US imposes sanctions on Iranian advanced persistent threat group, 45 associated individuals and a front company the Iranian government allegedly used to run a years-long malware campaign. The sanctions affect APT39 and the Rana Intelligence Computing Co., both of which are controlled by Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The FBI and the Cybersecurity Security and Infrastructure Security Agency on Thursday released code for eight separate sets of malware Rana used to conduct their computer intrusion activities. Two Iranians were indicted this week for conducting a lengthy hacking campaign.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/us-imposes-sanctions-on-iranian-apt-group-a-15016