The Tel Aviv-based security shop has tracked "hundreds" of attempts to exploit a handful of bugs in IP cameras made by two manufacturers, Hikvision and Dahua, according to Sergey Shykevich, threat intelligence group manager at Check Point Research, in a conversation with El Reg.
The countries targeted in these digital intrusion attempts - Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE, Cyprus, and Lebanon - are the same ones that have seen significant missile activity linked to Iran.
Iran traditionally uses digital reconnaissance - including compromised cameras - to prepare for physical attacks. As recently as June 2025, threat groups linked to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) compromised servers containing live CCTV streams from Jerusalem, allowing the crew to surveil the city for potential targets, just days before launching missile attacks against Jerusalem.
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