Iranian hackers

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2016
The Infy malware, a long running threat from Iran

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have come across a new threat used by alleged Iran-linked Hackers in attacks since 2007. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new malware, named Infy, that has been likely used by hackers from Iran in cyber espionage operations at least since 2007. The researchers discovered the Infy malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 25, 2016
Seven Iranian Hackers indicted by the US government for hacking

US authorities announced charges against seven Iranian hackers for attacking computer systems at banks and a dam in New York. A couple of days after the US DoJ announced that three components of the Syrian Electronic Army were inserted by the FBI in the Most Wanted list, today the US authorities announced charges against seven Iranian nationals for hacking […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2015
Facebook first discovered spear phishing attacks of Iranian hackers on State Department employees

Facebook was the first company to notice the intrusion of Iranian Hackers in the e-mail accounts of US State Department officials focused on Iran. The attacks appear politically motivated and aimed to gather data about US-Iranian dual citizens in Iran. Earlier this month, the computers at the US State Department and other government employees were targeted by hackers. […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2014
Iranian Hackers wiped out machines at Sands Corp Casino

Bloomberg revealed that Iranian hackers have used Visual Basic malware to wipe out data of corporate systems at Las Vegas Sands Corp. On February 2014 the Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp suffered a major cyber attack, but only now the news was publicly disclosed by the Bloomberg Businessweek. The attack has many similarities with the recent […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2014
Iranian hackers behind most elaborate spying campaign on social media

Experts at iSight issued a report describing the most elaborate net-based spying campaign organized by Iranian hackers using social media. Iranian Hackers use a network of fake accounts (NEWSCASTER network) on principal social media to spy on US officials and political staff worldwide, this is reported in an analysis done by iSIGHT Partners. A few days ago […]