Malware

Iran-linked hackers targeted US, Israel and UAE, Palo Alto Networks says

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said the Screening Serpens group used six new remote access Trojan variants and a new attack technique against targets during the regional escalation.

 An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.
 Illustrative image of a cyberattack with Israeli and Iranian flags.

Iranian cyberattack group behind phishing campaign targeting Israeli organizations

 Cyber Attacks: Phishing and Social Network Breaches

Shai-Hulud cyberattack hits over 25,000 npm projects, stealing developer credentials

(Illustrative) A pager device and a crowd in Lebanon near a site where Hezbollah members' pager devices were attacked.

Expert: Preparation for Hezbollah pager explosions likely took months


Cyber attacks on hospitals can kill - here's why

In Israel specifically, any one hospital being unable to conduct MRI and CT scans, which run 24/7 and are backlogged, could impact the country nationwide. 

Projection of cyber code on hooded man (llustrative)

Prestigious EU journalism prize awarded to Israeli malware investigation

The 'Pegasus Project' investigation concluded that people across 50 countries had been targeted for potential surveillance.

SECURITY SURVEILLANCE monitors. Privacy advocates argue that even if the official transfer of data does not identify individuals, anyone who wants to abuse the information to invade an individual’s privacy can do so with ease

Massive data leak uncovers human rights abuses using Israeli tech - report

The leak contains a list of over 50,000 phone numbers that the report estimated were identified as “people of interest” by clients of Israeli spyware company NSO Group since 2016.

SECURITY SURVEILLANCE monitors. Privacy advocates argue that even if the official transfer of data does not identify individuals, anyone who wants to abuse the information to invade an individual’s privacy can do so with ease

Israeli spyware allegedly used in Al Jazeera hack

Apparently dozens of workers at Al Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been the target of a cyberattack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Cyber Hackers

Israeli team discovers viruses to nab credit card information

Acting undetected for six months, the hackers are estimated to have stolen tens of millions of dollars.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him

Was Israeli malware used to hack India's elections?

WhatsApp sued Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group last Tuesday, accusing it of helping government spies break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users across four continents.

Silhouettes of mobile users next to the Whatsapp logo, March 28, 2018.