Microsoft’s threat intelligence division on Wednesday assessed that a subgroup of the Iranian threat actor tracked as Phosphorus is conducting ransomware attacks as a “form of moonlighting” for personal gain.
The tech giant, which is monitoring the activity cluster under the moniker DEV-0270 (aka Nemesis Kitten), said it’s operated by a company that functions under the public aliases Secnerd and

Microsoft’s threat intelligence division on Wednesday assessed that a subgroup of the Iranian threat actor tracked as Phosphorus is conducting ransomware attacks as a “form of moonlighting” for personal gain.
The tech giant, which is monitoring the activity cluster under the moniker DEV-0270 (aka Nemesis Kitten), said it’s operated by a company that functions under the public aliases Secnerd and