Iranian Group Found Spying on DissidentsAn Iran linked group, named Rampant Kitten by researchers, has been discovered targeting anti-regime organizations in a campaign that has likely been running since 2014.The primary targets include supporters of Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) and the Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization, two prominent resistance movemen

Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19, El Pais newspaper revealed. The El Pais newspaper reported that Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19. While pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working on the research of a vaccine for the

Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for Covid-19, El Pais newspaper reported Friday. The report emerged as drug companies around the world race to produce an effective jab to counter a virus that has now killed more than 940,000 people and infected 30 million. It was not clear what information was taken, w

The US Department of Justice announced the indictment of three Iranian hackers for hacking US aerospace and satellite companies. Three Iranian hackers residing in Iran have been indicted for stealing data from aerospace and satellite tracking companies. The hackers were employed in a coordinated campaign of identity theft and hacking on behalf of Iran’

Also, the US Treasury sanctioned Iranian attack group APT39 following a years-long malware campaign.The US Department of Justice today charged three Iranian hackers for their role in a campaign intended to steal critical data related to United States' aerospace and satellite technology and resources. This marks the third time in three days the DoJ has charge

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced charges against three Iranian nationals believed to have stolen information related to the United States’ aerospace and satellite technologies.One of the suspects is Said Pourkarim Arabi, 34, who is said to be a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which the U.S. has designated as a terr

A woman in need of urgent medical treatment has died after a hospital under cyber-attack was unable to admit her. Attackers struck the Düsseldorf University Clinic (DUC) last Thursday, causing IT systems at the major hospital to fail. Because of the attack, a woman seeking emergency treatment at the hospital on Friday night died after she had to be

German authorities said Thursday that what appears to have been a misdirected hacker attack caused the failure of IT systems at a major hospital in Duesseldorf, and a woman who needed urgent admission died after she had to be taken to another city for treatment.The Duesseldorf University Clinic’s systems have been disrupted since last Thursday. The hospital

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today charges against five Chinese nationals fort cyberattacks on more than 100 companies, some of them being attributed to state-backed hacking group APT41.APT41 is one of the oldest threat groups, known primarily for cyber-espionage operations against a variety of entities, including software developers, gaming comp

US authorities have charged two Russian men with allegedly defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges and their customers out of at least $16.8 million.The men – Danil “Cronuswar” Potekhin, 25, and 35-year-old Dmitrii Karasavidi, of Voronezh and Moscow respectively – are said to be responsible for a phishing campaign that targeted customers

Two Iranian hackers were indicted in the United States for allegedly engaging in numerous cyberattacks, some of them conducted on behalf of the government of Iran, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.The two, Hooman Heidarian (aka neo), 30, and Mehdi Farhadi (aka Mehdi Mahdavi, Mohammad Mehdi Farhadi Ramin), 34, both of Hamedan, Iran, were

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s passport details and personal phone number were obtained by a hacker, it has been reported.Writing on his personal blog, Australian hacker Alex Hope outlined that he was able to gain this sensitive information after Abbott posted a picture of his boarding pass back in March 2020 on the social media site In

The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday announced indictments against five Chinese nationals believed to be part of a state-sponsored hacking group known as APT41.Also known as Winnti, Barium, Wicked Panda and Wicked Spider, the hackers allegedly launched cyberattacks on more than 100 companies in the United States and abroad.Their targets, the

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a malware analysis report (MAR) that includes technical details about web shells employed by Iranian hackers. A web shell is a code, often written in typical web development programming languages (e.g., ASP, PHP, JSP), that attackers implant on web servers to gain remote access and

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