Sunday, June 23, 2019


Conflict short of war. "The US military has jointly defined ‘low intensity conflicts’ as political-military confrontation between contending states or groups below conventional war and above the routine.
Iranian hackers wage cyber campaign amid tensions with U.S.
In recent weeks, hackers believed to be working for the Iranian government have targeted U.S. government agencies, as well as sectors of the economy, including oil and gas, sending waves of spear-phishing emails, according to representatives of cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and FireEye, which regularly track such activity.
It was not known if any of the hackers managed to gain access to the targeted networks with the emails
… Iran has long targeted the U.S. oil and gas sectors and other critical infrastructure, but those efforts dropped significantly after the nuclear agreement was signed. After President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal in May 2018, cyber experts said they have seen an increase in Iranian hacking efforts.
… Yahoo News reported Friday that U.S. Cyber Command launched a retaliatory digital strike against an Iranian spy group on Thursday.


(Related) A different target?
Sources: US Cyber Command launched an offensive cyber strike on Thursday that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches


(Related)
US retaliated against Iranian spy group's cyberstrike
US Cyber Command launched a retaliatory cyberstrike last week against an Iranian spy group, according to a US official and a former US intelligence official familiar with the matter.
… The US official added the online strike targeted an Iranian spy group's computer software that was used to track the tankers that were targeted in the Gulf of Oman on June 13.
… The Department of Homeland Security announced Saturday that Iran has recently increased cyberattacks against US industry and government agencies as tension peaked between the countries this week.


(Related) I wonder if they used one of these?
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… Here we have a list of a few prominent websites which are widely used for near-accurate online ship tracking. These vessel trackers provide not only the ship’s location, but also technical and non-technical details, designated routes, and even photographs.




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