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The Hacker News |
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3056229 |
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2021-07-13 02:58:26 (vue: 2021-07-13 10:05:49) |
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Iranian Hackers Posing as Scholars Target Professors and Writers in Middle-East |
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A sophisticated social engineering attack undertaken by an Iranian-state aligned actor targeted think tanks, journalists, and professors with an aim to solicit sensitive information by masquerading as scholars with the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
Enterprise security firm Proofpoint attributed the campaign - called "Operation SpoofedScholars" - to the |
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actor african aim aligned attack attributed called campaign east engineering enterprise firm hackers information iranian journalists london masquerading middle operation oriental posing professors proofpoint scholars school security sensitive soas social solicit sophisticated spoofedscholars state studies tanks target targeted think undertaken university writers |
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