Richard Emerson - Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, IBM Security

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Richard Emerson is a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst for IBM X-Force IRIS.

Malware December 15, 2021

Nation State Threat Group Targets Airline with Aclip Backdoor

8 min read - IBM Security X-Force has observed a state-sponsored adversary using a new backdoor that utilizes Slack to attack airline organizations. The adversary leveraged free workspaces on Slack, a legitimate messaging and collaboration application likely to obfuscate operational communications, allowing malicious traffic,…

Mobile Security August 4, 2021

ITG18: Operational Security Errors Continue to Plague Sizable Iranian Threat Group

5 min read - This blog supplements a Black Hat USA 2021 talk given August 2021. IBM Security X-Force threat intelligence researchers continue to track the infrastructure and activity of a suspected Iranian threat group ITG18. This group’s tactics, techniques and procedures(TTPs) overlap with…

Advanced Threats July 16, 2020

New Research Exposes Iranian Threat Group Operations

7 min read - IBM X-Force Incident Response Intelligence Services (IRIS) has uncovered rare details on the operations of the suspected Iranian threat group ITG18, which overlaps with Charming Kitten and Phosphorus. In the past few weeks, ITG18 has been associated with targeting of …

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Nation State Threat Group Targets Airline with Aclip Backdoor

ITG18: Operational Security Errors Continue to Plague Sizable Iranian Threat Group

New Research Exposes Iranian Threat Group Operations

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