Reuters reports that Iran's cyber capabilities were regarded by cybersecurity experts as potentially being overstated, as the country has not intensified its cyber intrusions amid an ongoing ceasefire following U.S. and Israeli military strikes.
Hacktivist groups sympathetic to Iran have claimed compromising Israeli organizations in recent attacks but the Handala Hack group's most recent assertions could not be substantiated. "As far as we can tell, it's the usual mix of ineffectual chaos from the genuine hacktivist groups and targeted attacks from the Iran-linked personas that are likely having some success but also overstating their impact," said Sophos lead threat intelligence researcher Rafe Pilling. Meanwhile, Red Sense co-founder Yelisey Bohuslavskiy noted that the cyber operations of Iran were as ineffective as its missile program, which has failed to substantially impact the Israeli military. However, other experts continued to warn of a potentially more advanced cyberespionage campaign that is yet to be revealed.
Hacktivist groups sympathetic to Iran have claimed compromising Israeli organizations in recent attacks but the Handala Hack group's most recent assertions could not be substantiated. "As far as we can tell, it's the usual mix of ineffectual chaos from the genuine hacktivist groups and targeted attacks from the Iran-linked personas that are likely having some success but also overstating their impact," said Sophos lead threat intelligence researcher Rafe Pilling. Meanwhile, Red Sense co-founder Yelisey Bohuslavskiy noted that the cyber operations of Iran were as ineffective as its missile program, which has failed to substantially impact the Israeli military. However, other experts continued to warn of a potentially more advanced cyberespionage campaign that is yet to be revealed.
