Iran-Backed Agrius APT’s Attacks on Israeli Institutions

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary In a series of harmful cyberattacks that occurred from January 2023 to October 2023, the Iranian-backed Advanced Persistent Threat APT group known as Agrius targeted Israels education and technology...

Iran's MuddyWater Targets Israel in New Spear-Phishing Cyber Campaign

The Iranian nation-state actor known as MuddyWater has been linked to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting two Israeli entities to ultimately deploy a legitimate remote administration tool from N-able called Advanced Monitoring Agent. Cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct, which disclosed details o...

Iranian Agrius Hackers Targeting Israeli Organizations with Moneybird Ransomware

The Iranian threat actor known as Agrius is leveraging a new ransomware strain called Moneybird in its attacks targeting Israeli organizations. Agrius, also known as Pink Sandstorm formerly Americium, has a track record of staging destructive data-wiping attacks aimed at Israel under the guise of...

Iranian Agrius Hackers Targeting Israeli Organizations with Moneybird Ransomware

The Iranian threat actor known as Agrius is leveraging a new ransomware strain called Moneybird in its attacks targeting Israeli organizations. Agrius, also known as Pink Sandstorm formerly Americium, has a track record of staging destructive data-wiping attacks aimed at Israel under the guise of...

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...

Iranian Hackers Strike Diamond Industry with Data-Wiping Malware in Supply-Chain Attack

An Iranian advanced persistent threat APT actor known as Agrius has been attributed as behind a set of data wiper attacks aimed at diamond industries in South Africa, Israel, and Hong Kong. The wiper, referred to as Fantasy by ESET, is believed to have been delivered via a supply-chain attack...

Data Wiper Malware Disguised As Ransomware Targets Israeli Entities

Researchers on Tuesday disclosed a new espionage campaign that resorts to destructive data-wiping attacks targeting Israeli entities at least since December 2020 that camouflage the malicious activity as ransomware extortions. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne attributed the attacks to a nation-stat...

‘Agrius’ APT Launches Wiper Attacks Against Israelis

A new attack group called Agrius is launching damaging wiper attacks against Israeli targets, which researchers said are hiding behind ransomware to make their state-sponsored activities appear financially motivated. Sentinel Labs analysts said they have been tracking Agrius’ operations in Israel...