{"id":56042,"date":"2024-05-10T21:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/iran-most-likely-to-launch-destructive-cyber-attack-against-us-ex-air-force-intel-analyst\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T21:54:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:54:39","slug":"iran-most-likely-to-launch-destructive-cyber-attack-against-us-ex-air-force-intel-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/iran-most-likely-to-launch-destructive-cyber-attack-against-us-ex-air-force-intel-analyst\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran most likely to launch destructive cyber-attack against US \u2013 ex-Air Force intel analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"label\">Interview<\/span> China remains the biggest cyber threat to the US government, America&#8217;s critical infrastructure, and its private-sector networks, the nation&#8217;s intelligence community has assessed.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably not all that shocking to anyone paying attention to recent headlines warning of Beijing&#8217;s cyber-snoops <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/03\/20\/five_eyes_volt_typhoon\/\" rel=\"noopener\">burrowing<\/a> into energy facilities, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/02\/14\/volt_typhoon_emergency_network\/\" rel=\"noopener\">emergency responder networks<\/a>, and government officials&#8217; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/04\/03\/cisa_microsoft_exchange_online_china_report\/\" rel=\"noopener\">email inboxes<\/a> and waiting to unleash some degree of chaos at Chinese President Xi Jinping&#8217;s command.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s an often overlooked threat when it comes to cyber warfare capabilities, according to Crystal Morin, former intelligence analyst for the US Air Force and today cybersecurity strategist at Sysdig.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_specialfeatures\/spotlightonrsa&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Zj8tI@jOGPuFu4L9LDyXWgAAAFI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_specialfeatures\/spotlightonrsa&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Zj8tI@jOGPuFu4L9LDyXWgAAAFI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A destructive cyber-attack against the United States would come from Iran before someone else,&#8221; Morin told <em>The Register<\/em>. Check out our full interview below with Morin to find out her reasoning.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_specialfeatures\/spotlightonrsa&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Zj8tI@jOGPuFu4L9LDyXWgAAAFI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_specialfeatures\/spotlightonrsa&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Zj8tI@jOGPuFu4L9LDyXWgAAAFI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cfPht2eI7uY\" data-media=\"x-videoplayer\">Youtube Video<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>For the record: Morin does concur with the US spy agencies that China remains America&#8217;s &#8220;greatest cyber threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_specialfeatures\/spotlightonrsa&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Zj8tI@jOGPuFu4L9LDyXWgAAAFI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_specialfeatures\/spotlightonrsa&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Zj8tI@jOGPuFu4L9LDyXWgAAAFI&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Russia, she noted, continues to focus on collecting intelligence via its cyber-snooping units. And should the Kremlin launch some sort of destructive attack, this would &#8220;be some kind of mutually assured destruction.&#8221; \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> <em><strong>Flashback \u2013 2012 \u2013<\/strong> US officials confirm Stuxnet malware deployed against Iran&#8217;s nuclear fuel centrifuges <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2012\/06\/01\/stuxnet_joint_us_israeli_op\/\" rel=\"noopener\">was a joint American-Israeli op<\/a><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/05\/10\/iran_intel_analysis\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But China&#8217;s the most technologically advanced Interview\u00a0 China remains the biggest cyber threat to the US government, America&#8217;s critical infrastructure, and its private-sector networks, the nation&#8217;s intelligence community has assessed.\u2026 READ MORE 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