The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) collaborated with government agencies across the Atlantic to issue a new alert regarding Iranian cyber-threats last week.
The security advice, issued in collaboration with the FBI, US Cyber Command – Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), claimed that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was behind the spear phishing attack.
The campaign is aimed at individuals “with a nexus to Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs,” but it is also focused on US political campaigns, with the ultimate goal of expanding its information operations, the advice stated. Current or former top government officials, think tank personnel, journalists, activists, and lobbyists seem to be potential targets.
Threat actors change their strategies according to the specific target, which could involve impersonating family members, professional contacts, prominent journalists, and/or email providers. The lure may be an interview, an invitation to a conference or embassy event, a speaking engagement, or another political or foreign policy dialogue.
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