Popular Iranian App BadeSaba was Hacked to Send “Help Is on the Way” Alerts
2026-03-04T21:03:36Z•55c42433dbe7088437718aa47a9a19f7f49de50dd2f148fe6beabbff16afa641
DDoSGoogle MeetIoT vulnerabilitiesLOLBinsPowerShellShinyHuntersTeramindZoomagentic AIapplication compromisebroadcast/satellite hijackdata breachinformation operationsmonitoring softwarephishingpush notification abuseremote access trojan (RAT)telecom breachthreat intelligence
What happened
A batch of early-March 2026 cyber stories: Iran’s popular BadeSaba prayer/calendar app was compromised and abused to send “Help Is on the Way” alerts and anti‑military messages (information‑operation push notifications); major Pakistani TV channels (Geo, ARY, others) suffered a coordinated broadcast/satellite feed hijack pushing anti‑military content; phishing sites impersonating Zoom and Google Meet trick users into installing Teramind monitoring software; fake Xeno and Roblox utilities are distributing a Windows RAT via PowerShell and LOLBins per Microsoft; ShinyHunters leaked millions of Od
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- hackread
- Record identifier
- 55c42433dbe7088437718aa47a9a19f7f49de50dd2f148fe6beabbff16afa641
- Enrichment time
- 2026-03-04T21:03:36Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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