Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency is warning the public about the increasing number of Iranian cyber schemes targeting a wide range of Canadian professionals.
Iranian “cyber threat actors” are focusing on specific targets with the goal of obtaining information that holds political, economic, or military significance for Iran, according to a report from the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE).
These Iranian state actors create fake accounts with “credible, attractive personas” on multiple social media platforms to connect with individuals from a wide variety of professional fields such as defence contractors, aerospace employees, energy sector employees, politicians, diplomats, and civil society groups, the report said. They have also been known to target academics, activists, researchers, and journalists. …