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Fast and Furious – Nimbus Manticore Operations During the Iranian Conflict
By stcpresearch
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Key Findings
The Iranian, IRGC affiliated, threat actor Nimbus Manticore resurfaced during Operation Epic Fury, the US military campaign against Iran launched on February 28, 2026, demonstrating newly adopted techniques and enhanced capabilities.
The campaign leveraged malicious lures impersonating organizations in the aviation and software sectors across the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
For the first time, we observed the use of SEO poisoning as an additional malware delivery method. The operation introduced a previously undocumented backdoor, named MiniFast, which appears to incorporate AI-assisted development pract…
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