution Day...

Microsoft: Iranian Nation-State Group Sanctioned by U.S. Behind Charlie Hebdo Hack

An Iranian nation-state group sanctioned by the U.S. government has been attributed to the hack of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in early January 2023. Microsoft, which disclosed details of the incident, is tracking the activity cluster under its chemical element-themed moniker...

Beware: Tainted VPNs Being Used to Spread EyeSpy Surveillanceware

Tainted VPN installers are being used to deliver a piece of surveillanceware dubbed EyeSpy as part of a malware campaign that started in May 2022. It uses "components of SecondEye – a legitimate monitoring application – to spy on users of 20Speed VPN, an Iranian-based VPN service, via trojanized...

APT Topic Summary Report: Cisco Talos Year in Review 2022

State-sponsored or state-aligned advanced persistent threats APTs adapted to the changing geopolitical landscape in 2022. Cisco Talos observed several offensive cyber campaigns linked to several groups stemming from Russia, Iran, China, North Korea, and countries in the Indian subcontinent. These...

WhatsApp Introduces Proxy Support to Help Users Bypass Internet Censorship

Popular instant messaging service WhatsApp has launched support for proxy servers in the latest version of its Android and iOS apps, letting users circumvent government-imposed censorship and internet shutdowns. "Choosing a proxy enables you to connect to WhatsApp through servers set up by...

WhatsApp Launches a Proxy Tool to Fight Internet Censorship

Amid internet shutdowns in Iran, the encrypted messaging app is introducing proxy connections that can help people get online...

2022 Top Five Immediate Threats in Geopolitical Context

As we are nearing the end of 2022, looking at the most concerning threats of this turbulent year in terms of testing numbers offers a threat-based perspective on what triggers cybersecurity teams to check how vulnerable they are to specific threats. These are the threats that were most tested to...

Iran’s Internet Blackouts Are Sabotaging Its Own Economy

A new US State Department assessment highlights the stark economic toll of Tehran’s recent shutdowns and platform control...

Facebook Cracks Down on Spyware Vendors from U.S., China, Russia, Israel, and India

Meta Platforms disclosed that it took down no less than 200 covert influence operations since 2017 spanning roughly 70 countries across 42 languages. The social media conglomerate also took steps to disable accounts and block infrastructure operated by spyware vendors, including in China, Russia,...

Iran-based Agrius deploys Fantasy wiper to attack IT firms in Israel

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Iran-based Agrius group has targeted Israel and the United Arab Emirates since 2020. In the beginning, the group deployed a wiper called Apostle, disguised as ransomware, which was later modified into...

MuddyWater Hackers Target Asian and Middle East Countries with Updated Tactics

The Iran-linked MuddyWater threat actor has been observed targeting several countries in the Middle East as well as Central and West Asia as part of a new spear-phishing activity. "The campaign has been observed targeting Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Tajikistan,...

Iran’s Protests Reveal What’s Lost If Twitter Crumbles

As authorities hit citizens with more violence, the social network is proving key to documenting abuses. If it breaks, a human rights lifeline may disappear...

Iran’s Fars News Agency website hacked as part of anti-govt protests

By Habiba Rashid The hackers from Black Reward Team are also claiming to have deleted nearly 250 terabytes of data from the website from its servers and computers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Irans Fars News Agency website hacked as part of anti-govt protests...

Meta Takes Down Fake Facebook and Instagram Accounts Linked to Pro-U.S. Influence Operation

Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it took down a network of accounts and pages across Facebook and Instagram that were operated by people associated with the U.S. military to spread narratives that depicted the country in a favorable light in the Middle East and Central Asia. The network, which...

iran-asnaf.ir Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3044557

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Iran’s Digital Surveillance Tools Leaked

Its Irans turn to have its digital surveillance tools leaked: According to these internal documents, SIAM is a computer system that works behind the scenes of Iranian cellular networks, providing its operators a broad menu of remote commands to alter, disrupt, and monitor how customers use their...

Black Reward Hackers Steal Trove of Emails from Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency

By Waqas The group claims they launched this attack to demand the release of political prisoners arrested during the countrywide protests. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Black Reward Hackers Steal Trove of Emails from Irans Atomic Energy Agency...

Ukraine Enters a Dark New Era of Drone Warfare

A series of deadly attacks using Iranian “suicide drones” shows Russia is shifting gears in the conflict...

Smartphones of Iran’s protest detainees targeted with spyware

By Waqas The malware has been identified as I3mon, which can perform all kinds of spying operations. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Smartphones of Irans protest detainees targeted with spyware...