Israel’s National Cyber Directorate issued a warning to the public Sunday evening following the spread of fake messages impersonating official alerts from the Home Front Command, against the backdrop of security tensions and fears of escalation with Iran.
According to the cyber agency, a message has been circulating on social media and messaging apps in recent hours falsely claiming that a radio warning was issued about SMS messages offering to update the Home Front Command app, alleging it’s an “Iranian cyberattack.”
The cyber directorate emphasized that the message is fake and unconnected to official sources, and warned that spreading it could cause unnecessary panic among the public.
The agency urged the public to avoid spreading unverified messages, to update apps only through official stores—the App Store and Google Play—and not to click on links to update apps received via SMS, WhatsApp, or any other platform.