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Category Archives: Iran

Hard Pass: Declining APT34’s Invite to Join Their Professional Network

July 18 2019 By Daniel Pany in APT, Homepage Carousel, Iran, Jessica Rocchio, Latest Blog Posts, Matt Bromiley, Nick Schroeder, Noah Klapprodt, Phishing, Security, Threat Research

Background With increasing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, we expect Iran to significantly increase the volume and scope of its cyber espionage campaigns. Iran has a...

APT39: An Iranian Cyber Espionage Group Focused on Personal Information

January 29 2019 By Daniel Pany in Andrew Thompson, APT, Ben Read, Cristiana Brafman-Kittner, Iran, Nalani Fraser, Sanaz Yashar, Sarah Hawley, Threat Research, Yuri Rozhansky

UPDATE (Jan. 30): Figure 1 has been updated to more accurately reflect APT39 targeting. Specifically, Australia, Norway and South Korea have...

Suspected Iranian Influence Operation Leverages Network of Inauthentic News Sites & Social Media Targeting Audiences in U.S., UK, Latin America, Middle East

August 21 2018 By Daniel Pany in APT, FireEye Intelligence, Homepage Carousel, Iran, Latest Blog Posts, Threat Research

FireEye has identified a suspected influence operation that appears to originate from Iran aimed at audiences in the U.S., U.K., Latin America, and the Middle East. This...

Iranian Threat Group Updates Tactics, Techniques and Procedures in Spear Phishing Campaign

March 13 2018 By Daniel Pany in Ben Read, Dileep Kumar Jallepalli, Iran, Spear Phishing, Sudeep Singh, Threat Research, Yogesh Londhe

Introduction From January 2018 to March 2018, through FireEye’s Dynamic Threat Intelligence, we observed attackers leveraging the latest code execution and persistence techniques to distribute malicious ...

Insights into Iranian Cyber Espionage: APT33 Targets Aerospace and Energy Sectors and has Ties to Destructive Malware

September 20 2017 By Daniel Pany in APT, Iran, Jacqueline O’Leary, Josiah Kimble, Kelli Vanderlee, Nalani Fraser, Security, Threat Research

When discussing suspected Middle Eastern hacker groups with destructive capabilities, many automatically think of the suspected Iranian group that previously used SHAMOON – aka Disttrack ...

Insights into Iranian Cyber Espionage: APT33 Targets Aerospace and Energy Sectors and has Ties to Destructive Malware

September 20 2017 By Daniel Pany in APT, Iran, Jacqueline O’Leary, Josiah Kimble, Kelli Vanderlee, Nalani Fraser, Security, Threat Research

When discussing suspected Middle Eastern hacker groups with destructive capabilities, many automatically think of the suspected Iranian group that previously used SHAMOON – aka Disttrack ...