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Not US or China, Indian IT service firms face cyber security threat from Iranian
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NOT US OR CHINA, INDIAN IT SERVICE FIRMS FACE CYBER SECURITY THREAT FROM IRANIAN
HACKERS, WARNS MICROSOFT


IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO GLOBAL COMPANIES, IRANIAN HACKERS ARE INCREASINGLY
TARGETING INDIAN IT FIRMS.



Microsoft said it has issued over 1,600 notifications in response to Iranian
attacks this year

Jhinuk Sen
 * Delhi,
 * Nov 19, 2021,
 * Updated Nov 19, 2021, 8:01 PM IST

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India’s latest cyber security threat is no longer just coming from the US, or
for that matter, China. Microsoft has warned that Iranian hackers are targeting
Indian IT service firms and the frequency of attacks has escalated over the past
few months. Previously, Microsoft had warned about Chinese hackers targeting the
country.

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Microsoft mentioned in a blog that there was “relatively little” history of
Iranian hackers targeting India before July 2021, however, these attacks have
been on the rise since. “As India and other nations rise as major IT services
hubs, more nation-state actors follow the supply chain to target these
providers’ public and private sector customers around the world matching
nation-state interests,” Microsoft said.

“Iranian threat actors are increasing attacks against IT services companies as a
way to access their customers’ networks. This activity is notable because
targeting third parties has the potential to exploit more sensitive
organisations by taking advantage of trust and access in a supply chain,” the
company explained, adding that these attacks aim to steal sign-in credentials
belonging to downstream customer networks to “enable further attacks”.

According to Microsoft, it has issued over 1,600 notifications in response to
Iranian attacks this year to over 40 IT firms globally as compared to the 48
notifications issued in 2020. As per reports, Iranian threat actors started
attacking India-based companies in mid-August and Microsoft issued 1,788
nation-state notifications or NSNs for these hackers to its enterprise
customers. Of these enterprise customers, about 80 per cent were IT companies.
Microsoft noted that only about 10 notifications regarding Iranian threat actors
had been issued in India in the last three years.



While most of these attacks are aimed at IT service companies based in India,
Iranian hackers have also targeted companies based in Israel and the United Arab
Emirates (UAE).

“The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and Digital Security Unit
(DSU) assess this is part of a broader espionage objective to compromise
organisations of interest to the Iranian regime,” the company said.

Since Indian IT firms often handle the backend infrastructure for some of the
top global companies, Microsoft thinks these firms have become sudden targets as
hackers are trying to gain “indirect access to subsidiaries and clients outside
India”.

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