\r\n\tHackers have managed to penetrate computer networks associated with the Israeli military in an espionage campaign that skillfully packages existing attack software with trick emails, according to security researchers at Blue Coat Systems Inc.
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\r\n\tThe campagin has been in place for four months and Israelis say Arabic-speaking programmers are most likely behind, according to Reuters.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tWaylon Grange, a researcher with the Blue Coat Systems Inc. who discovered the campaign, said the vast majority of the hackers' software was cobbled together from widely available tools, such as the remote-access Trojan called Poison Ivy.
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\r\n\tThe hackers were likely working on a budget and had no need to spend much on tailored code, Grange said, adding that most of their work appeared to have gone into so-called social engineering, or human trickery.
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\r\n\tThe hackers sent emails to various military addresses that purported to show breaking military news, or, in some cases, a clip featuring "Girls of the Israel Defense Forces."<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tSome of the emails included attachments that established "back doors" for future access by the hackers and modules that could download and run additional programs, according to Blue Coat.
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\r\n\tUsing standard obfuscation techniques, the software was able to avoid detection by most antivirus engines, Blue Coat said.
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\r\n\tAt least some software lodged inside government computers.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2015-04-18 11:59:52","content_date_finish":"2015-04-18 11:59:52","content_date_register":"2015-04-18 11:59:52","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"124763","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1130232854","attach_date_register":"2015-04-18 11:59:56","attach_id":"127257","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"490","attach_img_height":"301","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"136","visit_date_last":"2025-05-10 21:03:17","attach_title":"Israeli military networks breached by hackers","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]