http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/05/iranian-hackers-target-us-military-officials-elaborate-social-media-scam/85417/
By Marina Koren
National Journal
May 29, 2014
It was the “most elaborate social-engineering campaign” these security
researchers had ever seen.
A new report from iSight Partners, a Dallas-based computer-security firm,
exposed on Thursday a three-year cyberespionage campaign carried out by
Iranian hackers. The digital attacks, which infected about 2,000 U.S.
personal computers since 2011, targeted members of the U.S. military and
Congress, as well as diplomats, lobbyists, and Washington-based
journalists.
The long-term campaign, dubbed “Newscaster” by the security firm, employed
a dozen fake social-media accounts on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and
LinkedIn. Hackers sent targets links that, when accessed, would unleash
malware. They directed people to fake login screens to steal their user
names and passwords. They impersonated journalists and defense
contractors, and even set up a fake news website to lure victims.
All signs pointed to Iran as the source. Nicole Perlroth writes in The New
York Times:
[...]
--
Subscribe to InfoSec News
http://www.infosecnews.org/subscribe-to-infosec-news/
