Hackers also left a warning message for Israeli agencies to be prepared for a “big surprise.”
Over a thousand Israeli websites were reportedly hacked a couple of days ago in what security experts term as a massive hacking spree allegedly carried out by Iranian hackers.
According to the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) the attack was a coordinated attempt by Iran and was expected since Iran was observing Quds Day on Friday, which is generally marked by anti-Israel speeches and protests, while Israel was gearing up to celebrate Jerusalem Day on Saturday.
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The affected sites’ home pages were defaced with a video depicting the burning image of Tel Aviv, the country’s commercial capital. Furthermore, the hackers also installed a code that asked for permission to access the webcam on the victim’s device to take a picture and upload it to their C&C.
The preview of the defacement has been uploaded by the hackers on their official YouTube channel.
The main targets of the attackers were private firms, organizations, political groups, and individuals. Mostly the websites using WordPress hosted on a local Israeli hosting company uPress were attacked.
Apparently new Iranian hacking group, Hackers_Of_Savior, hacked a lot of uPress based Israeli sites.
They defaced them and installed a code that a ..
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