Covert Sabotage of Critical Infrastructure Iranian threat actors have developed sophisticated techniques to covertly manipulate programmable logic controllers (PLCs), ensuring that human operators remain completely oblivious to hazardous system alterations. Within the United States,...
The Strategic Value of Silent Persistence Iranian threat actors operate with significantly greater stealth than conventionally perceived. Rather than executing immediate, high-profile disruptive attacks, these adversaries meticulously maintain long-term, covert access within compromised networks....
Iranian hackers have transformed ubiquitous system administration tools into clandestine pathways for infiltrating highly secure networks. The threat actor known as Cavern Manticore leverages a novel, modular framework dubbed “Cavern.” They orchestrate sophisticated cyberattacks...
It all commenced with a solitary WhatsApp missive. Nariman Gharib, a UK-based Iranian activist, received a link ostensibly inviting him to a virtual meeting; sensing a ruse, he resolved to alert his peers. The...
