Europe
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
January 15th, 2014
Israel
Hackers of the Islamic Cyber Resistance Group claim to have breached Israel Airports Authority computer systems
The Islamic Cyber Resistance hacker group claimed...
Poland’s HLS Market: Opportunity for Israeli Companies
Israeli defense companies aim to get a bigger slice as possible of the new Polish defense budget. Some of the planned acquisitions are connected...
Raised Security Around British UAV Bases
The British Ministry of Defense is drastically tightening security around air bases that have reportedly been used by the U.S. to launch unmanned air...
NSA Hacked International Telecom Cables
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has collected sensitive data on key telecommunications cables between Europe, north Africa and Asia, German news magazine Der...
Israeli Sources: Palestinian Embassies – “Terrorist Centers”
No Surprise in Israel after the recent “work-related incident” which led to the death of the Palestinian Authority Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
The Ambassador,...
Madrid Tests UAS for City Surveillance
Madrid City Hall is testing a UAS with plans to watch the city from the air. The aim is for them to be used...
China Presents Lunar Lander – With Europe Burning in Background
An innocent mistake or the beginning of a political fiasco? In early November a model of the Chinese lunar lander was presented, with an...
EU Encourages Dual-Use Projects
Dual-purpose projects that can serve both defense and security across the EU will be the focus of some agencies from 2014.
The European Commission and...
Controversy Over London Police Use of Tasers
The London Metropolitan police want to use Tasers. This has created a lively debate about the use of this non-lethal weapon.
One argument in favor...
U.K. Nuclear Weapons Left Unguarded
Shock in the U.K. Police officers of the U.K. Ministry of Defense police, assigned to guard Britain’s nuclear weapons, are under investigation after it...
Estonia Hosts European Cyber-Defense Excercise
NATO countries and partner nations on Tuesday started large-scale cyber defense exercises aimed at testing the alliance’s ability to fend off cyber attacks against...
New EU UAV Enters Integration Phase
Cassidian’s Sagitta UAV demonstration project has entered the integration phase. A flight demonstrator will be built to show advanced UAV technologies, with the first...
Poland Supplies Arms to Mali
Poland is helping Mali to fight the Islamic rebels in its Northern region.
Poland’s Ministry of Defense has supplied arms to the Malian Army, the...
Swedish UAV Used in Anti-Piracy Operation
Saab of Sweden reports its Skeldar unmanned aerial system is being operated from a Spanish navy vessel as part of anti-piracy operations in the...
Europe Endorses UAV Development for Border Surveillance
A security strategy paper by EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton says EU countries should use military-grade unmanned air systems (UAS) for border surveillance....
The New Austrian UAV is Equipped with an Israeli Payload
The Cassidian Tracker mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has won the Austrian Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) UAV competition. The system will be the Austrian...
UK to Spend Big in Cyber Defense
The British Government is set to spend hundreds of millions of pounds recruiting an army of “cyber reserves”. From October, the Ministry of Defence...
U.K. Launches UAS Testing Center
A private initiative to supply a test, evaluation, demonstration and experimentation facility for beyond-line-of-sight (BLoS) unmanned air systems (UAS) operations in the U.K. took...
Polish UAS to assist U.K. Royal Navy
PZL-Swidnik and Agusta-Westland have introduced the SW-4 SOLO Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System (RUAS) based on the PZL’s SW-4 light single engine helicopter. The unmanned...
Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system
The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly cracked the encryption used by the video teleconferencing system at the United Nations headquarters in New York...
A European Spy Network
The European Union is pondering an EU Commission proposal to acquire a fleet of surveillance drones, satellites, and planes as part of an “ambitious...
British combined effort against Cyber attacks
Nine leading British defense companies are collaborating with the government in a partnering scheme to prevent cyber attackers from stealing the industry’s secrets. This...
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