Poor security incriminate MuddyWater, MOIS in malicious cyber campaign
MuddyWater the APT linked to the Ministry of Intelligence and Security who got their name due to confusion in attributing a wave of attacks that took place in 2017 has been caught running a number of malicious cyber campaigns against…
Moses Staff reappears
Last year a new hacking group called Moses Staff started targeting Israeli organization and gain access to victims network before stealing sensitive data and encrypting victim system. After this attack we reach out to the group to learn about…
What is Log4j? The most serious security breach ever?
In December a new vulnerability was discovered inside log4j piece of java software used by most major software companies. Quoting a leading cybersecurity expert in that time “The log4j vulnerability is the most serious vulnerability I have seen…
Did Iran hack news conference for victims of Ukrainian flight 752?
reports of a hacked broadcast in response to Flight 752 verdict in Canada According to Canadian news sources a court in the province of Ontario Canada awarded $107M (US $84M) to six families of flight PS752 in response to the…
Hooshyarane expose companies working with Mahan Air, IRGC-QF
Hooshyarane Vatan releases incriminating evidence of Mahan air and IRGC partnership Since late November the hacking group Hooshyarane Vatan has continued their campaign of outing the dangerous and illegal partnership between Mahan Air and the IRGC Quds Force. The group…
New Moses Staff hacking group targets Israeli organizations
Recently a new hacking group has been seen targeting Israeli organizations and the new hacking group which calls itself The Moses Staff has gained access to victims networks and once inside they have stolen sensitive data before encrypting the victims…
Charming Kitten – Part two of The Hacking Series
Dear readers in Charming Kitten – Part two of our hack series will be talking about the Iranian hacking group more known as Charming Kitten. The group known as APT35 was first identified by cybersecurity firm FireEye in…
Shahkar System hack could mark the beginning of more troubles
our investigations at Iran Cyber News Agency have noted a distressing trend that we would like to bring to our readers. A huge amount of hacked and leaked Iranian data is for sale on the dark web and surface web…
Advanced Persistent Threats: Part one of ICNAs Hacker Series
ADVANCED PERSISTENT THREATS Dear readers in our previous article titled The increasing problem of hacking in Iran we talked about different hacking groups operating in our country. In the coming weeks we will publish a number of articles as…
MalKamak behind sophisticated cyber-attacks using Dropbox
Details have emerged of a highly-targeted cyber espionage campaign by a group named MalKamak that is targeting the aerospace and telecommunications industries across the middle east, USA, Russia and Europe. A cybersecurity firm by the name of Cybereason located in…