Enlarge / Iran's hacking groups are scaling up, hitting Saudi companies and other organizations, according to a Recorded Future report. (credit: Getty Images) A new report from the threat research firm Recorded Future finds that activity from APT33—the Iranian "threat group" previously tied to the Shamoon wiper attack and other Iranian cyber-espionage and destructive malware attacks—has risen dramatically, with the organization creating over 1,200 domains for use in controlling and spreading malware. The research, conducted by Recorded Future's Insikt Group threat intelligence service, found with some confidence that individuals tied to APT33 (also known as "Elfin") had launched attacks on multiple Saudi companies, including two healthcare organizations—as well as an Indian media company and a "delegation from a diplomatic institution." The majority of these attacks have involved "commodity" malware—well-known remote access tools (RATs). According to the report: APT33, or a closely aligned threat actor, continues to control C2 domains in bulk.
Iranian State Hackers Reload Their Domains, Release Off-the-shelf Rat Malware
Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica
Wed, 06/26/2019 - 2:57pm
Topics: elfin enlarge getty images apt33—the iranian recorded future's insikt group indian rats according c2 revengerat after symantec stonedrill read comments iran saudi recorded future iranian apt33 shamoon rats rat march rats domains threat activity report tied communicating wiper companies research infected majority commodity previously remaining families hosts attacks suspected
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