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Iran covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Iran, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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Since 2023, Microsoft observed a decrease in the time required for the group to adopt public POCs
An Iranian government-backed actor known as Mint Sandstorm has been linked to attacks aimed at critical infrastructure in the U.S. between late 2021 to mid-2022
Microsoft has discovered that an Iranian hacking group known as 'Mint Sandstorm' is conducting cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure in what is believed to be retaliation for recent attacks on Iran's infrastructure. [...]
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater is continuing its time-tested tradition of relying on legitimate remote administration tools to commandeer targeted systems