On Tuesday, pagers exploded simultaneously across Lebanon and on Wednesday, walkie-talkies exploded, with local authorities saying at least 37 people had been killed and thousands wounded from the two attacks. The Lebanese mission to the UN says the communication devices were detonated by electronic messages and a preliminary investigation by Lebanese authorities alleges “Israel’s Mossad … More Pager attack raises concerns
Security experts have warned about the emergence of previously unknown spyware with hacking capabilities comparable to NSO Group’s Pegasus that has already been used by clients to target journalists, political opposition figures and an employee of an NGO. Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School said the spyware, which is … More Experts warn of new spyware threat targeting journalists and political figures
ESET researchers discovered a new wiper and its execution tool, both attributed to the Agrius APT group. The malware operators conducted a supply-chain attack abusing an Israeli software developer to deploy their new wiper, Fantasy, and a new lateral movement and Fantasy execution tool, Sandals. The abused Israeli software suite is used in the diamond … More Agrius group deploys new wiper through supply-chain attack in diamond industry, ESET Research discovers
ESET researchers recently analyzed previously undocumented custom backdoors and cyberespionage tools deployed in Israel by the POLONIUM APT group. ESET named the five previously undocumented backdoors with the suffix “-Creep.” According to ESET telemetry, POLONIUM has targeted more than a dozen organizations in Israel since at least September 2021, with the group’s most recent actions … More APT group POLONIUM targets Israel with Creepy malware
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