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A prolific Middle East team with links to Hamas is said to be using malware and infrastructure to target high-ranking Israeli officials and steal sensitive data from Windows and Android devices. The advanced persistent threat (APT) group – known by some as APT-C-23, Arid Viper, Desert Falcon, and FrozenCell, among other names …

  1. IGotOut Silver badge

    Ahhh the weakest link in security.

    The penis.

    1. Potemkine! Silver badge

      Re: Ahhh the weakest link in security.

      Too often a man's brain is between his legs :doh:

  2. VoiceOfTruth Silver badge

    Of course...

    Mossad would never do something like this, would it? It's another case of pot meeting the kettle.

    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Of course...

      Mossad is bad at physical cat fishing. Maybe virtual.

      CIA? Pentagon? Good physical cat phishing. Performance also beautiful.

    2. NoneSuch Silver badge
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      Re: Of course...

      "Mossad would never do something like this, would it? It's another case of pot meeting the kettle."

      Mossad pioneered a lot of this along with GCHQ and NSA. It's necessary to keep tabs on journalists and their sources. Oops, I mean terrorists and their supporters. How silly of me.

    3. Insert sadsack pun here

      Re: Of course...

      "It's another case of pot meeting the kettle."

      Not really. No-one said Mossad would or wouldn't do the same.

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