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Get email notification for articles from Omer Benjakob Follow May. 5, 2021 8:37 PM A long-term sophisticated group of cybercriminals popularly known as ‘Cuba Ransomware’ is likely Russian, say Israeli researchers. An investigation by Israeli cybersecurity firms Profero and Security Joes into attacks by Cuba, which mounts “ransom” attacks against commercial clients, found a number of telltale signs about the hackers’ origin. In a report published on Wednesday, the firms show that a typo made by the hackers in correspondence with their victims is likely the result of misspelling the ...
Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The hackers managed to breach Shirbit’s computer network and steal large amounts of data from the company’s servers. They got their hands on employee pay slips, claims filed by customers – including insurance appraisers’ reports and hospital records, for example – as well as a large number of customer I.D. documents. The hackers demanded money from the company, but despite the attack's seemingly financial motivations, cybersecurity experts who spoke to Haaretz said at the time that a state actor – or at least ideologically m...
BICOM 21st December 2020 BBC News reports on the massive seizure of the drug Captagon, an amphetamine, in Italy which revealed the scale of illegal drug production in Syria. The drug is used recreationally across the Middle East and is also taken by fighters who say it gives them ‘a feeling of invincibility on the frontlines.’ The report notes that this ‘is the largest haul ever seized, with a street value of more than $1bn (£900m) and was followed by smaller drug raids across the Middle East, in what appears to be a co-ordinated effort agains...
The Saudi-led coalition has cleared four fuel ships to dock at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah, two sources familiar... Earlier this month, a major cyber attack hit dozens of Israeli logistics companies, with hackers making off with information from servers. In November, Israeli cyber security firm Check Point revealed that Iranian hackers were behind a Pay2Key ransomware attack on dozens of Israeli companies. The hackers demanded payment of seven to nine bitcoins, worth some NIS 375,000-475,000 ($111,000-$141,000) from each of the companies that fell prey to the attack. Check Point reported...