Iran-Linked Handala Hack Tied to HEAVYGRAM Telegram Backdoor That Can Steal Passwords

The Iran-linked 'hacktivist' persona known as Handala Hack has been attributed to a Telegram-based surveillance backdoor called HEAVYGRAM and a Delphi-based utility known as CRUDEEXCLUDE. HEAVYGRAM offers built-in commands supporting remote command execution, system, network and process information discovery, data and Telegram session files exfiltration, screenshot capture, and DLL sideloading.