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Iran-linked hackers used Israeli IT providers to target government bodies

Once installed, the tool can infiltrate programs used to access other computers. Malware disguised as legitimate updates sent by the IT provider can be sent to the customer. 

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Cyber proxy wars escalate as hackers shift to infrastructure targets

Hacker attack

Portugal warns foreign state-backed hackers targeting officials' and military messaging accounts

FBI agents monitor suspicious activity; illustrative.

FBI 'identified and addressed' suspicious cyber activity on its networks, agency spokesperson says


Leak exposes how Israeli firm allows governments to track smartphone users

The leaked internal documents show that NSO Group charges customers $1.15 million to access 10 iPhones.

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Hacked Soros e-mails reveal plans to fight Israel's 'racist' policies

The documents are available on a website, reportedly backed by Russia, that uses anti-Semitic stereotypes to attack Soros.

George Soros

Hacker of models, famous women’s intimate photos from phones, accounts indicted

There is a gag order on the hacked material and on the identities of those persons whose accounts were hacked, including the famous models, TV actors and TV news personalities.

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Hackers and companies alike finding clever new ways to circumvent privacy

Hackers and companies alike are increasingly able to discern identifying information about people, such as their gender, based on indirect data.

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Anonymous brings 'gay-pride' to IS Twitter accounts

The focus to gay propaganda only shifted a week ago, following the deadly shooting in Orlando.

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Country’s young computer innovators create apps at HackTrack TLV

For HackTrack TLV, the youth split up into teams of up to four participants to formulate and develop their ideas, vying for a first place prize of NIS 5,000 and office space for at Merkspace.

SOME 100 of Israel’s young hi-tech entrepreneurs gather in Tel Aviv Port over the weekend to develop innovative applications at HackTrack TLV.

Experts: Annual 'Anonymous' cyber-attack effort largely unsophisticated, unsuccessful.

In the past, it has claimed some success in tampering with websites belonging to Yad Vashem, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Israel Defense Forces, the Knesset and the court system.

THE CERT-IL GROUP of volunteers responds to cyber-attacks in its Tel Aviv control room yesterday.

Israeli businesses, government brace for annual Anonymous cyber-attacks

Past attempts have targeted the sites of Yad Vashem, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Israel Defense Forces website, with limited success.

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'US to charge Iranian hackers in cyber attacks against American targets'

Sources say Justice Department has prepared indictment against Iranians for campaign of cyber attacks in 2012 and 2013 on banks, New York dam.

Computer keyboard with an Iranian flag [Illustrative]

Tech Talk: Beware of ransomware

Ransomware are viruses that are sent to people, mostly through email, that infect people’s computers and request them to pay a fee to have the restriction removed or to receive an encryption key.

Writing on a computer keyboard [Illustrative]