Cyber-Attacks Target Foreign Diplomats in Iran

A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013. (Reuters)
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013. (Reuters)
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Cyber-Attacks Target Foreign Diplomats in Iran

A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013. (Reuters)
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013. (Reuters)

The Remexi malware began an operation to target foreign diplomats in Iran using locally-produced spyware linked to a Farsi-speaking hacking group named Chafer. The group used Windows-targeting surveillance-ware to monitor figures in the Middle East.

A new build of the Remexi software has been spotted lurking on multiple machines within Iran, mostly those located within foreign embassy buildings.

Remexi was originally detected in 2015.

It has the ability to execute commands remotely and seize screenshots, browser data, including user credentials, login data and history and any typed text.

Companies, institutions and diplomatic bodies should use an enterprise-class security solution with capabilities to detect and stop advanced guided attacks by analyzing network data anomalies and giving e-security teams full visibility across the network and automated response.

They must then provide security awareness initiatives to enable staff members to master the skill of identifying suspicious messages, such as email, which is a common gateway to targeted attacks.

Diplomatic bodies must keep security teams informed of threats to remain up-to-date with the latest methods and tools used by cyber-criminals.



Russian Attack Kills 3 in Ukraine’s City of Dnipro, Governor Says

 A firefighter works at the site of a household item shopping mall which was hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the city of Kamianske, Dnipro region, Ukraine July 26, 2025. (Reuters)
A firefighter works at the site of a household item shopping mall which was hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the city of Kamianske, Dnipro region, Ukraine July 26, 2025. (Reuters)
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Russian Attack Kills 3 in Ukraine’s City of Dnipro, Governor Says

 A firefighter works at the site of a household item shopping mall which was hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the city of Kamianske, Dnipro region, Ukraine July 26, 2025. (Reuters)
A firefighter works at the site of a household item shopping mall which was hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the city of Kamianske, Dnipro region, Ukraine July 26, 2025. (Reuters)

Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles in an overnight attack that killed three people in Ukraine's Dnipro and the nearby region on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said.

Moscow's troops launched 235 drones and 27 missiles, damaging residential and commercial buildings and causing fires, the Ukrainian Air Force said. It said in a statement that 10 missiles and 25 attack drones hit nine sites. The rest of the drones and missiles were brought down, the Air Force said.

"A terrible night. A massive combined attack on the region," Serhiy Lysak, the Dnipropetrovsk regional governor, said on the Telegram app.

He said three people were killed in the attacks and six others wounded in the city of Dnipro and the nearby region.

Lysak posted pictures showing firefighters battling fires, a residential building with smashed windows, and charred cars.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed retaliatory strikes.

"Russian military enterprises, Russian logistics, and Russian airports should feel that Russia’s own war is now hitting them back with real consequences," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram app.

Ukraine's attacks on Russia have heated up in recent months, with Moscow and Kyiv exchanging swarms of drones and fierce fighting raging along more than 1,000 kilometers of the frontline.