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Numerous organizations in the U.S., Europe, India, and the Middle East have been subjected to attacks by the Iranian state-sponsored threat operation Charming Kitten, also known as APT35, Mint Sandstorm, Educated Manticore, TA453, Yellow Garuda, and ITG18, with the new BellaCiao dropper malware, reports The Hacker News.

Iranian state-sponsored threat operation Educated Manticore which has been strongly linked with APT35, also known as Mint Sandstorm, Phosphorus, Charming Kitten, Yellow Garuda, Cobalt Illusion, and ITG18 has been targeting Israel with sophisticated phishing attacks distributing the updated PowerLess backdoor, The Hacker News reports.

The Iranian threat actor displays activity similar to that of other advanced persistent threat groups.

Research by CheckPoint presents a new and improved infection chain leading to the deployment of a new version of Windows backdoor called PowerLess.