Iran Operated Fake Human-Resources Firm to Root Out Unfriendly Spies, Researchers Say

By Christopher Bing Aug 28 (Reuters) – An Iranian hacking group ran a fake professional recruiting business to lure national security officials across Iran, Syria and Lebanon into a cyber espionage trap, according to new research by U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant, a division of Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google Cloud. Researchers said the hackers are loosely connected to a group known as APT42 or Charming … Continue reading Iran Operated Fake Human-Resources Firm to Root Out Unfriendly Spies, Researchers Say