Last week cyber news
- “The Promised Revenge”, an Iranian attack group announced that it hacked into the Knesset website, stole information and distributed SMS messages to citizens. The Knesset website responded: “The Knesset website is a website that contains information that is visible and available to the public as part of the ‘Transparent Knesset’ project, which aims to make information accessible to citizens. The Knesset’s cyber division identified a suspected hacking attempt on the website and stopped it in real time, as of now. It should be emphasized that the Knesset website is isolated from other networks of the Knesset and at this stage there is no fear of leaking sensitive or current information that can be used. To be on the safe side, the cyber teams of the Knesset in cooperation with the national cyber system continue to carry out tests, the messages sent using the name of the Knesset are attempts at impersonation and intimidation that failed to achieve their goal. It is important to note that the Knesset website was proactively taken down for maintenance work already on Thursday and is expected to continue for several more days (attached is a screenshot of the message sent to users in advance). The Knesset emphasizes that it works tirelessly to protect its information systems alongside ensuring maximum transparency to the public, while maintaining information security” (Israel Hayom).
- An additional attacking group broke into the Toyota company and stole about 240GB of information.
- The attack group Mad Liberator carries out cyberattacks using ANYDESK. The group deploys a fake window that looks like a Windows update, which the victim will click on while being distracted. So far, they have managed to deceive about 9 victims.
