'Hundreds' of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes
Attack infrastructure attributed to ‘several Iran-nexus threat actors’
Multiple Iranian hacking crews have been targeting internet-connected surveillance cameras across Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since the war started on February 28, according to Check Point security researchers.
The Tel Aviv-based security shop has tracked “hundreds” of attempts to exploit a handful of bugs in IP cameras made by two manufacturers, Hikvision and Dahua, according to Sergey Shykevich, threat intelligence group manager at Check Point Research, in a conversation with El Reg.
The countries targeted in these digital intrusion attempts — Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, Cyprus, and Lebanon — are the same ones that have seen significant missile activity linked to Iran.
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