Israel Enters ‘Stage 3’ of Cyber Wars With Iran Proxies www.darkreading.com/threat-in…

Reported cybersecurity incidents in Israel rose 24% in 2024, largely thanks to Iran and its proxy militias. But the trajectory of this cyber conflict has not followed a straight path, as recent signals suggest it might be slowing and evolving.

Any simple comparison of cyber threat data before and after Oct. 7, 2023, tells a seemingly straightforward story. In 2023, the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) released 367 alerts about vulnerabilities, attacks, and threats. In 2024, that number doubled to 736, with 518 of them being “red alerts” directed to specific organizations. Calls to Israel’s 119 cyberattack hotline rose 24% year-over-year, with 17,078 reports in only 365 days.

In a closed door briefing at INCD headquarters last week, government representatives reported even more significant figures. In the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks, calls and alerts to Israel’s national security operations center (SoC) multiplied 10 times over — from an average of 50 per day to 500-plus. The number of known APTs targeting the country has reportedly doubled as well, though Dark Reading hasn’t received specific figures to confirm this.