Yahoo To Warn Users Of State Sponsored Hacking
Yahoo is now starting to warn users if they’ve been targeted by state-sponsored hackers, following similar moves by Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
The announcement came...
MIT Invents A Messaging System More Anonymous Than Tor
Researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new online text messaging...
Image-Based System Could Replace Multi-Factor Authentication
Researchers from the Centre for Security Communication and Network Research (CSCAN) at Plymouth University have developed a new system for secure, multi-level authentication that...
Drug Cartels Can Now Spoof Patrol Drones Along US Border
UAVs have become a common presence in the US military, but they have also spread to other US law enforcement agencies like local police...
Criminals Rake In $70 Million By Spreading Malware
Criminals are earning around $70 million a year by installing malware on users’ devices, a new study RiskIQ study reveals.
The “Digital Bait” study,...
Your Child’s Toy Could Be Spying On Them
One of the most popular gifts this year is the Hello Barbie, an internet-connected doll that actively listens and responds to children, using fairly...
Major Hack in Juniper Networks Equipment
US officials are worried that hackers backed by foreign governments were able to spy on communications between the US government and private companies for...
Anonymous Claim To Have Foiled ISIS Attack On Italy
Anonymous are stepping up their game in the fight against ISIS, if latest claim by the hacktivist collective is to be believed.
It has now...
IoH – Internet of Humans
By Avi Yariv
A few weeks ago I heard a presentation of CEO of a leading Israeli company, developing technologies for IoT – the new...
Jihadists Plans Are Public – Why Aren’t Authorities Acting?
Recently there have been increasingly vocal calls for weakening encryption heard around the world, with the strongest of them in the US. Federal authorities...
Anonymous Declares War On Turkey
Turkey has been accused by a variety of sources of aiding and abetting ISIS. Some of the accusations include giving medical treatment to ISIS...
Critics of UK “Snoopers Charter” Claim Massive Technical Flaws
Adrian Kennard, head of UK ISP Andrews & Arnold, an Internet service provider, has warned of major technical issues with the proposed Investigatory Powers...
New Technology Can Detect Physical Attacks Using WiFi Signals
The Internet of Things (IoT) is fast becoming an everyday reality, with about half of enterprises set to deploy IoT solutions by the end...
Blockchains To Protect UK’s Nuclear Power Plants
Power plants are some of the most critical bits on infrastructure. An attack against a power plant could incapacitate an entire region of any...
A Comprehensive Cyber Attack On ISIS – Pros and Cons
The Pentagon is set to step up its cyber warfare efforts against ISIS, and is arguing that disabling the group’s computers, mobile phones, and...
Elbit Provides RUAG Defence with Cyber Security Simulator
Elbit Systems' wholly-owned subsidiary, CYBERBIT, was awarded a contract to provide the Switzerland-based company, RUAG Defence, with CYBERBIT’s CyberShield - Cyber Security Trainer and...
Cyber Terrorists Are Gaining Ground
The field of cyber warfare has brought about a paradigm shift in the old balance of power. Sheer force of numbers and financial and...
Kazakhstan’s Internet Spying Likely To Flop
While Western powers are deeply engaged in debating the merits and dangers of encryption, Kazakhstan is leading the charge in bypassing the security mechanism...
Nearly Half Of Enterprises To Deploy IoT By End Of 2016
Nearly half of enterprises are set to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) by the end of 2016, according to findings from 451 Research, an...
Of Cyber And Regulation
Avi Yariv
At the Cyber and Regulation conference, which took place in the University of Haifa last week, special attention was given to the regulatory...
Protecting the Israeli Aviation Infrastructure
By ARIE EGOZI
A big effort is being made to protect the Israeli aviation infrastructure from Cyber attacks.
The threat is real and imminent. A cyber...
Effective Defending of Municipal Infrastructure Against Cyber Attacks
Daniel Ehrenreich
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) experts are well aware that there is no single measure ("no silver bullet") that provides absolute cyber...
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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...
