{"id":9865,"date":"2026-09-15T18:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/iranian-hackers-use-telegram-controlled-malware-to-spy-on-dissidents-and-journalists\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T18:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T18:13:53","slug":"iranian-hackers-use-telegram-controlled-malware-to-spy-on-dissidents-and-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/iranian-hackers-use-telegram-controlled-malware-to-spy-on-dissidents-and-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Hackers Use Telegram-Controlled Malware to Spy on Dissidents and Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands have detailed a Windows malware that they say Iran&#8217;s intelligence service uses to spy on dissidents, journalists, and activists around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The malware is controlled via the Telegram messaging app and can copy a target&#8217;s emails and chat messages, take screenshots, and activate the microphone to record\u00a0Cybersecurity agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands have detailed a Windows malware that they say Iran&#8217;s intelligence service uses to spy on dissidents, journalists, and activists around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The malware is controlled via the Telegram messaging app and can copy a target&#8217;s emails and chat messages, take screenshots, and activate the microphone to record\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCybersecurity agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands have detailed a Windows malware that they say Iran&#8217;s intelligence service uses to spy on dissidents, journalists, and activists around the world. The malware is controlled via the Telegram messaging app and can copy a target&#8217;s emails and chat messages, take screenshots, and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/iranian-hackers-use-telegram-controlled-malware-to-spy-on-dissidents-and-journalists\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Iranian Hackers Use Telegram-Controlled Malware to Spy on Dissidents and Journalists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}