Region: middle-east
All entries tagged middle-east.
- Check Point: Iran MOIS-linked "Cavern Manticore" ships a modular .NET C2 that uses three compilation formats as an anti-analysis layer, delivered via SysAid RMM abuse
- OFAC sanctions Nobitex and three Iranian exchanges as conduits for IRGC-affiliated ransomware proceeds
- UN World Food Programme breach exposes IDs and locations of ~600,000 Gaza households
- MuddyWater / Seedworm — Symantec and Carbon Black document new DLL-side-loading pair via signed Fortemedia and SentinelOne binaries, ChromElevator for Chromium App-Bound Encryption bypass, Node.js orchestration
- Iran MOIS attributed to LACMTA destructive breach via "Ababil of Minab" hacktivist front — 700 GB exfiltrated, backups and VMs deliberately destroyed
- Nimbus Manticore (UNC1549 / Screening Serpens) — Check Point details MiniFast backdoor, Zoom-task hijacking and SEO-poisoning delivery
- Transport — Iran-MOIS destructive breach against LACMTA with deliberate backup and VM destruction
- Unit 42 — Iran's Screening Serpens (UNC1549 / Smoke Sandstorm / Nimbus Manticore): AppDomainManager hijacking silently disables ETW + strong-name checks in six new RATs
- Red Lamassu (Calypso/Bronze Medley): Showboat + JFMBackdoor telco espionage implant pair
- Calypso/Red Lamassu (Bronze Medley) deploys Showboat (Linux) and JFMBackdoor (Windows) against telecoms — new implant pair disclosed by Lumen Black Lotus Labs and PwC Threat Intelligence
- Symantec / Carbon Black document Fast16 hook engine targeting LS-DYNA/AUTODYN nuclear-simulation codes; Kim Zetter corrects "pre-Stuxnet" framing to contemporaneous-and-simulation-sabotage
- INTERPOL Operation Ramz — 13-country MENA cybercrime sweep: 201 arrests, 53 servers seized, Algerian PhaaS server takedown
- Calypso / Red Lamassu (Bronze Medley, China-aligned) — Showboat and JFMBackdoor against telecoms
- Screening Serpens / UNC1549 (Iran; Smoke Sandstorm / Nimbus Manticore) — AppDomainManager hijacking in six new RATs
- MuddyWater (Iran/MOIS) deploys Chaos ransomware as false flag; harvests credentials via Teams
- MuddyWater (Iran / MOIS) Chaos ransomware false-flag + Teams BEC