Cyberwarfare

Israel’s zero-click future: How cyber veterans are reinventing offensive intelligence

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Radiant cyber firm, led by former IDF experts, moves under the radar with advanced tech tools, securing contracts in Western intelligence.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IN THE next battle space, intrusion can come without warning: ‘zero-click’ tools can penetrate a device without user action, turning everyday technology into an intelligence target. Radiant Research Labs, led by ex-IDF intelligence experts, has already produced 10 major cyber and technological tools
L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Iran won information war by shutting down the Internet - opinion

Iran’s Internet blackout denied protesters access to information and helped the regime outmaneuver the US in the information war.

|ByARIK SEGAL
An anti-Israeli billboard is seen on a street, early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Iranian general claims Israel, US spy via Tehran surveillance cameras

Jalali further asserted that a 2022 cyberattack on Khuzestan Steel began after hackers accessed the camera network, enabling them to penetrate the plant’s core infrastructure.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER
An Iranian flag is seen on a computer's CPU (illustrative)

Did Iran-Israel war ever end? Cyberwar continues between Jerusalem, Tehran

The decade-long cyber war between Israel and Iran has heated up significantly after the June war. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

US imposes sanctions on Iran over cyber activities, cyberattack on Albania

The move comes after Albania severed diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday for the same incident, ordering Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave within 24 hours.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022ByREUTERS
Personnel of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran can be seen through a closed door, as Albania cuts ties with Iran and orders diplomats to leave over cyberattack, in Tirana, Albania, September 7, 2022.

Cyberthreats, foreign intervention loom over upcoming Israeli election

Foreign countries and non-state players are attempting to affect the outcome of upcoming elections in Israel by spreading conspiracy theories and lies on social media.

AUGUST 16, 2022ByADI KOPLEWITZ/THE MEDIA LINE
An Israeli flag is seen in the background as a man casts his ballot for the parliamentary election

Cyber expert: US-Israel homeland security cyber defense cooperation spiking

There is an “increasingly pressing need for effective data protection in today’s uncertain world,” and Israel has a special role in meeting this need.

AUGUST 9, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Cyber attack

Israel’s cyber advantage over Iran mixed with other abilities - interview with ex-cyber chief

Former IDF Unit 8200 Cyber Operations chief col. (res.) Amir Becker discusses what edge cyber gives Israel - and other powers - in today's climate.

JULY 6, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Iranian flag and cyber code [Illustrative]

Why did Russia's cyber warfare against Ukraine fizzle out?

The vice president of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center grants insight into the sudden lack of aggression from Russia at the war's outbreak.

JUNE 29, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
John Lambert, vice president of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center

Brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine has transformed cybersecurity - UK cyber chief

British National Cyber Security Center CEO Linda Cameron said that the lives of millions of innocent people are in jeopardy due to cyber threats, just like on the battlefield.

JUNE 28, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Hands are seen on a keyboard in front of a displayed cyber code in this picture illustration taken October 4, 2018

Bennett cyber warning to Iran: 'If you mess with Israel, you’ll pay a price'

Bennett described the future of Israel's cyber warfare capabilities as replacing dozens of commandos with keyboards.

JUNE 28, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at Cyber Week

Israel cyber chief: Iran has become our dominant rival in cyber

Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) Chief Gaby Portnoy: “We see them, we know how they work and we are there.”

JUNE 28, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Iranian flag and cyber code [Illustrative]

Iran’s steel industry halted by cyberattack

Predatory Sparrow, a hacktivist group that is little known, took credit for the hacking that halted Iran's steel industry.

JUNE 27, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
EVEN AFTER THE Cyberserve/Atraf disaster, Bennett is more afraid of overregulation than he is of lacking the power to save the private sector from its own occasional cyber laziness or cheapness.

Founder of the upcoming CyberWeek weighs in on Russia and Iran’s cyber warfare attempts

Isaac Ben-Israel, the man who kickstarted the Israel’s cyber revolution, gives insight into cybersecurity’s many facets.

JUNE 23, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber code is displayed, in this illustration picture taken March 2, 2018.