Cyberattack causes credit card readers to malfunction in Israel

Category	Details
Threat Actors	Iran-linked hacker group, Hezbollah, and Politically-motivated hacktivists.
Campaign Overview	DDoS attack targeting Israel’s payment gateway service (Hyp’s CreditGuard).
Target Regions (Victims)	Israel (supermarkets, gas stations, payment gateway company).
Methodology	Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack.
Product Targeted	Payment systems, credit card readers, payment gateways.
Malware Reference	DDoS attack (no malware reference provided).
Tools Used	DDoS tools (unspecified).
Vulnerabilities Exploited	Disruption of communications between card terminals and payment systems.
TTPs	Targeted DDoS attack on services and communication providers.
Attribution	Likely Iran-linked hacktivists, no confirmed group.
Recommendations	Strengthen payment gateway Infrastructure, DDoS defense, and monitoring.
Source	The Record

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