The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Department of Treasury, and Israel National Cyber Directorate are releasing this Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn network defenders of new cyber tradecraft of the Iranian cyber group Emennet Pasargad, which has been operating under the company name Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan (ASA) and is known by the private sector terms Cotton Sandstorm, Marnanbridge, and Haywire Kitten.
The group exhibited new tradecraft in its efforts to conduct cyberenabled information operations into mid-2024 using a myriad of cover personas, including multiple cyber operations that occurred during and targeting the 2024 Summer Olympics – including the compromise of a French commercial dynamic display provider. ASA has also undertaken a project to harvest content from IP cameras and used online resources related to Artificial Intelligence.
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Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division
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