Middle East Cyberwar Rages On, With No End in Sight
ID: c1876dc6-6d45-5bae-afce-d15070364d7e
STIX ID: report--c1876dc6-6d45-5bae-afce-d15070364d7e
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2024-12-23
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
This report summarizes a year of cyber operations connected to the Israel–Hamas conflict, detailing hacktivist and state-aligned threat actors conducting DDoS, wiper, espionage, and backdoor campaigns (references to Pierogi++, IronWind loader, and the Wirte APT), alongside fraud-based social-engineering that moved cryptocurrency. It warns of continued activity and potential escalation in 2025, including the risk of ICS/OT-targeted operations.
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