ESET Research: Arid Viper group targets Middle East, poisons Palestinian app with spyware

ESET researchers have identified five campaigns that employ trojanised apps to target Android users. ESET Research discovered multistage Android malware, which ESET named AridSpy, being distributed via five dedicated websites. ESET detected occurrences of AridSpy in both Palestine and Egypt and attribute it, with medium confidence, to the Arid Viper APT group. AridSpy’s code is, … More ESET Research: Arid Viper group targets Middle East, poisons Palestinian app with spyware

APT group POLONIUM targets Israel with Creepy malware

Focused only on Israeli targets, POLONIUM attacked more than a dozen organizations in various verticals, such as engineering, information technology, law, communications, branding and marketing, media, insurance, and social services. Microsoft assesses that POLONIUM is an operational group based in Lebanon that coordinates its activities with other actors affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and … More APT group POLONIUM targets Israel with Creepy malware

Irish government’s Freedom of Information website hacked

The Irish government’s Freedom of Information (FOI) website has been targeted by hackers posting a pro-palestinian message that some connect to ISIS, reports the Irish Mirror, but investigators are sceptical. The website was attacked yesterday (March 24th) and is currently inaccessible, with the usual design replaced by a white screen bearing the message: “Hacked by … More Irish government’s Freedom of Information website hacked