Iran-Linked Hackers Use New Cavern C2 Framework to Target Israeli Organizations

An Iranian hacking group affiliated with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security MOIS has been wielding a previously undocumented modular command-and-control C2 framework dubbed Cavern aka Cav3rn targeting Israeli organizations. The activity, which has primarily singled out IT providers and...

Dark Web Market Lists Alleged 375TB Lockheed Martin Data for $600M

A dark web market known as Threat Market is listing 375TB of Lockheed Martin data, which it claims was provided by a group calling itself ‘APT Iran.’...

Iranian Hackers Launch 'SpearSpecter' Spy Operation on Defense & Government Targets

The Iranian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT42 has been observed targeting individuals and organizations that are of interest to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC as part of a new espionage-focused campaign. The activity, detected in early September 2025 and assessed to be...

Iran's Charming Kitten Deploys BellaCPP: A New C++ Variant of BellaCiao Malware

The Iranian nation-state hacking group known as Charming Kitten has been observed deploying a C++ variant of a known malware called BellaCiao. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which dubbed the new version BellaCPP , said it discovered the artifact as part of a "recent" investigation into ...

U.S. Agencies Warn of Iranian Hacking Group's Ongoing Ransomware Attacks

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have called out an Iranian hacking group for breaching multiple organizations across the country and coordinating with affiliates to deliver ransomware. The activity has been linked to a threat actor dubbed Pioneer Kitten, which is also known as Fox...