Iranian spies hit Windows machines with Chosen Brick data-stealing malware

Summary by Cyber Security News15 Sep 2026, 20:01 CEST

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Iranian state cyber actors are targeting individuals using social messaging apps to deploy surveillance and data-stealing malware on their Windows machines, three Western governments warned. In all observed cases, Chosen Brick has infected Windows systems exclusively.

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