Iran’s MuddyWater APT targets Saudis and Israelis with BugSleep Backdoor New Backdoor ‘BugSleep’ Discovered in MuddyWater Phishing Attacks. Cybersecurity researchers uncover a custom-made backdoor used by the notorious… byDeeba Ahmed
The breach has caused one of its water pump stations to be operated manually until the automated systems are operational again. “I am closely monitoring this cyberattack on the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa,” said Congressman Chris Deluzio in a statement. “Federal officials ...
Cyberattacks against national infrastructures, such as banking, energy, water, transportation, or healthcare systems, have an impact on the battlefield and the ability to achieve military and state goals. In this context, one can also recall the Russian cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid during...
Iranian threat group ‘MuddyWater’, linked to the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, has intensified cyber warfare targeting the Middle East, particularly Israel, since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, reveals the latest report from Check Point Research. ...
“We will remember this last month, May 2020, as a changing point in the history of modern cyberwarfare... What we faced here in Israel... the attempted attack, synchronized and organized attack,” targeting civilian water infrastructure, “if it had been successful... we would now be fac...
ClearSky Cyber Security has detected a watering hole attack on at least eight Israeli websites. The attack is highly likely to be orchestrated by a nation-state actor from Iran, with a low confidence specific attribution to Tortoiseshell (also called TA456 or Imperial Kitten). The Infected site...
Lewis, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said if the Iranians decide to retaliate with a cyber-attack, they will likely “want something dramatic” in choosing a target. “The big question is: will they do something symbolic, like the bank attacks?” he said. “Or ...
Is Israel getting back at Iran for the botched cyber attack in which it tried to raise the chlorine level in Israel's water system?
Iran Researches Cyberattacks on Sea-Faring Vessels Date: August 4, 2021 A trove of Iranian reports by “Shahid Kaveh,” an offensive cyber unit within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), revealed research on how to use cyberattacks to disrupt cargo vessels’ water filtration and ball...
The alleged Iranian cyber attack on the water plant could have triggered fail-safes that would have left tens of thousand of civilians and farms parched in the middle of an Israel heatwave, as the pumping station shut down when the excess chemical was detected. In the worst-case scenario, h...