Researchers: Iran's cyber army, or Cyberi, ramped up spear-phishing and adopted new tactics aiming to sow distrust among citizens as political unrest continues
WIRED: Recent reports from the UK's National Cyber Security Center and security firm Mandiant found that spear-phishing activities of TA453 and APT42, affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, have been increasingly prevalent | https://www.wired.com/... @WIRED
“Notably, some of these state actors establish credibility and trust over time by masking themselves as anti-regime voices and ardent supporters of the protest movement, or by building relationships with targets.” https://www.wired.com/...
“Several experts suspect Jupiter to have been an Islamic Republic of Iran cyber operation aimed at distracting people, while the Iranian government executed two protesters the same night as the Twitter Space” https://www.wired.com/... via @wired
“Beyond causing confusion, discrediting and undermining opposition has been an essential component of Iranian cyber activity.” https://www.wired.com/...