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Exposed Hacking Training Videos Provide Insight Into Hacking Ops 

| | Iranian hackers, ITG18, training
A state-sponsored hacking group linked to Iran has been caught red-handed, demonstrating how to break into email accounts and steal sensitive data. The group accidentally exposed one of its servers, which gave ...
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Businesses Warned of Iran Cyberattacks

| | Cybersecurity, industrial control system, Iran, Iranian hackers, Malware
Iran vowed revenge after a U.S. airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump killed the country’s top general Qasem Soleimani earlier this month. While recent missile strikes conducted by Iran against U.S. bases ...
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Iranian APT Group Overview

| | APT, CISA.gov, CrowdStrike, Iran, Iranian hackers
Today the Birmingham InfraGard Chapter and the Alabama ISSA held a joint meeting featuring a presentation from the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, part of DHS that was formerly known as the ...
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Microsoft Hurts Charming Kitten (aka the APT35 Iran Hacking Group)

| | APT35, Charming Kitten, Iran, Iranian hackers, Malware, Microsoft, Phishing, phishing domain, Phosphorus, spear-phishing, trojan
Microsoft has damaged a hacking group thought to be run by the Iranian military. APT35—also known as Charming Kitten, Ajax, and Phosphorus—has now lost control of 99 internet domains it was using ...
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Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week

Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week, August 20-24

| | Anti-Malware, Apache ActiveMQ, APT28, Cobalt Dickens, cyberespionage, data protection, Endpoint security, Fancy Bear, GDPR, government-sponsored attack, IoT malware, Iranian hackers, Malware, Mirai, phishing domain, Privacy, Security Awareness, video, web app security, website spoofing
A new week, a new crop of security stories. Last week, malware complacency, Russian cyberspies, GDPR compliance and Mirai IoT malware made the headlines. In addition, we analyzed top security threats for ...
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Mirai IoT Malware Variant Abuses Linux Cross-Compilation Framework

Mirai IoT Malware Variant Abuses Linux Cross-Compilation Framework

| | Apache ActiveMQ, Cobalt Dickens, cyberespionage, IoT malware, Iranian hackers, Mirai, website spoofing
Researchers have found a malware program based on Mirai that has binaries for many platforms and CPU architectures, allowing it to run even on Linux servers or Android phones. The difficulty of ...
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