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Iranian OT Hacking Team Has Gone Quiet … Too QuietArmed exchanges between Iran and Israel and the prospect of U.S. armed intervention against Tehran has cyber defenders warning about hacking risks to critical infrastructure. Iran's CyberAv3ngers doesn't possess the sophistication of Chinese or Russian actors but it's still a persistent threat.
While Exceptions Apply, Such Efforts Often Only Amount to Psychological OperationsMissile exchanges over the skies of Israel and Iran entered their eighth day, wreaking death and destruction. Hacktivists are taking that as their cue to join the fray, although whether their efforts function as anything more than psychological operations is unclear.
As geopolitical tensions rise, the use of cyber operations and hacktivists continues to grow, with the current conflict between Israel and Iran showing the new face of cyber-augmented war.
Iran's state-owned TV broadcaster was hacked Wednesday night to interrupt regular programming and air videos calling for street protests against the Iranian government, according to multiple reports
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Pro-Israel Predatory Sparrow Group steals $90m in crypto from Iranian exchange Nobitex
As Iran closes its cyberspace to the outside world, hacktivists are picking sides, while attacks against Israel surge and spread across the region.
Bank and crypto outfits hit after Israeli commander mentioned attacks expanding to ‘other areas’ The government of Iran appears to have shut down the internet within its borders, perhaps in response to Israel-linked cyberattacks.…
Iranian Officials Call Internet Outages Intentional to Disrupt Israeli OperationsIranian officials said widespread internet outages were deliberate and meant to disrupt covert Israeli operations within the country following days of missile attacks from Israel and a rapidly escalating regional conflict that experts warn could trigger major cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.
The pro-Israel "Predatory Sparrow" hacking group claims to have stolen over $90 million in cryptocurrency from Nobitex, Iran's largest crypto exchange, and burned the funds in a politically motivated cyberattack. [...]
Meanwhile, next-gen script kiddies are levelling up faster thanks to agentic AI Interview Iran's state-sponsored cyber operatives and hacktivists have all increased their activities since the military conflict with Israel erupted last week – but not necessarily in the way that Amazon chief information security officer CJ Moses expected.…
Iran has throttled internet access in the country in a purported attempt to hamper Israel's ability to conduct covert cyber operations, days after the latter launched an unprecedented attack on the country, escalating geopolitical tensions in the region
Disruption of Country's Biggest Bank Comes as Israel-Iran War IntensifiesA pro-Israel hacking group claims to have disrupted a major Iranian bank as hostilities between the two countries raged into their fifth day. Hacking group Gonjeshke said Tuesday morning it "conducted cyberattacks which destroyed the data of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Bank Sepah."