According to a July 5 report by Trend News Agency, Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center head Masoud Biglarian said that the Dino spyware was behind a campaign that targeted “sensitive centers” inside Iran for 18 months.

But Trend News said Iran's Mehr news agency reported that Biglarian spurned claims that the malware had infected those centers and said steps had been taken to protect the country's assets.

Biglarian said: “We took appropriate measures to prevent damage to the strategic centers of the country by Dino.” Additionally, his organization sent a report on the Dino campaign to Iranian officials.

Esets research claimed that an investigation of Dino, a sophisticated backdoor, was linked to the Animal Farm cyberespionage group, which is a French group of developers.

The spyware's victims “were located in Iran in 2013,” ESET said.

Source: SCMagazine