Threat Actor 🇮🇷 Iran

APT35

Also known as: Newscaster Team · Magic Hound · G0059 · Phosphorus · Mint Sandstorm · TunnelVision · COBALT MIRAGE · Agent Serpens

FireEye has identified APT35 operations dating back to 2014. APT35, also known as the Newscaster Team, is a threat group sponsored by the Iranian government that conducts long term, resource-intensive operations to collect strategic intelligence. APT35 typically targets U.S. and the Middle Eastern military, diplomatic and government personnel, organizations in the media, energy and defense industrial base (DIB), and engineering, business services and telecommunications sectors.

Indicators of Compromise 18

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Source Articles

Blinder Tunnel Campaign Targets Iraqi Infrastructure

The Blinder Tunnel campaign, attributed to an Iranian state-aligned threat actor, targeted Iraqi critical infrastructure in March 2026 using a sophisticated social engineering lure impersonating Dubai Airports' IT department. The attack delivered trojanized Visual Studio projects that exploited .csproj files, AppDomainManager hijacking, and DLL sideloading to deploy custom malware including ShelbyLoader V2 and Blackwood, a Chisel-based tunneling tool. Command-and-control was conducted via GitHub repositories and issues, with fallback mechanisms using encrypted comments, while infrastructure reuse linked this activity to a parallel credential-harvesting campaign targeting Israel.

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