Threat Intelligence Executive Report – Volume 2025, Number 5
This issue of the Counter Threat Unit’s high-level bimonthly report discusses noteworthy updates in the threat landscape during July and August
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Bys sA Court-Authorized Domain Seizure Removes Four Websites Facilitating the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security’s Hacking Efforts Tied to Psychological Operations and Transnational Repression WASHINGTON – Today, the Justice Department announced the seizure of four domains as part of an ongoing effort to disrupt hacking and transnational repression schemes conducted by the Islamic Republic……
U.S. nuclear and health agencies hit in Microsoft SharePoint breach
Bys sEllen Nakashima, Joseph Menn and Carolyn Y. Johnson report: The National Institutes of Health and the federal agency responsible for securing the nation’s nuclear weapons were among the victims in a global breach of Microsoft server software over the weekend, according to officials at the agencies. The incident at NIH, which has not been previously reported, involved…
Hungarian police arrest suspect in cyberattacks on independent media
Bys sDaryna Antoniuk reports: Hungarian police have arrested a man suspected of carrying out a prolonged series of cyberattacks against independent media outlets in Hungary and abroad, authorities said on Monday. The 23-year-old suspect from Budapest is accused of launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that disrupted access to at least half a dozen Hungarian news sites beginning in…
Tennessee man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system
Bys sLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A resident of Springfield, Tennessee, is expected to plead guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system dozens of times over several months. Prosecutors say between August and October 2023, Nicholas Moore, 24, “intentionally accessed a computer without authorization on 25 different days and thereby obtained information from a……
Global operation targets NoName057(16) pro-Russian cybercrime network in Operation Eastwood
Bys sEuropol reports: Between 14 and 17 July, a joint international operation, known as Eastwood and coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, targeted the cybercrime network NoName057(16). Law enforcement and judicial authorities from Czechia, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States took simultaneous actions against offenders and infrastructure belonging…
China’s Massistant Tool Secretly Extracts SMS, GPS Data, and Images From Confiscated Phones
Bys sCybersecurity researchers have shed light on a mobile forensics tool called Massistant that’s used by law enforcement authorities in China to gather information from seized mobile devices. The hacking tool, believed to be a successor of MFSocket, is developed by a Chinese company named SDIC Intelligence Xiamen Information Co., Ltd., which was formerly known as…