Cybercriminals with ties to the Russian government have been found to piggyback on hacking tools developed by Iranian threat groups to mount their own attacks against 35 countries. The findings — based on a joint report by the US National Security Agency and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) — reveal the focus of the activity was largely in the Middle East, where the targeting interests of both Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) overlap. Named Turla (aka Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, or Venomous Bear), the state-backed APT is believed to have infiltrated spyware tools such as Neuron and Nautilus — both of which…

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