Blinder Tunnel Campaign Targets Iraqi Infrastructure

Iranian Hackers Use Fake Dubai Airports Coding Test to Target Iraqi Critical Infrastructure

Iranian state-aligned hackers have used a fake Dubai Airports recruitment process to target Iraqi critical infrastructure with a booby-trapped coding test. The campaign, called Blinder Tunnel, turned a routine developer task into a quiet, potentially long-term route for remote access, persistence and network tunneling across a victim environment. The operation was prepared as early as […]

Iranian hackers posed as Dubai Airports recruiters to breach Iraqi infrastructure | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #hacker - National Cyber Security Consulting

An Iranian state-aligned hacking group impersonated the IT department of Dubai Airports to plant malware on a target in Iraq's critical infrastructure sector, according to research published Tuesday by Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks' threat intelligence arm. The same group also ran a credential-harvesting campaign against an Israeli entity in May and June, using war-themed […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!

Operation Blinder Tunnel targets Middle East critical infrastructure

Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence and incident response team, Unit 42, has identified previously unreported activity attributed to an Iranian state-aligned threat actor targeting critical infrastructure in the Middle East. Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence and incident response team, Unit 42, has identified previously unreported activity attributed to an Iranian state-aligned threat actor. Unit 42 […]

Blinder Tunnel Campaign Targets Iraqi Infrastructure

Analysis of Blinder Tunnel, an Iran-nexus campaign using fake Dubai Airports recruitment lures and GitHub C2 malware to target critical infrastructure. Read more →