{"id":1735357,"date":"2022-11-11T13:03:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1735357"},"modified":"2022-11-11T13:03:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:03:29","slug":"hamas-emerges-as-newest-cyber-espionage-powerhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-emerges-as-newest-cyber-espionage-powerhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas Emerges as Newest Cyber Espionage Powerhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-emerges-as-newest-cyber-espionage-powerhouse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1735357&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Iran-backed Hamas terror group is investing great resources in its cyber espionage capabilities, opening an increasingly dangerous front in its war against Israel, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hamas has demonstrated steady improvement in its cyber capabilities and operations over time, especially in its espionage operations against internal and external targets,&#8221; the Atlantic Council think tank said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/in-depth-research-reports\/report\/the-cyber-strategy-and-operations-of-hamas-green-flags-and-green-hats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> this week. &#8220;The group\u2019s burgeoning cyber capabilities, alongside its propaganda tactics, pose a threat to Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and U.S. interests in the region\u2014especially in tandem with the group\u2019s capacities to fund, organize, inspire, and execute kinetic attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Hamas is well-known for its deadly terror strikes on Israel, the group is putting an increased emphasis on its virtual attack networks, which should not be underestimated, according to the report. &#8220;It comes as a surprise to many security experts that Hamas\u2014chronically plagued by electricity shortages in the Gaza Strip, with an average of just 10 to 12 hours of electricity per day\u2014even possesses cyber capabilities,&#8221; the Atlantic Council said.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber espionage campaigns allow Hamas to wage outsized influence on its enemies, particularly Israel. Hack attacks orchestrated by Hamas in recent years have exposed Israeli military secrets and infiltrated the country\u2019s law enforcement apparatus, highlighting the danger the terror group poses in the virtual world.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber campaigns, the report says, allow Hamas &#8220;to engage and inflict far more damage on powerful actors, like Israel, than would otherwise be possible in conventional conflict,&#8221; where munitions and other expensive military hardware is needed.<\/p>\n<p>The newfound capabilities were on full display in April, when a Hamas-led cyber espionage campaign targeted Israel\u2019s military, law enforcement, and emergency services networks. The attack &#8220;used previously undocumented malware featuring enhanced stealth mechanisms,&#8221; according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Through social media networks like Facebook\u2014&#8221;a hallmark of many Hamas espionage operations&#8221;\u2014Israeli targets were fooled into downloading applications with malware. Once downloaded, Hamas was able to gain access to &#8220;a wide range of information from the device\u2019s documents, camera, and microphone, acquiring immense data on the target\u2019s whereabouts, interactions, and more,&#8221; according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>This behavior, the Atlantic Council warns, &#8220;is in some ways similar to the Russian concept of \u2018information confrontation,\u2019 featuring a blend of technical, information, and psychological operations aimed at wielding influence over the information environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hamas\u2019s progress in the cyber domain has not gone unnoticed by Israel, despite little media attention on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iran-backed Hamas terror group is investing great resources in its cyber espionage capabilities, opening an increasingly dangerous front in its war against Israel, according to an Atlantic Council report.<br \/>\nThe post Hamas Emerges as Newest Cyber Espionage Powerhouse appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":541514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1735357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1735357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1735357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1735357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1735357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1735357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}