Collaborate Disseminate
A Facebook friend request leads to arrest, Twitter scams ride again via promoted ads, and adult websites expose their members. Oh, and Graham finds out what Rule 34 is.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smash… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #392: Pasta spies and private eyes, and are you applying for a ghost job?
Hackers impersonate ESET in phishing attacks targeting Israeli organizations. Malicious emails, claiming to be from ESET, deliver wiper… Continue reading Hackers Use Fake ESET Emails to Target Israeli Firms with Wiper Malware
Attackers have tried to deliver wiper malware to employees at organizations across Israel by impersonating cybersecurity company ESET via email. The phishing email The attack took the form of a phishing email ostensibly sent by the “Eset Advanced… Continue reading Israeli orgs targeted with wiper malware via ESET-branded emails
The Washington Post has a long and detailed story about the operation that’s well worth reading (alternate version here).
The sales pitch came from a marketing official trusted by Hezbollah with links to Apollo. The marketing official, a woman whose identity and nationality officials declined to reveal, was a former Middle East sales representative for the Taiwanese firm who had established her own company and acquired a license to sell a line of pagers that bore the Apollo brand. Sometime in 2023, she offered Hezbollah a deal on one of the products her firm sold: the rugged and reliable AR924…
Continue reading More Details on Israel Sabotaging Hezbollah Pagers and Walkie-Talkies
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that hackers continue to be capable of compromising industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT) using “unsophisticated methods” – suggesting that much … Continue reading CISA warns hackers targeting industrial systems with “unsophisticated methods” as claims made of Lebanon water hack
Unsophisticated methods can still be used to hack ICS/OT — even so, many cyberattack claims are likely exaggerated.
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Very small explosive devices may have been built into the pagers prior to their delivery to Hezbollah, and then all remotely triggered simultaneously.
The post Hundreds of Pagers Exploded in Lebanon and Syria in a Deadly Attack. Here’s What We Know. ap… Continue reading Hundreds of Pagers Exploded in Lebanon and Syria in a Deadly Attack. Here’s What We Know.
A Hezbollah official speculated that malware may have caused the pagers to heat up and explode.
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Mandiant says the primary motive for the operation appears to be helping the Iranian government identify Iranians who may cooperate with Israel.
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APT42 targeted the Biden and Trump presidential campaigns from May to June, Google researchers found.
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