Iranian Hackers Launch Opportunistic and Overstated Cyberattacks on Israel Following Hamas Conflict, Microsoft Reports

Microsoft: Iranian Cyberattacks in Response to Hamas Conflict Were Opportunistic, Overstated and Uncoordinated; Iranian Hackers Unprepared and Took 11 Days to React; CrowdStrike Indicates Ongoing Attacks on Israeli Firms.

• Microsoft's research suggests that the Iranian cyber involvement in the Israel-Hamas conflict was late and uncoordinated, taking 11 days from the start of the ground conflict to enter in the cyber domain.
• Iranian hackers targeted Israel's infrastructure on October 18th, though details of the nature of these targets or the harm caused have not been disclosed.
• Microsoft insists that some of the claims made by Iranian actors regarding the impact of their cyberattacks on Israel have been overstated and likely fabricated as part of a recurring pattern of exaggeration.
• Microsoft believes that the breaches Iranian hackers made were most likely based on intrusions conducted earlier, suggesting a strategy of propagating existing access for propaganda purposes.
• Regarding ongoing cyberattacks, CrowdStrike's research attributes a series of October cyberattacks on Israeli transportation, logistics, and technology firms to the Iranian hacking group, Imperial Kitten.

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