Mint Sandstorm News Today

Recent trends in breaches and attack methods offer a valuable road map to cybersecurity professionals tasked with detecting and preventing the next big thing.

Over 1.5 million malicious emails have evaded secure email gateways in 2023, representing a 37% and 310% growth over 2022 and 2021, respectively, reports SiliconAngle.

The latest ploy by the APT also known as Charming Cypress targets policy experts in the Middle East, Europe, and the US.

The Iranian cyberespionage group Charming Kitten is using fake webinars and a new 'BASICSTAR' backdoor to target experts in Middle Eastern policy.

The Iranian hackers are known to target journalists, researchers, professors, or other individuals “with insights or perspective on security and policy issues of interest to Tehran,” the report said.

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The cyber threat group Mint Sandstorm, linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Hackers aligned with the Iranian state are masquerading as journalists to target Middle East experts and deploy a new custom backdoor that supports the Iranian

The Charming Kitten-related cyber-espionage group is posing as legitimate journalists and researchers to get intel on the Israel-Hamas war.

"Mind Sandstorm," an Iranian cyber espionage group, has targeted experts in Middle Eastern affairs across several countries.