Followers of a small and relatively new religion developing in Iran and parts of the Middle East are being targeted by spyware delivered via a malicious VPN (opens in new tab) service, according to new findings from Kaspersky. In its report, the company says practitioners of the Baháʼí Faith are being targeted with SandStrike spyware, which is being delivered to their endpoints via a malicious, unnamed VPN service. Whoever is behind the attack has set up several Facebook pages and groups, Instagram accounts, and a Telegram channel that claim to promote the teachings of the Baháʼí Faith to lure in as many believers (and other curious people) to join.
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