Iranian hackers behind credential-stealing campaign targeting dozens of universities: Report
Hackers associated with the Iranian government have set their sights on universities in the United States and abroad in spite of previously drawing ire from the Trump administration in response to similar cyberattacks, security researchers warned Friday.
SecureWorks, an Atlanta-based subsidiary of Dell Technologies, reported that its threat researchers recently discovered evidence of a broad credential-stealing campaign potentially affecting victims from dozens of universities around the world using infrastructure previously connected to Iranian state-sponsored hackers.
Researchers found more than 300 spoofed websites and login portals that had been created to resemble legitimate pages for 76 universities across 14 countries, including Australia, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the U.S., SecureWorks said in a blog post.
