In a textbook example of how cyber activity is often a mirror of geopolitics, a Turkish hacktivist group called Ayyildiz Tim has been accused of hacking and then hijacking the social media accounts of prominent U.S. journalists to spread messages in support of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Read More »Hamas Now Using Instagram To Lure Israeli Soldiers In Sophisticated Information Operation
Palestinian terror group Hamas has been accused by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) of using photographs of attractive women posted on Instagram as a ploy to download spyware on the mobile telephones of Israeli soldiers.
Read More »Iranian Hacker Group COBALT DICKENS Illegally Accessing Western University Libraries
U.S. cyber security company SecureWorks, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies, has issued a report claiming that a previously identified Iranian hacker group called COBALT DICKENS is likely behind numerous fake university websites that target legitimate users in order to provide the Iranian government access to university library holdings.
Read More »Inmarsat And Australia’s Auxilium Partner To Provide Industrial Internet of Things Solutions
Inmarsat, the UK-based global satellite communications company, is partnering with Auxilium, an Australian mining company, for the provision of Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) and communications solutions to the mining sector.
Read More »Hamas Deploys Fake Color Red Missile Warning App In Israel
Israeli cyber security firm ClearSky Cyber Security revealed last week that the Hamas terrorist group has been trying to hack Israelis through a fake version of the Color Red missile-attack warning app.
Read More »Iran’s Cyber Threat Increasing Says Accenture Report
U.S. cyber security company Accenture assesses that Iran is likely to carry out cyber-attacks against other Middle Eastern countries, as well as Europe and the United States, if it comes under extreme economic pressure.
Read More »South Korea Seeks To Restore Public Trust In Its Cyber War Command
The South Korean defence ministry has announced that it is reorganizing its military cyber command in order restore public and politic trust following allegations that officers tried to interfere in the South Korean political process.
Read More »Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 Identifies Pakistani Hacker Group Dubbed Gorgon Group
Unit 42, the cyber security research arm of U.S.-based cyber security company Palo Alto Networks, has identified a Pakistani hacking group they call the Gorgon Group that is engaged in both criminal and nation-state cyber activities.
Read More »Iran Hijacks Global Telegram App Traffic Prior To National Protest
Information from global users of the encrypted messenger app Telegram was purposefully directed through Iranian networks on Monday, 30 July 2018, according to several media reports.
Read More »Saudi Arabia And Pakistan Explore Possible Cyber And AI Cooperation
Pakistan's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Khan Hasham Bin Saddique, met with Haitham A. Al-Ohali, the Saudi Arabian vice minister of communications and information technology, at his office in Riyadh on 24 July 2018, according to a report in the Saudi Gazette.
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