Iran-linked hackers target US transportation, manufacturing firms

Hackers linked to the Iranian government have escalated attacks against certain U.S. critical infrastructure since the beginning of the Israel-Iran conflict, according to new research.

The Iran-linked threat groups, tracked as MuddyWater, APT33, OilRig, CyberAv3ngers, FoxKitten and Homeland Justice, tried to breach at least 10 U.S. companies, mostly in the transportation and manufacturing sectors, researchers at Nozomi Networks said.

MuddyWater targeted five firms, APT33 targeted three and the others targeted two, according to the research.

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