Feb 28, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Malware An Iran-nexus threat actor known as UNC1549 has been attributed with medium confidence to a new set of attacks targeting aerospace, aviation, and defense industries in the Middle East, including Israel and the U.A.E. Other targets of the cyber espionage activity likely include Turkey, India, and Albania, Google-owned Mandiant said … [Read more...] about Iran-Linked UNC1549 Hackers Target Middle East Aerospace & Defense Sectors
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Lazarus Group Impersonates Recruiter from Meta to Target Spanish Aerospace Firm
Sep 29, 2023THNCyber Espionage / Malware The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been linked to a cyber espionage attack targeting an unnamed aerospace company in Spain in which employees of the firm were approached by the threat actor posing as a recruiter for Meta. "Employees of the targeted company were contacted by a fake recruiter via LinkedIn and tricked into opening a … [Read more...] about Lazarus Group Impersonates Recruiter from Meta to Target Spanish Aerospace Firm
Iranian Hackers Abuse Dropbox in Cyberattacks Against Aerospace and Telecom Firms
Details have emerged about a new cyber espionage campaign directed against the aerospace and telecommunications industries, primarily in the Middle East, with the goal of stealing sensitive information about critical assets, organizations' infrastructure, and technology while remaining in the dark and successfully evading security solutions. Boston-based cybersecurity company … [Read more...] about Iranian Hackers Abuse Dropbox in Cyberattacks Against Aerospace and Telecom Firms
Hackers Target Military and Aerospace Staff by Posing as HRs Offering Jobs
Cybersecurity researchers today took the wraps off a new sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign directed against aerospace and military organizations in Europe and the Middle East with an aim to spy on key employees of the targeted firms and, in some case, even to siphon money.The campaign, dubbed "Operation In(ter)ception" because of a reference to "Inception" in the malware … [Read more...] about Hackers Target Military and Aerospace Staff by Posing as HRs Offering Jobs