Cybersecurity

Iran Dupes US Military Contractors, Gov’t Agencies in Cyber Campaign

An elite team of Iranian state-sponsored hackers successfully infiltrated hundreds of thousands of employee accounts at US companies and government agencies, according to the Feds, as part of a multiyear cyber espionage campaign aimed at stealing military secrets. The US Departments of Treasury and State are among those compromised in the elaborate campaign, which lasted […]

Cybersecurity

Iran-linked ‘Lord Nemesis’ group appears intent on intimidating Israeli organizations, report says

An Iranian state-backed hacking group recently infiltrated a company that makes academic administration software and used that access to intimidate other Israeli organizations, analysts said on Thursday. The overall goal of the operation appeared to be hacktivism and not necessarily financial gain, according to OP Innovate, the Israeli company that investigated the incident. In November, […]