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Footholds, Live Feeds, and Lifelines: Iranian Cyber Operations Surviving, Not Thriving

Mar 16, 2026 2:42:32 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, Critical Infrastructure, Iran, MOIS, MuddyWater, Cyber Warfare, CVE-2021-33044, Handala, IRGC, IP cameras, CVE-2017-7921

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Verticals Targeted: Banking, Aviation, Defense, Healthcare
Regions Targeted: US, Canada
Related Families: Dindoor, Fakeset, Stagecomp, Darkcomp

Executive Summary

Recent reporting indicates Iranian cyber actors are expanding operations targeting US organizations while also exploiting internet-connected cameras across the Middle East for intelligence collection and battlefield awareness. These developments represent another layer in Iran’s evolving hybrid warfare strategy. Iranian APT group MuddyWater has maintained access to multiple US organizations since early February, while Iran-linked infrastructure has targeted internet-connected surveillance cameras across the Middle East. Hacktivist group Handala has recently claimed responsibility for a destructive cyberattack against medical technology firm Stryker. Taken together, these incidents suggest Iran’s cyber ecosystem is currently surviving but not thriving, maintaining operational capability despite disruption to infrastructure and command structures.

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MOIS Affiliated Threat Actor Using Liontail Framework

Nov 6, 2023 12:58:47 PM / by The Hivemind posted in Threat Bulletin, APT, Financial, Government, Iran, Telecommunications, framework, Military, MOIS, Liontail, OilRig, Scarred Manticore, IT, NGOs

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Verticals Targeted: Government, Defense, Telecommunications, Finance, NGO, IT services  

Executive Summary

Scarred Manticore, a threat actor group associated with Iran’s MOIS, was observed using Liontail framework in an espionage campaign. 

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