{"id":62510,"date":"2023-02-06T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/?p=62510"},"modified":"2023-02-06T15:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T07:02:13","slug":"the-rise-of-iran-sponsored-threat-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/version-2.com\/en\/2023\/02\/the-rise-of-iran-sponsored-threat-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of Iran-Sponsored Threat Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62510\" class=\"elementor elementor-62510\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9966c4 post-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9966c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;437ef7f&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2884b38\" data-id=\"2884b38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-980bf1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"980bf1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.scadafence.com\/hubfs\/IranAPTs.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p><p>In mid-summer of 2022, Albania accused the Iranian government of targeting them with a series of major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/uscert\/ncas\/alerts\/aa22-264a#:~:text=In%20July%202022%2C%20Iranian%20state,rendered%20websites%20and%20services%20unavailable.\">cyberattacks<\/a>.\u00a0The attacks, which targeted government servers and online portals, raised alarms about the increasing expertise and audacity of Iranian-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actors. 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