Iran Conflict Could Help Revive Moribund Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline Executive Summary: The Iran conflict has made completing the moribund Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCP) increasingly attractive. The U.S.–Israeli “Operation Epic Fury” attack against Iran, launched on February 28, upended Persian Gulf hydrocarbon energy exports, severely disrupting global trade. The first airstrikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several senior government and military figures.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Linux backdoor called PamDOORa being marketed on Russian cybercrime forums for $1,600. The tool operates as a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) post-exploitation toolkit designed to maintain persistent SSH access using a magic password and specific TCP port combination.