Iranian hackers
Microsoft Won’t Fix This Bad Zero Day (Despite Wide Abuse)
Satya says NO: Redmond blames Windows users, rather than solve 30-year-old bug—exploited since 2017 ...
China, Russia, North Korea Hackers Exploit Windows Security Flaw
Amost a dozen state-sponsored threat groups from Russia, China, and North Korea have been exploiting a security flaw in WIndows in attacks on governments and critical infrastructure that date back to 2017 ...
Biden-Harris Campaign, Trump Operative Stone Also Target of Hackers
Hackers, possibly from Iran, sent phishing emails to the Biden-Harris campaign and Trump operative Roger Stone hoping to gain access into the systems of both presidential campaigns. It worked with Stone, who ...
Trump Campaign Hack Points to Growing U.S. Election Threats
The Trump campaign is claiming a hack is the work of Iranian operatives, adding to expanding election-interference campaigns that also include China and Russia, which the federal government calls the "predominant threat ...
Exposed Hacking Training Videos Provide Insight Into Hacking OpsÂ
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 ...
Businesses Warned of Iran Cyberattacks
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 ...
Iranian APT Group Overview
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 ...
Microsoft Hurts Charming Kitten (aka the APT35 Iran Hacking Group)
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 ...
Security Boulevard’s 5 Most Read Stories for the Week, August 20-24
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 ...
Mirai IoT Malware Variant Abuses Linux Cross-Compilation Framework
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 ...
