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A spear-phishing campaign which spread across the Middle East between 2023 and 2024 has now been linked to Bitter APT group
An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to findings from Access Now, Lookout, and SMEX
Access Now, Lookout and SMEX joined research forces to find a campaign involving suspected Indian government-connected group Bitter, ProSpy spyware and more. The post Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa appeared first on CyberScoop.
Attack infrastructure attributed to 'several Iran-nexus threat actors' Multiple Iranian hacking crews have been targeting internet-connected surveillance cameras across Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since the war started on February 28, according to Check Point security researchers. …
The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Earth Vetala, Mango Sandstorm, and MUDDYCOAST) has targeted several organizations and individuals mainly located across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as part of a new campaign codenamed Operation Olalampo
Hacking Group Deploys Raft of Custom Malware VariantsAn Iranian state hacking group with a history of targeting aerospace, aviation and defense industries across the Middle East has improved its tooling with multiple custom malware variants, warned Google. The group, tracked as UNC1549, is suspected of ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Threat Actor Shifts From Targeting Exchange to DatabasesA Chinese cyberespionage threat actor with a history of hacking Microsoft Exchange to spy on geopolitical events including summits in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, has shifted its attention to targeting databases, say researchers.
New Ransomware Possibly Linked to Earth BaxiaA previously uncatalogued ransomware strain is targeting public sector and aviation organizations in the Middle East. The threat actor uses techniques similar to a previously documented hacking group tracked as Earth Baxia and likely based in China.
Iran-aligned BladedFeline group has been observed targeting the government of Iraq and KRG with advanced malware
The data breach exposed more than 10m customer conversations from an AI call center platform in the Middle East
The Iranian state-backed hacking outfit called APT42 is making use of enhanced social engineering schemes to infiltrate target networks and cloud environments
The Iranian hacking group tracked as MuddyWater (aka APT34 or OilRig) breached at least twelve computers belonging to a Middle Eastern government network and maintained access for eight months between February and September 2023. [...]
A Chinese cyber-espionage hacking group tracked as Budworm has been observed targeting a telecommunication firm in the Middle East and a government entity in Asia using a new variant of its custom 'SysUpdate' backdoor. [...]
A cyberespionage threat actor known for targeting a variety of critical infrastructure sectors in Africa, the Middle East, and the U.S. has been observed using an upgraded version of a remote access trojan with information stealing capabilities
An Iranian geopolitical nexus threat actor has been uncovered deploying two new targeted malware that come with "simple" backdoor functionalities as part of an intrusion against an unnamed Middle East government entity in November 2021
An Iranian-aligned hacking group tracked as TunnelVision was spotted exploiting Log4j on VMware Horizon servers to breach corporate networks in the Middle East and the United States. [...]