Hackers Shut Down Kremlin Website
The chaos in cyberspace continues, in light of the tense situation between Ukraine and Russia. During the weekend hackers opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin...
How Secure is the Israeli Electrical Grid?
Israeli experts are studying the results of an exercise that pointed to the vulnerability of the electrical grid
The North American Electric Reliability corporation (NERC)...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
March 15th, 2014
Israel
Two weeks of diverse cyber-attacks in Israeli cyberspace
Since the start of the month, Israeli companies are experiencing numerous cyber-attacks. One of the...
IHLS TV – Virus Attacks, Stunner Robots and Crashed Drones
Articles and issues discussed in this episode:
Ransomware virus infects Israeli computer systems
Global security applications market to top 300 million by 2016
Unmanned ground vehicle...
Was the Malaysian Plane Hacked? Probably Not
The mysterious vanishing of the Malaysian flight raised a startling amount of rumors and theories of all kinds. While most are at least somewhat...
New: Quantum Physics Cryptography
The way we secure digital transactions could soon change. An international team has demonstrated a form of quantum cryptography that can protect people doing...
New App Protects Mobile Web-Surfing
New Windows Phone safe-surfing application blocks hackers attempting to redirect traffic to fake websites or e-mail accounts
How can we protect our smartphones against fraud...
Who is the World’s Cyber Superpower?
The U.S has proved again and again that it can utilize cyber weaponry to an effective degree. The employment of the Stuxnet virus by...
ICT: Cyber-Terrorism Activities Report No. 6
This report covers two main subjects: cyber-terrorism (offensive, defensive, and the media, and the main topics of jihadist discourse); and cyber-crime, whenever and wherever...
New Operating System Makes Smartphones Smarter
A new platform for operating systems would outwit cyber criminals
As Smartphone use surges, consumers are just beginning to realize their devices are not quite...
U.S. Military to Aid Government Against Malware
The U.S Air Force and Homeland Security Department have teamed up to create a new test kit that imitates cyber malware, the better to...
Android User? Watch Your Bank Account
In 2013 145,000 malware attacks on mobile phones were recorded, three times the number in 2012. 98% of the malicious code attacks on mobile...
Ben Gurion University Wins Cyber Competition
Israeli cyber investor JVP announced that an innovative startup company from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev won the first ever Cybertition. The winner of...
Hackers: A Real Threat to Unmanned Vehicles
By Shai Rud
A few days after the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, members of the hacker group Anonymous annoucned that they intend to hack...
Cyber Experts: Israel Under Attack
According to various cyber security experts Israel is about to face two organized, large scale cyber attacks in the following weeks, on March 10...
U.S DHS Awards New Security Contracts
The Homeland Security Department awarded a pair of multi-million dollar contracts aimed at security, one in biometric identification and one in network security.
After months...
U.S: Big Data Tools on the Rise
U.S Government IT leaders believe continuous monitoring and advanced analytics can help agencies better understand their networks and security.
According to Information Week the new...
U.S: New Cybersecurity Organization to Defend Power Grid
In 2013, U.S. critical infrastructure companies reported about 260 cyberattacks on their facilities to the federal government. Of these attacks, 59 percent occurred in...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
March 1st, 2014
Israel
New opportunities and new challenges in cyber sector
Israel’s cyber industry is gaining another big boost from the People's Republic of China. WBP...
iHLS TV – Rogue Snipers, Downed UAVs and WiFi Viruses
Articles and issues discussed in this report:
New system for launching and retrieving ship-based UAVs
Iranian hackers infiltrate U.S. Navy networks
German Army UAV attrition rates revealed
New...
Cyber Warfare Training for Israeli Companies
Cyber warfare training: Good guys and bad guys duke it out in the Israeli cyber arena
11:00 a.m: The boiler cools down. There no steam,...
WiFi Viruses – Emerging Threat
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown for the first time that WiFi networks can be infected with a virus that can move...