Cyberattack Reveals Middle Eastern Spy Network

While investigating a late-October cyberattack that forced Israel to take its police force offline, Norwegian security researchers found evidence of an extensive spy network aimed at both Israeli and Palestinian targets.

This latest attack, according to Norman ASA, the Oslo-based security software firm behind the discovery, placed a remote access Trojan (RAT) onto a government network with a malicious email that appeared to come from Israel Defense Force chief of staff Benny Gantz.

The malware used in this attack, known as Xtreme RAT, has the potential to receive remote commands, transmit data, steal passwords stored in web browsers and tap into a machine's camera or microphone.…
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