Hacktivism in two hybrid wars (with an excursus on gastropods).

Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 8:45 p.m.

The Hamas-Israel war continues to be marked by hacktivism. Arid Viper's exploitation of Arabic speaker's Android devices. Iran shows improved cyberespionage capabilities. A URL shortener in the C2C market. Taking down the Mozi botnet. Ransomware in healthcare. Two are Russians arrested on treason charges, accused of hacking for Ukraine. In our sponsored Industry Voices segment, Anna Belak from Sysdig shares a new threat framework for the cloud. Rick Howard previews his new online course on cyber security first principles. And no, Russia hasn\u2019t really replaced its currency with Arctic Ocean gastropods.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/209\n\nSelected reading.\n\u2018Hacktivists\u2019 join the front lines in Israel-Hamas war (C4ISRNet)\xa0\nThe global cyber divide between Gaza and Israel - IT-Online (IT-Online)\nArid Viper disguising mobile spyware as updates for non-malicious Android applications (Cisco Talos Blog)\nIn Cyberattacks, Iran Shows Signs of Improved Hacking Capabilities (New York Times)\nFBI \u2018keeping a close eye\u2019 on Iranian hackers as Israel-Hamas war intensifies (Record)\nWhy Iran Is Gambling on Hamas (Foreign Affairs)\nTo Aid and Abet: Prolific Puma Helps Cybercriminals Evade Detection (Infoblox Blog)\nWho killed Mozi? Finally putting the IoT zombie botnet in its grave (ESET)\nThe State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023 (Sophos)\nRussian security service detains two hackers allegedly working for Ukraine (Record)\xa0\nPro-Ukraine group says it breached Russian card payment system (Record)\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices