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Intelligence on Ashiyane and the Iranian Cyber Army

Dec 19, 2011

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One of my favorite OSINT resources internet-haganah have opened up a new thread on their forums that are dedicated to Iran, called Ashiyane. This is basically the hacker forum that I was researching a couple of years ago (see my DefCon18 talk, and here, and here). The forum thread is here: http://forum.internet-haganah.com/showthread.php?440-Ashiyane And an interesting intelligence profile…

Local PayPal Phishing – and why we need a CERT

May 3, 2011

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iamit

in Opinion, Security Research

This just came in the mail: (twice – at two different mailboxes – I must be a high value target for these guys) A classic phishing email, with the only exception that it seems highly targeted at the Israeli market! (yeah – I know, I sound a little excited, but this is the first one…

About CyberWar, Deterrence, and Espionage

Feb 14, 2011

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iamit

in Opinion, Security Research

Discussing cyberwar, cyber deterrence and cyber espionage

Information Security Intelligence Report for 2010 and Predictions for 2011

Jan 24, 2011

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iamit

in Opinion, Security Research

Looking back at 2010 shows a widening gap between cybercrime and law enforcement capabilities, in conjunction to nations that have started the cyber-race to develop defensive and offensive capabilities. Most of the attacks analyzed in 2010 depict organizations that fall behind in their defensive strategies as attackers take advantage of a hybrid approach that merges…