US, Israel Describe Iranian Hackers’ Targeting of Olympics, Surveillance Cameras

The US and Israel have published an advisory describing the latest activities of Iranian cyber firm Emennet Pasargad, now called Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan.

The United States and Israel this week published a cybersecurity advisory describing the latest activities of an Iranian threat group, including attacks targeting the recent Olympics and surveillance cameras.

The FBI has been tracking this group’s activities since 2020. The threat actor is known in the private sector as Cotton Sandstorm, Marnanbridge, and Haywire Kitten, but it’s probably best known as Emennet Pasargad, the name of the company that was until recently used as a front for the group’s activities.

According to the new advisory written by the FBI, the US Department of Treasury and Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, since mid-2024 the name of the front company has been Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan (ASA). The company, which has been legally registered in Iran, is ...