Russian cyber actors disguised themselves as Iranian spies so they could stealthily orchestrate ... [+] attacks on countries across the world, the U.S.'s NSA and U.K.'s NCSC said. In total, 35 countries were attacked, including the U.K. and U.S., with a “large cluster” of victims based in the Middle East. Turla used implants derived from Iranian hackers’ previous campaigns, “Neuron” and “Nautilus”–which they obtained through compromising the Iran based hackers themselves. In a defiant statement, he sent a warning to attackers that “even when cyber actors seek to mask their identity,” it’s possible for intelligence agencies to identify them. Russian group Turla targets government, military, technology, energy and commercial organizations.

Source: Forbes October 21, 2019 09:11 UTC