‘Malibly can conduct cyber activity’: US security agencies warns potential Iranian -backed cyber threat; Sheet of issue
A new joint assessment by US law enforcement agencies says that Iran -backed proxy cyber actor and hecticist group “can still conduct malicious cyber activity,” Bulletin from Cyber Space and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI, NSA and Defense Department Bulletin says, “Depending on the current geopolitical environment, cyber actors associated with Irani can target American devices and networks for near-operation cyber operations”“Defense Industrial Aadhaar (DIB) companies, especially Israeli research and holdings with defense firms, have increased risk. Handiculture and Iranian-government-related actors regularly target the disruptive US networks and internet-related devices for disruptive cybatax,” according to “Bulletin. After the ceasefire, alert comes between Iran and Israel on a conversation on a permanent solution.Alert says, “In the last several months, the Iranian-based hecticians have rapidly operated the website kidnapping and sensitive information leaks from the victims.” “These hecticians are likely to significantly increase the disbursed refusal of service (DDOS) operations against us and Israeli websites due to recent events.”Fact sheet also says that cyber attacks are not recent months of incident, but have been running for years. Agencies refer to several examples when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked in 2023 and 2024 and compromised the Israeli-supported technology. It also states that after the conflict between Israel and Hamas began in 2023, IRGC-supported groups protested many cyber attacks. Alert says, “Activities such as website defaments, leakage of sensitive information, and Daniel-of-Services (DDOS) campaign against American websites have been a general attack in the past.”Agencies, in a statement, have issued a warning for important infrastructure organizations, although they have not come into any malicious activity. “We urge out the organizations to review our joint fact sheet and implement recommended tasks to strengthen our collective defense against this potential cyber activity,” the statement said.
