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BRIEF: Huge jump in hacker attacks on Israeli sites: Hackers are aiming for quantity, not quality.(Globes Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jan. 1--Quantity, not quality, is the guideline of hackers trying to shut down Israeli websites in response to Operation Cast Lead. Information security solutions developer Applicure Technologies Ltd. (TASE:APCR) reports a multifold increase in hacking at Israeli websites, as well as a large increase in attempts to hack protected websites. Applicure founder and CTO David Allouch told "Globes", "We're talking about Iranian organizations, some of which call themselves communist, and organizations affiliated with Syria and Hizbullah. In contrast, during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, hackers were mostly kids from Morocco." Article continues after advertisements Hacked sites include Mazda Israel Ltd. and Cargo Airlines Ltd. (CAL). Allouch said that the main difference between the current hacking and the hacking during the Second Lebanon War was that, this time, hackers want to crash as many websites as possible, irrespective of their size. To see more of the Globes or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.globes-online.com. Copyright (c) 2009, Globes, Tel Aviv, Israel Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. |