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Reportseverity: High2023-09-14

Peach Sandstorm password-spray campaign against defense industry

published by Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Actor
APT33IR · IranAPT

Iranian state-sponsored actor with strategic intelligence interest in the global energy supply chain. Long-running password-spray and credential-theft campaigns against aviation and defense industria…

Summary

Microsoft Threat Intelligence reported that Peach Sandstorm (APT33) had been running a sustained password-spray campaign against the defense industrial base, satellite operators, and pharmaceutical sectors throughout 2023, deploying the Tickler backdoor on successfully accessed accounts.

Tags

password-sprayirandefense

Primary source

microsoft.com