The cybersecurity company “Dream” announced that it had uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack originating from Iran. According to the company, the attack was “designed to undermine mediation processes and trust between countries” and even infiltrated the Cairo negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza.
According to this report, published on Friday, August 29 in Israeli media, Iranian hackers managed to infiltrate the real email account of an employee at the Omani embassy in Paris. Through this, they gained the ability to send messages that appeared identical to official diplomatic correspondence.
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According to the company, which develops artificial intelligence platforms to protect governments and national assets, messages were sent from that account to diplomatic networks. These included Microsoft Word files that appeared harmless but contained advanced malware that activated when opened.
In this way, the cyberattack directly penetrated Egyptian mediators who were in the midst of the Cairo ceasefire talks.
Dream, which develops AI-based systems to protect governments and critical infrastructure, described this attack as “one of the most advanced cyber operations identified in recent months.”
Iranian hackers targeting Israel
Israel’s Channel 12 television broadcaster reported on August 14 that Iran’s regime hacked the phone of Ayelet Shaked, Israel’s former Justice Minister, during the 12-day war.
This move is part of Tehran’s ongoing efforts to spy on and infiltrate the devices of current and former Israeli officials.
According to the report, hackers from Iran’s regime made several attempts to hack the phone of the former leader of the Yamina party and eventually succeeded in tricking her into clicking a link that gave them access to the device.
Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, announced in a statement on May 28 that since the beginning of this year, it had foiled 85 cyberattacks attributed to Iran’s regime targeting Israeli security officials, politicians, academics, and journalists.
According to the statement, these attacks mainly consisted of “phishing” attempts aimed at infiltrating victims’ devices and digital accounts to obtain sensitive personal information.
