Tag: POWERSTAR
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Iran’s Cyberwar Escalates: “Charming Kitten” Deploys BASICSTAR
The Middle East has recently been engulfed by a new wave of cyberattacks orchestrated by the Iranian hacker collective known as Charming Kitten, also referred to as APT35 CharmingCypress and Mint Sandstorm. The hackers have deployed a novel malicious backdoor, dubbed BASICSTAR, targeting political analysts. This faction engineered a counterfeit webinar portal, ostensibly under the…