Cyberwarfare

Iran says limited cyberattack disrupts services at four banks - report

Iran's banking coordination council said no unauthorized access to customer information had occurred, and no data had been deleted.

|ByREUTERS
An illustration depicting a cyberattack on Iran's systems.
An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

Iranian-backed group offers bounties on Israelis it claims intercepted Gaza Flotilla

Iran-backed hacker group Handala offered $100,000 bounties on 69 Israelis it claimed were flotilla commandos, but many of the names appeared to have no link to the unit.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

Hackers breach US gas monitoring systems, officials suspect Iranian involvement - report

Iran has a history of targeting ATGs, making it the prime suspect in these breaches, but sources warned CNN that the hackers left little evidence to allow definitive identification. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Soon AI will battle AI in cyberspace, Israeli experts predict

Cybersecurity companies race to find solutions as generative artificial intelligence is expected to lead to spike in cyberattacks

FEBRUARY 3, 2023ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
Cybertech Tel Aviv 2023. Photo taken on Jan. 31, 2023

PM Netanyahu: IDF cyber intel. experts training 20,000 students

IDF cyber warfare experts are training the next generation to boost the country's defense capabilities

JANUARY 31, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023.

Cyber warfare will only increase after end of Ukraine-Russia war, expert warns

Nadav Zafrir spoke about what the world can expect to see in the future in terms of cyber warfare and threats at the Tel Aviv Cybertech Conference on Tuesday.

JANUARY 31, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Are ransomware attacks going to continue to rise? Worrying trends indicate that they may.

Most IT pros say cyberwarfare threat greater after Ukraine war - report

Armis CTO: “All organizations should consider themselves possible targets for cyberwarfare attacks and secure their assets accordingly.”

JANUARY 25, 2023ByZACHY HENNESSEY
ARMIS: BRINGING hackers out of the shadows.

Russia-linked group behind UK Royal Mail cyber attack, says Telegraph

Royal Mail unable to despatch items to overseas destinations as of Thursday because of a Russia-linked ransomware group

JANUARY 12, 2023ByREUTERS
A postal worker makes a delivery in London

Iran says it foiled cyberattack targeting central bank servers

Anonymous and other global hacking groups threatened in October to launch cyberattacks on Iranian institutions and officials.

JANUARY 6, 2023ByREUTERS
A man walks past the Central bank of Iran in Tehran, Iran August 1, 2019

Israel Police, FBI officials call for more aggressive crime tech laws

There has been heavy criticism of the police’s use of one of NSO Group’s tools to hack suspects' cell phones and routinely collect data beyond what court orders stipulate.

NOVEMBER 28, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Chief of police Kobi Shabtai, Minister of Public Security Omer Bar Lev and Israeli police officers at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem May 1, 2022.

Australia is the West's weak link against Iran's aggression - opinion

At some point, Australia needs to take action against Iran, even if it jeopardizes lucrative trade deals. 

NOVEMBER 28, 2022ByROBERT GREGORY
AUSTRALIA HAS been slow to condemn the violence in Iran. Penny Wong was one of the last Western foreign ministers to issue a statement, says the writer.

Russia, China highlighted as severe threats to US in new defense strategy report

Other major threats detailed in the 80-page report included Iran, North Korea and several violent extremist organizations.

OCTOBER 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Pentagon, headquarters of the US Department of Defense, taken September 2018

US airports targeted by suspected Russian cyberattacks

Over 12 different airport websites were affected by 14 different cyberattacks throughout the day on Monday.

OCTOBER 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cyberattack (illustrative)