The Cyber War Between The U.S. And Iran Continues



Defense One: Suspected Iranian Cyber Attacks Show No Sign of Slowing

As Iran and the U.S. trade cyber blows, a new warning shows that the online fight is likely to go on.

Tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz may be cooling but, online, it appears Iranian actors are continuing their activity against targets in the United States and elsewhere.

On Wednesday morning, U.S. Cyber Command tweeted that they discovered “active malicious use” of a known bug in Microsoft Outlook, “CVE-2017-11774.”

In their tweet, Cyber Command doesn’t say who is using the bug to launch attacks. But cybersecurity company FireEye has reported that a variety of Iranian hackers have been busy using that very vulnerability.

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Update: US-Iran cyber strike marks a military ‘game changer,’ says tech expert (MSNBC)

WNU Editor: This is now the new normal.



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