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Sead Fadilpašić

RARE PHOTOS: Middle eastern nations targeted by dangerous oilrig malware | Vintage Vibes

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Iranian threat actors are on the hunt for login credentials that can grant them access to organizations and personal systems of people in the United Arab Emirates and the broader Gulf region, experts have warned.

A report from cybersecurity researchers Trend Micro claims a group called OilRig (AKA APT43, or Cobalt Gipsy) has been going after vulnerable servers that they can use to deploy web shells. These, in turn, allow them to run PowerShell and consequently - deploy malware on the servers.

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