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Dark Reading
The not-so-charming APT's intelligence-gathering initiatives are likely being used by the Iranian state to target kidnapping victims.
The Register
If you get email from 'Samantha Wolf', congrats: you're important enough to make a decent target An Iranian cyber espionage gang with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has learned new methods and phishing techniques, and aimed them at a wider set of targets – including politicians, government officials, critical infrastructure and medical researchers – according to email security vendor Proofpoint.…
Dark Reading
Google researchers say the nation-state hacking team is now employing a data-theft tool that targets Gmail, Yahoo!, and Microsoft Outlook accounts using previously acquired credentials.
ThreatPost
The notorious Iranian APT is fortifying its arsenal with new malicious tools and evasion tactics and may even be behind the Memento ransomware.
The Register
PLUS: Exercise app tells spies to stop mapping; GitLab scan reveals 17,000 secrets; Leak exposes Iran’s Charming Kitten; and more! Switzerland’s Conference of Data Protection Officers, Privatim, last week issued a calling on Swiss public bodies to avoid using hyperscale clouds and SaaS services due to security concerns.… Infosec In Brief resolution
Dark Reading
Security researchers say multiple threat groups, including Iran's Charming Kitten APT offshoot Subtle Snail, are deploying malware with code-signing certificates from the Houston-based company.
Dark Reading
A Charming Kitten subgroup is performing some of the most bespoke cyberattacks ever witnessed in the wild, to down select high-value targets.
The Register
Charming Kitten unsheathes its claws and tries to catch credentials The cyber-ops arm of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has started a spear-phishing campaign intent on stealing credentials from Israeli journalists, cybersecurity experts, and computer science professors from leading Israeli universities.…
The Hacker News
The Iranian-origin threat actor known as Charming Kitten has been linked to a new set of attacks aimed at Middle East policy experts with a new backdoor called BASICSTAR by creating a fake webinar portal. Charming Kitten, also called APT35, CharmingCypress, Mint Sandstorm, TA453, and Yellow Garuda, has a history of orchestrating a wide range of social engineering campaigns that cast a