Iranian APT Used No-Justice Wiper in Recent Albanian Attacks

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Iranian APT Used No-Justice Wiper in Recent Albanian Attacks

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Iranian hackers targeted the Albanian Parliament using the No-Justice Wiper and other commonly used tools. The attack came months after Albania had severed diplomatic ties with Iran following a July cyberattack that disrupted the country's online governmental services portal.

Researchers suspect hackers also used tools such as PuTTY Link, Revsocks and the Windows 2000 resource kit, which helped in reconnaissance, lateral movement and targeting a telecommunications service provider

Albanian organizations faced a new wave of cyberattacks on Christmas Day. The most notable incident hit Parliament's infrastructure. Hackers once again attempted to delete data during the attack "although their efforts were ultimately unsuccessful," local media claimed
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Iranian APT Used No-Justice Wiper in Recent Albanian Attacks
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