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Israeli cyber company uncovers Hamas campaign against PA
2020-02-13
[Jpost] Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", cyber-cells used Trump's plan and Soleimani's liquidation to target PA officials.

The Boston-based company revealed several cyber-warfare operations targeting organizations and individuals in the West Bank and the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip ‐ including Paleostinian Authority officials ‐ in a report from its Nocturnus Research Group titled "New Cyber Espionage Campaigns Targeting Paleostinians."

According to Cybereason, having identified the targets, the Hamas unit would hack into the victims' mobile phones, gaining access to their microphones and cameras as well as files and information stored on the devices.

Cybereason says it monitored the attacks, discovering they were carried out in a similar way to previous attacks the unit committed against Israeli strategic assets. The unit, says the company, is a politically-motivated cell that has acted against various targets across the Middle East since 2012.

The cell reportedly used new malware called Pierogi first discovered in December 2019 by Cybereason, resembling patterns of action used in the past by MoleRATs.

The Israeli researchers discovered confirmation that Pierogi made use of the Ukrainian language, having reason to believe it was created by Ukrainian-speakers, falling into the hands of the pro-Hamas cyber cell through the dark web.

"These tools allow their users to spy on their victims and control their devices, leaking information, stealing content and files," says a source from the Nocturnus Research Groups. "In the last years, we have been witnessing an increase in the level of abilities and overall sophistication among the cells operating in the Middle East."

The source added that the attacks carried out by the cells "are not yet as sophisticated as those sponsored by world powers, but it is clearly visible that there is learning and acquisition of advance cyberwarfare abilities."

Cybereason was founded by Lior Div (CEO), Yossi Naar (CVO) and Yonatan Shitrit Amit (CTO) in 2012. The company develops systems that gather information from all servers and stations in an organization, analyzing their behavior in real time. Using that information, the product identifies malicious activity, revealing the timeline of the attempted cyberattack. The company's clients include individuals, international banks and corporations, including ones included in Fortune 500. The company has raised $400 million from SoftBank, Lockheed Martin and other investors. The corporation's offices are located in Tel Aviv, Boston, London, Sydney, Tokio and other cities.

According to the report, a Hamas cyber-warfare unit working under the names "The Gaza Cybergang" and "MoleRATs" targeted Paleostinian officials using content related to US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
's "Deal of the Century" and the liquidation of IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani alongside other topics relating to the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#2  The PA has a Deepstate working against them too.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-02-13 09:43  

#1  Cyber warfare among Palestinians - wonders never cease.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-13 05:02  

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