Hamas using 'virtual honeypots' to lure Israelis into hacks

[Jan2017]

JULY 3, 2018 17:00 The Jerusalem Post
HEARTBROKEN OVER HAMAS: IDF INTEL UNCOVERS MORE HAMAS HONEYPOTS

Operation “HeartBreaker” was launched to uncover the cell behind the suspicious online actions targeting IDF soldiers.
Hamas 'honeypot' operation shows a sophisticated cyber-espionage unit



The IDF has uncovered another Hamas network posing as attractive young women and men on social networks
in order to lure in IDF soldiers in order to access as much information and intelligence on the army that they can.

A new Military Intelligence operation dubbed “HeartBreaker” was launched in March to uncover the cell
behind the suspicious online actions targeting IDF soldiers.

“We know who is behind this,” said one senior military intelligence official who stated that while the damage done was minor
“there was of course, a potential of serious harm to national security.”

The Hamas applications had “wide capabilities,” a senior military intelligence officer said, adding that the Hamas network
was more believable than the previous attempt despite still writing in Hebrew with visible spelling and grammatical errors.

According to senior intelligence officials, soldiers had been approached by suspicious figures on social networks as well as on
messenger applications such as Whatsapp using Israeli numbers to get soldiers to download applications from Google’s official store.

An investigation by the IDF’s Military Intelligence found an intelligence network of the Hamas terrorist organization
which asked the soldiers to download applications which compromised their cell phones with Trojan horse viruses.

Once on the phone, the virus would give Hamas operatives access to all pictures, the soldier’s location, text messages
(including the history of sent messages), and the soldier’s contact list. The virus would also be able to download files,
access the phone’s camera and microphone, take pictures and record conversations remotely, without the soldier knowing.
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C...neypots-561446

[Jan2017]

The applications used by Hamas included two social networking applications, WinkChat, and GlanceLove, and an application for fans of the World Cup-GoldenCup.
All applications had between 400 to 500 downloads before being removed from the Google App store.

The pic of the two woman kissing . . . I guess those Israelis are gonna turn to salt or something now ?
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C...neypots-561446

[Aratus]

the movie SWORDFISH has now arrived on Netflix...

[Aratus]

Miss Maya Hari during WW1 was known for getting three seperate and distinct paychecks...

None of this is really 'new news' by comparison to NKVD or our CIA let alone good ole KGB.

[timosman]

What do these spies really spy?

[Aratus]

What do these spies really spy?

Dude... The OP suggests HAMAS has the de facto status of a sitting gov't, and that
they possibly might be DE JURE and legitimate, if they are functioning like a gov't.

[timosman]

Dude... The OP suggests HAMAS has the de facto status of a sitting gov't, and that
they possibly might be DE JURE and legitimate, if they are functioning like a gov't.

You are quite lucid when the subject of HAMAS is discussed. Do you suggest HAMAS has spies in USA?

[Aratus]

You are quite lucid when the subject of HAMAS is discussed. Do you suggest HAMAS has spies in USA?

Some of Putin's spies are also triple agents.
Technically a subset of them may be legit
And also helping out HAMAS. It will take the
HAMAS folks a while to be as sophisticated
As the Chinese and the North Koreans. Keep
in mind the Nationalists on Taiwan have not
slipped professionally. Loose Lips Sink Ships.

[timosman]

Some of Putin's spies are also triple agents.
Technically a subset of them may be legit
And also helping out HAMAS. It will take the
HAMAS folks a while to be as sophisticated
As the Chinese and the North Koreans. Keep
in mind the Nationalists on Taiwan have not
slipped professionally. Loose Lips Sink Ships.

Doesn't it get tiring after a while? Why is this tolerated? Why is the government so suspicious toward other governments and on the other hand so willing to import immigrants from the countries we $#@! with.

[Aratus]

Doesn't it get tiring after a while? Why is this tolerated? Why is the government so suspicious toward other governments and on the other hand so willing to import immigrants from the countries we $#@! with.

Because when times are good, we NEED cheap labor.
When times get bad, we deport them and downsize.

[Aratus]

Booting out a lawbiding 'illegal' does not give a true blue American a job...
it is merely a demonstration of social status. You want more jobs for good
folks who are 75% to 100% American? Back BUSINESS START-UPs in their
year one. This is simple. Some 9/10ths of 'em fold by year two. If they can
expand they can hire more good people. believe in small town capitalism!!!

[timosman]

Booting out a lawbiding 'illegal' does not give a true blue American a job...
it is merely a demonstration of social status. You want more jobs for good
folks who are 75% to 100% American? Back BUSINESS START-UPs in their
year one. This is simple. Some 9/10ths of 'em fold by year two. If they can
expand they can hire more good people. believe in small town capitalism!!!

Too bad the governments do not believe in that.

[Swordsmyth]

Booting out a lawbiding 'illegal' does not give a true blue American a job...
it is merely a demonstration of social status. You want more jobs for good
folks who are 75% to 100% American? Back BUSINESS START-UPs in their
year one. This is simple. Some 9/10ths of 'em fold by year two. If they can
expand they can hire more good people. believe in small town capitalism!!!

"Jobs" is the smallest reason to throw them out, "voting" is the big one.

[enhanced_deficit]

JULY 3, 2018 17:00 The Jerusalem Post
HEARTBROKEN OVER HAMAS: IDF INTEL UNCOVERS MORE HAMAS HONEYPOTS

Thought they were religious extremist group, or is this kinda stuff kosher for them?

Or are they mimicking Israeli tactics?


Israeli Rabbi: Honey-pot Sex Is Kosher for Female Mossad Agents

Rabbi Ari Schvat's ruling appeared in a study, 'Illicit sex for the sake of national security,' published by the Tzomet Institute, which studies the interface between religion and modernity.
Oct 05, 2010
https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/1.5121341





Relational

Was NJ governor McGreevy honey-potted?