By Lilly Chapa
According to Cyber security firm Fire Eye, Iranian hackers have become increasingly aggressive and sophisticated and have begun engaging in cyber espionage. At the forefront of this trend is the Ajax Security Team, the first Iranian hacking group that uses custom-built malware to launch espionage campaigns, according to Reuters. Ajax has targeted several U.S. defense companies as well as Iranians who are trying to circumvent the country’s internet censorship. “This is a good example of a phenomenon that we are going to increasingly see with hacker groups in Iran,” said Fire Eye researcher Nart Villeneuve. “If their objective is to attack enemies of the revolution and further the government’s objectives, then engaging in cyber espionage is going to have more impact than Web site defacements.”
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