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Iranian Hackers Found Way Into Encrypted Apps
Researchers
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Posted by BeauHD on Friday September 18, 2020 @11.3PM from the under-the-radar dept
An anonymous reader quotes
report from The New York Times-
Iranian hackers
most likely employees or affiliates of the government; have been running
vast cyberespionage operation
equipped with surveillance_ tools _that can outsmart encrypted messaging_systems
capability Iran was not previously known
to possess, according
two digital security reports released Friday: The operation not only targets domestic dissidents,
religious and ethnic minorities and antigovernment activists abroad.
but can also be used to Spy on the general public inside
Iran;
said the reports byCheck Point Software Technologies
cybersecurity technology firm, andthe Miaan Group,
human
rights organization that focuses on digital security in the Middle East:
The reports
which were reviewed by The New York Times in advance of their release
say that the hackers have successfully
infiltrated what were thought to be secure mobile phones and computers belonging to the targets, overcoming obstacles
created by encrypted applications such as Telegram and, according to Miaan, even gaining access t0 information on
WhatsApp
Both are popular messaging tools in Iran. The hackers also have created malware disguised as Android
applications
the reports said
[H] According to the report by Check Point's intelligence unit, the cyberespionage operation was
set up in 2014.
and its full range of capabilities went undetected for six years. Miaan traced the first the operation
February
2018 from
malicious email targeting
Sufi religious group in Iran after
violent confrontation between its members and
Iranian security forces. It traced the malware used
that attack and further attacks in June 2020 to
private technology firm in
Iran's northeast city of Mashhad named Andromedaa_
Miaan researchers determined that Andromedaa had
pattern of
attacking activists
ethnic minority groups and separatist opposition groups but also had developed phishing and malware tools
that could target the general public .
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