"Iranian Hackers Work With Ransomware Gangs to Extort Breached Orgs"

"Pioneer Kitten" is an Iranian hacking group infiltrating US defense, education, finance, and healthcare organizations and extorting victims with affiliates of several ransomware operations. The threat group, also known as "Fox Kitten," "UNC757," and "Parisite," has been active since 2017. In a joint advisory, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Defense Department's Cyber Crime Center (DC3) warned that attackers are selling domain admin credentials and full domain control privileges on cyber marketplaces to monetize their access to compromised organizations' networks. This article continues to discuss findings regarding Pioneer Kitten.

BleepingComputer reports "Iranian Hackers Work With Ransomware Gangs to Extort Breached Orgs"

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