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Fake Jobs, Hidden Malware: Iran's Cyber Spy Playbook
(Gulf News UAE) - Hackers are using fake job offers and infected video apps in a global espionage push. Iranian hackers posed as job recruiters to target software engineers in the aviation sector as part of an elaborate espionage campaign during the US-Israeli war with Iran, according to cybersecurity researchers. The Iranian operatives also targeted a US oil and gas firm, along with organizations in Israel and elsewhere in the Gulf. Compromising aviation, oil and gas companies could, in theory, allow Iran to track flight manifests to the Middle East or better understand how U.S. energy firms are dealing with volatile oil markets. It is the kind of asymmetric threat U.S. intelligence officials have warned about since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February.