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Hamas-Linked Hackers Targeted Israeli Engineers Ahead of Oct. 7 Massacre: Research

A pro-Palestinian hacking group targeted Israeli software engineers as part of an attempt to dupe them into downloading malware weeks before the Oct. 7 massacre, according to findings from cybersecurity researchers at Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The attack, dubbed Blackatom, was …

Hezbollah, Russia-Linked Hackers Step Up Cyberattacks on Israel: Cybersecurity Firm

The Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon and Russia-linked hackers have stepped up cyberattacks against Israel since the war with Hamas began, according to the chief technology officer of Israel-founded cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. “While a lot …

Israeli Cyber Professionals Band Together to Fight Hacktivist Activity Amid Gaza War

As Israeli children listened to their teacher over Zoom, the image of a gun-toting man in fatigues appeared on the screen, according to a screenshot shared with Reuters. In another case, a video showed a billboard in the central Israeli …

Hacking Groups, Including Some Tied to Russia, Are Attacking Israeli Websites

Hacking groups, including some tied to Russia, are attacking Israeli government and media websites, allying themselves with the Palestinian military group Hamas that launched a series of deadly strikes on the country over the weekend. Killnet, a group that purports …