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Nimbus Manticore Expands into Europe Targeting Defense

🛡️ Check Point Research reports that Iranian-linked threat actor Nimbus Manticore is expanding operations into Europe, focusing on the defense, telecom and aerospace sectors. The group uses fake job portals and targeted spear‑phishing to deliver malicious files disguised as hiring materials while impersonating prominent aerospace firms. Evolving toolsets such as MiniJunk and MiniBrowse enable stealthy data theft and persistent access, consistent with intelligence-collection objectives linked to IRGC priorities.