Tag Archives: Iran

Israel-tied Predatory Sparrow hackers are waging cyberwar on Iran’s financial system

Elliptic also confirmed in its blog post about the attack that crypto tracing shows Nobitex does in fact have links with sanctioned IRGC operatives, Hamas, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. “It’s also an act of sabotage, by attacking a financial institution that was pivotal in Iran’s use of cryptocurrency to evade… Read More: Israel-tied Predatory Sparrow hackers are waging cyberwar on Iran’s financial… »

Google’s threat team confirms Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns

Enlarge / Roger Stone, former adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, center, during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee on July 17, 2024. Getty Images reader comments 62 Google’s Threat Analysis Group confirmed Wednesday that they observed a threat actor backed by the Iranian government targeting Google accounts associated with US presidential campaigns, in… Read More: Google’s threat team confirms Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris… »

US surprises Nvidia by speeding up new AI chip export ban

Enlarge / A press photo of the Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU. reader comments 30 with On Tuesday, chip designer Nvidia announced in an SEC filing that new US export restrictions on its high-end AI GPU chips to China are now in effect sooner than expected, according to a report from Reuters. The curbs were… Read More: US surprises Nvidia by speeding up new AI chip export… »

Microsoft alleges attacks on French magazine came from Iranian-backed group

reader comments 10 with 0 posters participating Share this story Microsoft said on Friday that an Iranian nation-state group already sanctioned by the US government was behind an attack last month that targeted the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo and thousands of its readers. The attack came to light on January 4, when a previously… Read More: Microsoft alleges attacks on French magazine came from Iranian-backed group »

Iran to use facial recognition to identify women without hijabs

James Marshall/Getty Images reader comments 169 with 0 posters participating Share this story Last month, a young woman went to work at Sarzamineh Shadi, or Land of Happiness, an indoor amusement park east of Iran’s capital, Tehran. After a photo of her without a hijab circulated on social media, the amusement park was closed, according… Read More: Iran to use facial recognition to identify women without hijabs »

Cyberattack on Albanian government suggests new Iranian aggression

Enlarge / Tirane, Albania. (credit: Pawel Toczynski | Getty Images) In mid-July, a cyberattack on the Albanian government knocked out state websites and public services for hours. With Russia’s war raging in Ukraine, the Kremlin might seem like the likeliest suspect. But research published on Thursday by the threat intelligence firm Mandiant attributes the attack… Read More: Cyberattack on Albanian government suggests new Iranian aggression »

A new app helps Iranians hide messages in plain sight

Enlarge / An anti-government graffiti that reads in Farsi “Death to the dictator” is sprayed at a wall north of Tehran on September 30, 2009. Getty Images reader comments 49 with 38 posters participating Share this story Amid ever-increasing government Internet control, surveillance, and censorship in Iran, a new Android app aims to give Iranians… Read More: A new app helps Iranians hide messages in plain sight »

It’s ransomware, or maybe a disk wiper, and it’s striking targets in Israel

reader comments 31 with 22 posters participating Share this story Researchers say they’ve uncovered never-before-seen disk-wiping malware that’s disguising itself as ransomware as it unleashes destructive attacks on Israeli targets. Apostle, as researchers at security firm SentinelOne are calling the malware, was initially deployed in an attempt to wipe data but failed to do so,… Read More: It’s ransomware, or maybe a disk wiper, and it’s striking… »