Security researchers identify APT33's private network of 21 VPN nodes.
November 14th, 2019 By Catalin Cimpanu
One of Iran's elite state-sponsored hacking groups has built and has been operating its own private network of VPN nodes, which they've using to connect to hacking infrastructure, perform reconnaissance on future targets, and even casual web browsing, according to research published today by cyber-security firm Trend Micro.
The group, tracked in cyber-security circles under the codename of APT33, is, by far, Iran's most sophisticated hacking unit.
They are the ones who developed the disk-wiping malware known as Shamoon (DistTrack) that destroyed over 35,000 workstations at Saudi Arabia's Saudi Aramco in 2012.