Bi-monthly Report: Jihadi Forums Information Summary – March 2013
This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during the first half of March 2013. Following are the main points covered in...
Terrorists and Pirates beware!
The U.K. is testing a new simulator while investigating techniques to improve the accuracy of its sailors using machine guns on naval and auxiliary...
Terror attack using model aircraft foiled in Germany
German authorities searched nine homes and properties in the Stuttgart area, in the area around Munich, as well as in Saxony and Belgium.
A spokesman...
UAS have the U.S. public support
An overwhelming majority of Americans support the use of unmanned aircraft for homeland security, search and rescue, and fighting crime, according to a new...
Israel strengthens its preparedness against cyber attacks
In the second yearly conference of ISSA in Ramat Gan that took place recently, the senior lecturer was Rami Efrati, head of the civilian...
New low cost projectile
BAE Systems and United Technologies Corporation have completed a successful guided flight test of the Multi-Service Standard Guided Projectile (MS-SGP) at White Sands Missile...
British reservists to be cyber security and intelligence specialists
Sweeping reforms are being carried out to transform the British Army reserves force. They are being prepared as specialists in cyber security, chemical-biological warfare...
Indian desire for UAS results in home production
The Israeli producers of unmanned air systems (UAS) are worried, and with good reason. The Indian market for UAS is estimated at $2 billion...
Warning – Medical devices may be subject to Cyber attacks
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday urged medical device makers and medical facilities to upgrade security protections to protect against potential cyber...
The defense market goes east
Asian powers are outpacing the United States to become the biggest spenders on defense by 2021 and are fuelling an “explosion” in the global...
INSS Global Cyber Review – July 2013
Israel
Cisco to invest in Israeli cyber-security
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, welcomes Cisco’s decision to establish an R&D lab in Israel and the cyber...
Real-time Virtualization Software to Advance NFV and Cloud Initiatives
Wind River, a provider of embedded and mobile software, has developed Wind River Open Virtualization Profile to deliver open-source, real-time kernel virtualization technologies for...
Report: ways for finding cyber attackers
FireEye, a company developing solutions for stopping focused and advanced cyber attacks (APT), represented in Israel by Innocom of Aman Group, published a new...
A new report – X ray in airport not dangerous
A new report by an independent task force commissioned by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has found that people absorb less...
DRS to supply border surveillance radars to Egypt
DRS Radar Systems, was awarded an US$8 million firm-fixed-price, multi-year, foreign military sales contract for the procurement of a border surveillance system for Egypt....
The U.S. wants out of Afghanistan making mistakes along the way
The U.S. administration wants to get out of Afghanistan and is making mistakes in the process. This is the view of an American review...
JLTVs Revving Up for the Final Test in August
Lockheed Martin, AM General and Oshkosh Defense are producing and preparing their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes for the final test, scheduled to...
Still on the ground but very impressive – The Taranis UAV
It is named after the Celtic god of thunder, can fly faster than the speed of sound and evades enemy radar with its single-wing...
Fourth of July terror alert in the U.S.
The U.S. is on high alert, fear of Fourth of July terror attacks has law enforcement officials across the U.S on the lookout for...
Autonomous and Unmanned systems to work with fire fighters in the...
The Arizona fire that took the lives of nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, was the deadliest single day for U.S. Firefighters since...
The new generation of Cyber Warriors in Israel
Israel has been subjected to a growing number of cyberattacks – and has itself used cyber-warfare against its adversaries. To make sure it stays...
Wanted – a Smartphone killer switch
U.S. law enforcement officials are demanding the creation of a “kill switch” that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York’s top...
Latest
Billions of Phones Could Be Exposed to Nearby Attacks Through AirDrop...
Wireless file-sharing tools have become a standard feature on modern smartphones, allowing users to transfer photos, documents, and other files without cables or internet...
