UK, US and Netherlands issue advisory on Iran spyware
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Iran uses spyware to collect sensitive information about critical Iranians living in the West. The Dutch intelligence service AIVD, together with the American FBI and the British cybersecurity center NCSC, warns against this. Iranian services attempt to establish contact with dissidents, activists, and journalists via social media and gain their trust. Subsequently, the Iranian "cyberactors" ask them to download a file and open it, the services…
'CHOSEN BRICK' spyware could record screen, messages and contact data
UK, US and Netherlands Issue Advisory on Iran-Linked Spyware
Britain, the United States and the Netherlands on Tuesday issued a joint cybersecurity advisory detailing spyware they say is used by Iranian state-linked actors to target dissidents, activists and journalists. Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said Iranian state-linked cyber actors had used a spyware family known as "CHOSEN BRICK" to steal emails, messages and other sensitive information through "spear-phishing" campaigns on messagi…
Britain, the United States and the Netherlands have issued a joint cybersecurity warning about Iranian state-linked spyware being used to monitor critics of the Tehran regime, including journalists, activists and dissidents.
Iran has taken over the phones and other devices of journalists and opponents of the regime in Tehran using malicious software, warns the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD). The service recently discovered the ‘Chosen Brick’ malware together with British colleagues and is now raising the alarm together with the British NCSC and the American FBI.
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