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The Israeli defence ministry said on Wednesday that it had foiled an attempted cyber attack by a foreign group targeting the country's defence manufacturers. The United States has linked Lazarus to North Korea's regime, but the Israeli statement did not identify the foreign country concerned, nor did it say when the attempted attack took place or which firms it targeted.

A threat actor believed to be working for the Iranian government recently launched another round of attacks on Israel's water sector, and a source tells SecurityWeek that the attackers used vulnerable cellular equipment as a point of entry. A new round of attacks on Israel's water sector was reported last week and, similar to the first attacks, they targeted smaller, local facilities.

An Israeli court Monday rejected a bid by rights group Amnesty International to revoke the export license of spyware firm NSO Group over hacking allegations. NSO has faced multiple accusations of cyber-espionage on human rights activists and others, including by the messaging service WhatsApp, which is suing the company in a US court.

Amnesty International said Monday that software developed by Israeli security firm NSO Group was used to attack a Moroccan journalist, the latest in a series of allegations against the company. Amnesty said the Moroccan authorities used NSO's Pegasus software to insert spyware onto the cellphone of Omar Radi, a journalist convicted in March over a social media post.

Hacked websites in Israel, a reported cyberattack in Iran and a Twitter war between their leaders: the arch foes' animosity is flaring up online. The latest volleys in Israel and Iran's longstanding rivalry coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Israeli army's withdrawal from southern Lebanon, forced out by Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.

The actions of the hackers who recently targeted water facilities in Israel show their sophistication and prove that they knew exactly what they were doing, according to people with knowledge of the attacks. The attacks targeted wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and sewage facilities, and organizations in the water sector have been instructed by Israeli authorities to immediately take measures to prevent attacks, including changing passwords to internet-exposed control systems, reducing internet exposure, and ensuring that all software is up to date.

The Israeli government has issued an alert to organizations in the water sector following a series of cyberattacks aimed at water facilities. According to an alert published by Israel's National Cyber Directorate, the attacks targeted supervisory control and data acquisition systems at wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and sewage facilities.

An election campaigning website operated by Likud―the ruling political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu―inadvertently exposed personal information of all 6.5 million eligible Israeli voters on the Internet, just three weeks before the country is going to have a legislative election. In Israel, all political parties receive personal details of voters before the election, which they can't share with any third party and are responsible for protecting the privacy of their citizens and erasing it after the elections are over.

An election campaigning website operated by Likud―the ruling political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu―inadvertently exposed personal information of all 6.5 million eligible Israeli voters on the Internet, just three weeks before the country is going to have a legislative election. In Israel, all political parties receive personal details of voters before the election, which they can't share with any third party and are responsible for protecting the privacy of their citizens and erasing it after the elections are over.

An election application used by Israel's Likud party has exposed the personal information of over 6 million voters. Likud, the party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has contracted a company named Feed-b to create an election management system called Elector, which has been advertised as highly secure.