Tag: Farsi social engineering
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The Digital Trap: How CRESCENTHARVEST Malware Weaponizes Protest News to Silence Dissent
Cybersecurity specialists from Acronis have unmasked a nascent espionage offensive dubbed CRESCENTHARVEST, which they evaluate as a surgical strike against proponents of the persistent civil unrest in Iran. The adversaries are instrumentalizing the current political climate as a psychological lure, disseminating sophisticated malware to facilitate surreptitious system access and data exfiltration. The operation commenced on…