Iranian cyberspies target US defense orgs with a brand new backdoor

Iranian cyberspies are targeting defense industrial base organizations with a new backdoor called FalseFont, according to Microsoft. In a series of Xeets posted Thursday, Redmond's threat intel team said it spotted a nation-state backed gang it calls Peach Sandstrom attempting to deliver the (presumably Windows) malware to …

[sitta_europea]

550,000 roubles, or dollars?

[ghp]

It says clearly "$550,000 rubles in cryptocurrency".

[elsergiovolador]

That's like 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 of cryptocurrency.

[Pascal Monett]

"Moscow [..] won the battle"

What a surprise. With Washington, all you risk is a mail expressing disapproval, whereas with Moscow, you risk an entirely friendly "special military operation".

Not that Putin has the means to open a second front, but it's Kazakhstan. It already belongs to the Russian Federation. So no tanks, just an envoi and a 9mm bullet.

So yeah, extradite to Moscow, that way Kislitsin can get back to work right after Christmas.

[Anonymous Coward]

Iranian cyberspies target US defense orgs ?

Silly US defense orgs /s