Iranian Elections Bring Lull in Bank Attacks
Summary: DDoS attacks on U.S. banks that had run for nearly nine months stopped about three weeks before Iran's presidential election, with the FS-ISAC reporting no activity in that window. Since September 2012, nearly 50 U.S. financial institutions were hit in over 200 DDoS attacks claimed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, while Google reported disrupting phishing campaigns aimed at tens of thousands of Iranian users around the election.
What you should know: The same actors who sent over 200 DDoS attacks at nearly 50 U.S. banks redirected their effort to phishing their own citizens, and FS-ISAC's Bill Nelson said they are probably just gearing up for another round rather than stopping.
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