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Moneylife
February 1, 2018
Malware, which helps attack any piece of software to gain access to private information of users, is spreading on wings rapidly, especially on mobile devices that run Android operating system (OS). What is more worrying is the latest round of attack by malwares is allegedly sponsored by the State.
The Daily Star
January 24, 2018
The report tracked the threat, which the researchers dubbed "Dark Caracal", to a building in Beirut belonging to the Lebanese General Security Directorate. Eight rights groups and media organizations called on Lebanon's general prosecutor Wednesday to investigate who was behind the campaign.
Human Rights Watch
January 23, 2018
Researchers at Lookout and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, stated that an actor “believed to be administered out of a building belonging to the Lebanese General Security Directorate in Beirut” was responsible for stealing hundreds of gigabytes of private data. According to the report, the espionageÃÂ ...
Android Community
January 23, 2018
The hackers were discovered when traces of their work were found by Lookout and the EFF and led them to a building owned by the Lebanese General Security Directorate in Beirut. This agency is where Lebanon's chief communications intelligence agency operates. The research says that the DarkÃÂ ...
TechRepublic
January 23, 2018
Researchers from cybersecurity firm Lookout and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have released a report detailing how the two groups traced Dark Caracal back to the Lebanese General Security Directorate and have found evidence of attacks on government agencies, militaries, defense contractors,ÃÂ ...
Lima Charlie News
January 21, 2018
A recently released report indicates that the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security (GDGS) operated a special cyberwarfare unit that targeted individuals in over 21 countries. Among the targeted were military and financial institutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, andÃÂ ...
WIRED
January 20, 2018
The campaign, discovered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the mobile security firm Lookout, is known as Dark Caracal and seems to be the work of nation state-funded hackers. The researchers traced the sinister project to a building owned by the Lebanese General Security Directorate in Beirut.
Kuwait News Agency
January 16, 2018
BEIRUT, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- Commander of the Lebanese Army General Joseph Aoun said Tuesday the army and security forces succeeded through pre-emptive operations to thwart all terrorist plots in 2017. The Lebanese forces succeeded in pushing so-called Islamic State (IS) and Al-Nusra Front awayÃÂ ...
Prensa Latina
December 31, 1999
Beirut, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The head of the Lebanese General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, guaranteed today that there is no threat against the next parliamentary elections and the situation is still under control. Ibrahim also referred to a recent attack against a leader of the Palestinian HamasÃÂ ...
Advanced Television
December 31, 1999
Popular Lebanese general entertainment channel 'mtv' has switched allegiance and will now broadcast exclusively from Arabsat's BADR-4 satellite at 26 degrees East. The news confirms a contract between Arabsat and MTV Lebanon signed at the Dubai CabSat show earlier this week. In addition, the newÃÂ ...
Arab News
December 31, 1999
In 2016, EFF linked Caracal activities targeting Kazakh opposition to Lebanese General Security, while for the current attack, the foundation mentioned four names of people who are most likely residents of Beirut. It also pointed out that those names could be just one person using four different accounts.
Telegraph.co.uk
December 31, 1999
Victims were also targeted through Facebook groups and WhatsApp messages that were booby-trapped with malicious software. Once downloaded, that software captured smartphone data and sent it back servers owned by the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security (GDGS) in Beirut, it added.
BBC News
December 31, 1999
The malware takes advantage of known exploits and targets mainly Android phones. Data was traced back to a server in a building belonging to the Lebanese General Security Directorate in Beirut, according to researchers. "Based on the available evidence, it is likely that the GDGS is associated with orÃÂ ...
Newsweek
November 28, 2017
Aoun—the former Lebanese Army general—wouldn't even respond to his Iranian counterpart belittling Lebanese sovereignty late last month, let alone limit Hezbollah. Hariri's Future Party is currently parliament's largest—with 28 of 128 seats. With his broader allies, he theoretically has a slim majority.
World Israel News
November 22, 2017
General Joseph Aoun, who was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces earlier this year falsely claimed that Israel is planning to attack his nation and ordered the military to prepare for hostilities along the border between the two countries.
Haaretz
November 22, 2017
ANWAR AMRO/AFP Lebanese General Security forces female cadets take part in a military parade for Independence Day celebrations marking 74 years since the end of France's mandate in Lebanon, on November 22, 2017. ANWAR AMRO/AFP Lebanese special forces policemen with their sniffer dog ...
Egypttoday (blog)
November 17, 2017
BEIRUT - 17 November 2017: Lebanese security forces have arrested seven Syrians on charges of forming a network working for Daesh militant group, the Lebanese General Directorate of State Security said on Friday. The network was entrusted to carry out terror attacks across the Lebanese territories and monitor the ...
Jewish Chronicle
November 17, 2017
Mr Aoun, a former Lebanese Army General, had placed his alliance with Hezbollah above his duties to the Lebanese republic and Mr Hariri likely realised the depth of his mistake. Within a week, Mr Hariri was in Saudi Arabia for consultations. Five days after that, back in Beirut, he met Iranian Supreme ...
AMN Al-Masdar News
November 11, 2017
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) – A Saudi national was kidnapped from his house in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Thursday, the National News Agency reported. The Saudi national, 'Ali Al-Bishrawi (age 32), was allegedly lured out of his in the town of Adma on Thursday by ...
AMN Al-Masdar News
November 10, 2017
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – The Lebanese General Security Forces have arrested a Lebanese Army soldier that defected to the Al-Nusra Front terrorist group in 2014. According to the General Directorate of General Security, the Nusra Front member fought against the Lebanese Army and joined the ...
The Daily Star
November 9, 2017
Lebanese General Security Thursday arrested a "dissident" Lebanese soldier who had allegedly defected from the Army and joined a militant group, according to an Army statement. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now and access the full breadth of The Daily Star content in minutes.
AMN Al-Masdar News
November 5, 2017
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:00 A.M.) – The Lebanese General Directorate of State Security has denied 'knowing' or 'foiling' a plot to assassinate the former Primer Minister, Saad Hariri, despite claims by Saudi state media. “What was published on social media and websites did not come from the Lebanese ...
Kuwait News Agency
December 31, 1999
BEIRUT, Nov 24 (KUNA) -- Ziad Ahmad Itani, a Lebanese actor, filmmaker and dramatist, was arrested under the charge of spying for, and contacting with, the Israeli enemy, the Lebanese General Directorate of State Security (GDSS) announced on Friday. After months of monitoring and surveillance inside ...
Middle East Online
September 19, 2017
... month was that he would be detained by Lebanese General Security for two hours and have his Lebanese and French passports confiscatedÃÂ ...
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
September 16, 2017
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:25 P.M.) – The Lebanese General Security has clarified in a recent statement that all surviving terrorists forces who wereÃÂ ...
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
September 12, 2017
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – The Lebanese General Security Forces arrested a Syrian national, Tuesday, for alleged links to the IslamicÃÂ ...
Voice of America
September 8, 2017
Since Lebanese General Joseph Aoun, a veteran field commander and counter-terrorism expert who trained in the U.S., was made armyÃÂ ...
Arab News
September 5, 2017
Walid Sukkarieh, a retired Lebanese general and current member of Parliament, told Arab News that “the maneuver is taking place amid theÃÂ ...
The961
September 4, 2017
The MTV Video Music Awards is a ceremony that people eagerly wait for every year! It's an exciting event where the music videos of our favoriteÃÂ ...
The961
September 4, 2017
Beirut's nightlife is the heartbeat of the Middle East. Known for its crazy parties, Lebanon is the hub of party animals. In order to take its game toÃÂ ...
Al-Arabiya
September 4, 2017
In a statement to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, Lebanese General Security Director General Abbas Ibrahim said that “terrorists continues toÃÂ ...
The961
September 1, 2017
The General Security in Lebanon and BLOM Bank have partnered together to make the process of paying easier. In fact, people can pay byÃÂ ...
FRANCE 24
August 27, 2017
Abbas Ibrahim, chief of Lebanese General Security, said an operation to dig out six bodies was underway Sunday. Two more bodies areÃÂ ...
News Deeply
August 23, 2017
What's more, Hezbollah coordinated the transfer with state-run Lebanese security agencies such as Lebanese General Security, but withoutÃÂ ...
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
August 23, 2017
The Lebanese general reportedly rejected the demand on the grounds that a ceasefire first had to be established before an evacuationÃÂ ...
Arab News
August 19, 2017
A photo taken on August 17, 2017, during a tour guided by the Lebanese army, shows soldiers holding a position in a mountainous area nearÃÂ ...
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
August 6, 2017
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 A.M.) – The Lebanese General Security Forces arrested a Palestinian man on charges of aiding the Islamic StateÃÂ ...
Al-Manar TV
August 5, 2017
In the context of following up on the activities of terrorist groups and dormant cells, the Lebanese General Security arrested the Syrian,ÃÂ ...
Arab News
August 5, 2017
“Upon the request of the Lebanese General Security (LGS),” the LRC said it “performed the process of the prisoner and dead-body exchangeÃÂ ...
Naharnet
August 4, 2017
The guarantors on the ground were the Lebanese General Security and the Syrian regime,” said Nasrallah in a televised speech marking theÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
August 4, 2017
... the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a Lebanese General Security official estimated the number of fighters to be much lower.
Aljazeera.com
August 2, 2017
... the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a Lebanese General Security official estimated the number of fighters to be much lower.
TRT World
July 30, 2017
"The bodies of nine al-Nusra fighters will be handed over to the Lebanese General Security in exchange for the remains of five HezbollahÃÂ ...
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
July 29, 2017
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:15 A.M.) – The Lebanese Army's Chief-of-Staff, Major General Hatem Malak, traveled to the Ba'albak Highlands onÃÂ ...
Middle East Online
December 31, 1999
... month was that he would be detained by Lebanese General Security for two hours and have his Lebanese and French passports confiscatedÃÂ ...
TRT World
December 31, 1999
Spokesperson for the Lebanese army, General Ali Kanso gestures as he ... Hezbollah or the Syrian army," Lebanese General Ali Kanso said.
The Daily Star
March 22, 2017
Alleged Daesh recruiter arrested in Lebanon. Lebanese General Security members stand outside the general security headquarters in Beirut, Tuesday, Sept.
The Daily Star
March 14, 2017
Lebanese General Security members stand outside the general security headquarters in Beirut, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir).
News Deeply
March 14, 2017
It also excludes anyone who has used a Lebanese sponsor to maintain legal residency, even though Lebanese General Security officers have required many Syrians to secure sponsors - in contravention of official policies.
The Hill (blog)
March 6, 2017
As of the start of 2017 and in less than one month, the Lebanese General Security foiled two terrorist attacks in Lebanon that were targeting the country's capital.
