Iranian Hacker Hysteria

<p>If you’re at all plugged into the global news cycle, you’ll know the U.S. assassinated Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani, a commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and leader of the secretive Quds Force.</p><p>Since that night, experts have been wondering what the blowback from Tehran will be. Naturally, in the age of cyberwarfare, people are getting pretty worried about the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74mx9/we-talked-to-experts-about-irans-cyberwar-capabilities" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">threat of Iranian hackers</a>, who, if you were to believe some newscasts, are practically hiding in your modem.</p><p>There are some real and some overblown threats from Iranian hackers now facing the U.S. In fact, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2019/06/22/cisa-statement-iranian-cybersecurity-threats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Department of Homeland Security issued a warning</a>&nbsp;that it was logging increased cyberattacks emanating from the Iranian regime on American networks.</p><p>But how worried should we be?</p><p>On this week’s CYBER we have Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox who is already tracking&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qa83/iranian-hackers-deface-texas-government-website" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">alleged Iranian hackers</a>&nbsp;defacing American websites, to discuss what Tehran’s hackers are actually capable of hacking.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>