Iran’s Charming Kitten: Targeting Israeli Exchange Servers with Cyberattacks
Iranian state-backed threat actor breaches Israeli organizations Introduction In recent years, a notorious Iranian state-backed threat actor known as Charming Kitten, TA453, Phosphorus, or Ballistic Bobcat, has been responsible for breaching 32 Israeli organizations running unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers. The group, sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran, has historically targeted the United States and…