Hacking group targets American defence contractors with aerobics instructor persona

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Proofpoint has uncovered a scheme by a group of Iranian hackers posing as a flirty aerobics instructor to target employees of American defence contractors. The hackers created a fake persona named Marcella Flores to try to dupe employees and compromise their computers, according to Proofpoint researchers. The group, also known as TA456 or Tortoiseshell, has […]

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