Iran-linked DEV-0343 targeting defense, GIS, and maritime sectors (Microsoft Security Blog) MSTIC has observed DEV-0343 conducting extensive password spraying against more than 250 Office 365 tenants, with a focus on United States and Israeli defense technology companies, Persian Gulf ports of entry, or global maritime transportation companies with business presence in the Middle East. Microsoft: Iran-linked hackers breached Office 365 customer accounts (The Record by Recorded Future) Microsoft said today that a new Iran-linked hacking group has targeted more than 250 Office 365 tenants and compromised accounts for less than 20.
The information was, the Baltimore Sun reports, contained in SD cards, which were then hidden in a Band-Aid wrapper or a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich. Jonathan and Diana Toebbe are said to have sold Restricted Data related to submarine nuclear propulsion systems to an FBI undercover operative they believed to be an agent of a "foreign power." Jonathan Toebbe is an engineer employed by the US Department of the Navy. The Washington Post describes both journalists' critical engagement with their respective governments.Ī Maryland couple have been charged with violations of the Atomic Energy Act. The Nobel Committee Friday announced that two journalists, Maria Ressa (of the Rappler, in the Philippines), and Dmitry Muratov (of Novaya Gazeta, in Russia) would be awarded this year's Peace Prize. The BBC reports that the head of Britain's National Cyber Security Centre, speaking at Chatham House Cyber 2021, described Russian-tolerated criminal cybercrime, notably ransomware, as a threat to the security of British businesses. At 2.4 terabytes per second, the incident was, according to the Record, the biggest volumetric attack so far observed. Microsoft also disclosed that in August it successfully mitigated a distributed denial-of-service attack against an unnamed Azure customer. Targets included "US and Israeli defense technology companies, Persian Gulf ports of entry, or global maritime transportation." Fewer than twenty of the attempts were successful. DEV-0343 has been conducting password-spraying attacks against more than two-hundred-fifty Office 365 tenants. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center yesterday released a report on "DEV-0343," an "activity cluster" Redmond connects to Iran.
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