http://news.techworld.com/security/3591027/is-iran-is-the-new-china-fbi-warning-suggests-its-not-far-off/
By John E Dunn
Techworld
15 December 2014
The FBI has sent a formal warning to US energy, defence and education
organisations to be on the lookout for targeted Iranian cyberattacks,
Reuters has reported.
Flagged as confidential, probably because it goes into detail about the
techniques used, the ‘Flash’ document offers advice on combatting yet
another sophisticated state-backed cyberattack campaign to add to the
suspected Chinese, Russian and North Korean ones some of the firms will
already be battling.
According to the brief details offered by Reuters, the FBI urged affected
businesses to contact them.
Iranian attacks on US firms are nothing new but news of the latest
campaign confirms the warning of the same attacks last week by security
consultancy Cylance, which dubbed them ‘Operation Cleaver’.
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