Editor’s Note : The following post is an excerpt of a full report. To read the entire analysis, click here to download the report as a PDF. The report aims to provide insight into Iran-linked MABNA Institute campaign activity that was reported on by Insikt Group throughout 2020, as well as by the broader cyber research community. The report is most likely to be of use to scientific organizations, academic institutions, and software groups that service the academic sector. This report will be of interest to blue team defenders working to secure academic and scientific organization’s networks, as well as CTI groups that research Iran-nexus cyber activity. The Recorded Future® Platform, Insikt Group threat research, and that from Proofpoint, RiskIQ, and Malwarebytes are referenced. Data sources used to conduct this analysis include the Recorded Future® Platform, Farsight DNSDB, DomainTools and other common open-source tools and techniques. Executive Summary The MABNA Institute, a thre...