Cyberwarfare

AI-powered cyberattacks 'already happening' against critical infrastructure, Check Point chief says

The software company chief said addressing the threat would require action in three main areas, starting with ensuring organizations regularly update their software.

ILLUSTRATION of cybercrime and hacking activity with a laptop displaying a pirate symbol.
A cyber warrior at a computer

UK energy chiefs briefed after Iran-linked cyber attack forces British power generator offline

Bereaved families, friends, and soldiers stand still as a two-minute siren sounds across Israel, marking Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im forest, near the Israel-Gaza border, April 21.

Iranian bot campaign targets Nova festival massacre survivors with severe online abuse, propaganda

An illustration depicting a cyberattack on Iran's systems.

Iran says limited cyberattack disrupts services at four banks - report


'We broke into IDF, hold quarter of a million documents,' hacker group Anonymous claims

Pro-Palestinian hackers allege that after penetrating the Justice Ministry, they now possess 20 gigabytes of data, including nearly a quarter-million documents related to the Israeli military.

The masked face of international hacker Anonymous

IDF Northern Command conducts intense cyber and combat drill as Iran confrontation looms

As part of the drill, both combat and cyber and technology forces deployed throughout the North, on every separate front, to simulate readiness for an all-out hybrid digital and kinetic war.

 An Israeli armoured personnel carrier (APC) and an Israeli tank participate in a drill near Israel's border with Lebanon in northern Israel, October 26, 2023.

What will Iran’s Oct. 7-level cyberattack on Israel look like? Cybersecurity official weighs in

Since the beginning of the war, the intensity of cyberattacks against Israel is at least three times higher, and expands to even more sectors.

Iranian flag and cyber code [Illustrative]

Lockbit cybercrime gang says it is back online following global police bust

The new Lockbit darkweb site showed a gallery of company names, each attached to a countdown clock marking the deadline within which that company was required to pay ransom.

 A 3D-printed Cyber word standing on PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017.

US carries out cyberattack on Iranian warship in Red Sea - NBC News report

The US operation was meant to inhibit the Iranian ship’s ability to share intelligence with Houthi militants in Yemen.

Iranian warships are seen during a joint naval exercise with Russian navy in the Indian Ocean, Iran February 16, 2021. Picture taken February 16, 2021.

US imposes fresh sanctions over Iranian arms, cyber activity

The sanctions, announced in separate statements, represent Washington's latest efforts to punish Tehran, whose proxies in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Gaza have attacked US and Israeli targets.

 Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna

Israeli civil servants' personal data latest casualty in Iranian cyber-war - report

Iran and Israel continue to wage a cyberwar in the shadows as a court orders the end of a gag order on the leak.

 Hacker

Israeli cyber frontlines: Inside the digital warfare of the war with Hamas - Analysis

What we learned from helping Israeli companies handle wartime cyber-attacks.

 Cytactic founder, Dr. Nimrod Kozlovski.

Israeli CEO recruits Muslim hackers to fight Hamas in cyberwarfare

Doron Amir, CEO of CyTaka, successfully recruited hackers from Muslim countries to combat Hamas. In this interview, he explains their motivations.

 An illustrative image of a person at a computer surrounded by code, indicating hacking or cyberattacks.

Generative AI sees spike in extremists propaganda use amidst Israel-Hamas war

Adam Hadley, the executive director of Tech Against Terrorism explained that there has been a sudden surge in such AI generated content, particularly surrounding the Israel-Hamas War since October 7.

 Artificial Intelligence illustrative.