The issue of India’s cyber threat to Pakistan is becoming more serious, given India’s growing cybersecurity cooperation with Israel.
In 2019, some top Pakistani officials used cell phones for covert surveillance. hacked for. The attack was carried out via WhatsApp using a special strain of malware called “Pegasus”, allegedly developed by the Israeli spyware company NSO group.. The malware can infiltrate a phone by making a missed call to the targeted Whatsapp number, opening the phone’s camera and microphone and accessing messages, emails, contacts and passwords.. The malware also has the ability to determine GPS location. After the attack, reports suggested that the Pakistani government was trying to develop an alternative to Whatsapp to protect sensitive and confidential information.
It is not yet known who targeted the Pakistani officials.. However, concerns have been heightened after reports emerged that the Indian intelligence agency was using the same Israeli spyware to conduct surveillance of Indian lawyers, opposition political leaders, human rights activists and members of civil society.
In recent years, India has been involved in cyber warfare. accelerated efforts to strengthen its capabilities. Due to its rivalry with Pakistan, both countries could potentially target each other with cyberattacks.. Although neither Pakistan nor India has carried out a large-scale attack against each other to date, small-scale cyberattacks between both neighbors are on the rise.. Web vandalism, in particular, is very common.
Israel and India’s Cyber Security Cooperation
In June 2019, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 9. Speaking at the International Cybersecurity Conference, I set Israel’s goal of becoming one of the top five cybersecurity forces in the world.. This is our goal.” Said. “When it comes to cybersecurity, Israel has invested proportionately more than any other country,” he stressed.. Indian politicians are now looking at Israel’s Talpiot training program, the first of its kind in the world. As part of this program, the Israel Defense Forces recruits some of the country’s most talented and innovative young people and then teaches them advanced physics, mathematics and computer science.. It is also known that the Israeli army produces experts who increase research and development and cyber security.