OFAC designates Iranian cyber actors targeting the US

OFAC has designated (notice) 2 companies and 4 individuals allegedly involved in malicious cyber activity on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command:

  • Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik, formerly known as Mahak Rayan Afzar, allegedly an IRGC-CEC front company associated with a multi-year campaign targeting over a dozen US companies and government entities, including the Treasury, and 2 employees, Alireza Shafie Nasab and Reza Kazemifar Rahman;
  • Dadeh Afzar Arman, allegedly an IRGC-CEC front company, and employee Hosein Mohammad Harun; and
  • Komeil Baradaran Salmani who has allegedly been associated with multiple IRGC-CEC front companies and involved in spear phishing campaigns targeting multiple US entities, including the Treasury.

Source: https://globalsanctions.co.uk/2024/04/ofac-designates-iranian-cyber-actors-targeting-the-us/