Risky Business News Podcast
December 16, 2025
Between Three Nerds: The evolution of Iranian cyber espionage
Presented by
The Grugq
Independent Security Researcher
Tom Uren
Policy & Intelligence
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk to Hamid Kashfi, CEO and founder of DarkCell, talk about the Iranian cyber espionage scene.
Kashfi talks about how the regime once forced people to hack and crushed the domestic security research scene. He describes how and why the government has changed its approach and is now reaping the rewards of improved Iranian capabilities.
This episode is available on Youtube.
Between Three Nerds: The evolution of Iranian cyber espionage
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