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Shin Bet exposes Iranian Telegram, Instagram recruitment of Israelis

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The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Monday revealed more details about an investigation initially publicized last month into Iranian efforts via social media networks to recruit Israeli citizens online to carry out terrorist...

Erel Margalit’s Jerusalem Venture Partners launches a climate tech center in New York City

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Erel Margalit wants to change the way the world thinks about the climate. The high-tech and social entrepreneur says it’s time to put an Israeli twist on the topic. “We want you to stop thinking...
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Iranian cyber-attackers trying, and so far failing, to create panic in Israel

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Iranian cyber-attackers targeting Israel have focused on trying to create panic; however, they have not activated advanced cyber-attack capabilities, say observers in Israel while cautioning that the hostile actors will continue to search for...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin confers with his legal staff at the District Court in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL.

Pegasus scandal may impact Netanyahu corruption trial, experts say

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Those calling for an end to the Netanyahu corruption trial felt the wind at their backs earlier this month following bombshell revelations that the Israel Police may have used Pegasus software to spy on...
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Finland says Pegasus spyware found on diplomats’ phones

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Finland’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that Finnish diplomats had been targeted by Pegasus spyware, developed by the Israel-based NSO Group Technologies. “The highly sophisticated malware has infected users’ Apple or Android telephones without their...
Former Mossad director Tamir Pardo at the Meir Dagan Conference for Strategy and Defense in Netanya College on March 18, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Cyber company cofounded by ex-Mossad chief sells for $700 million

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XM Cyber, an Israeli cybersecurity company that was cofounded by former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, was acquired by Schwarz Group, the European retailer announced on Monday. The company was founded in 2016 by Pardo, Noam...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaking at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Gantz’s cleaner planned to charge Iranian hackers $7,000 to spy on him

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Omri Goren, a cleaner formerly employed at the home of Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, charged Iranian hackers just $7,000 to spy on him. Goren, 37, told the Iranian-affiliated hacker group Black Shadow that he would install...
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Israeli Cyber Unit action removes Black Shadow Iran-affiliated hacking website

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The Israeli Cyber Unit, part of the State Prosecution Office, led the removal of a website belonging to the Black Shadow Iranian-affiliated hacking website after it targeted a number of Israeli websites, Walla reported on Thursday. “The removal of...
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Black Shadow leaks info on hundreds of thousands additional Israelis

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Hours after leaking the personal details of users of LGBTQ dating app Atraf, Iran-affiliated hacker group Black Shadow continued to wreak havoc on Tuesday night, releasing private information on nearly 300,000 Israelis receiving medical treatment at...
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Iranian hackers breach Israeli web hosting company, threaten to release sensitive data

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A hacker group affiliated with Iran announced on Friday that it had breached the servers of an Israeli web-hosting company and threatened to leak data pertaining to thousands of users. The group, calling itself “BlackShadow,”...