Cyber Security
One billion more: Kaspersky Lab counts up this year’s cyber-threats
Every year Kaspersky Lab experts evaluate the level of cyber-threats. In 2014 we saw considerable growth in the number of malicious attacks on user...
Turkish oil pipeline explosion – a Cyber attack?
The August 2008 Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline explosion in Refahiye, eastern Turkey, was ruled at the time to be an accident resulting from a...
Will the U.S Respond to Sony Hack?
The U.S. is weighing a “range of options” to respond to the hack of Sony Pictures, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said recently....
Law Enforcement and National Security vs. Global Business Interests
Yoram Hacohen
Three interesting processes are underway as a direct result of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the extent of the access by US security services...
Washington: evidence ties North Korea to Sony cyberattack
U.S. intelligence agencies said they have concluded that the North Korean government was “centrally involved” in the attacks on Sony’s computers.
This conclusion was leaked...
Key information security trends in 2015
Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and collaborative with every coming year. To combat the threat in 2015, information security professionals must understand these 3...
U.S Senate: Sophisticated cyberattack tools available underground to anyone
Several federal law enforcement and computer security officials told a Senate panel that increasingly sophisticated malware and other tools designed to infiltrate information systems...
Commercial Vendors are invited Into U.S DoD Data Centers
The US Defense Department’s is poised to release a new cloud computing policy, opens the door for commercial firms to host military data and...
Cyber attacks will grow in number in 2015
2015 will see an increase in Cyber Warfare incidents.
McAfee Labs' 2015 Threats Predictions report sees increased cyber-warfare and espionage, along with new strategies from...
Justice Department creates cybersecurity prosecutor unit
The U.S. Justice Department is creating a unit within the criminal division to advise on electronic surveillance in cyber investigations and work with the...
Power Grid Upgrades Create Security Risks
The U.S. power grid is in the process of an enormous transformation into a smart grid – an advanced, digital infrastructure with two-way capabilities...
FBI Says ‘No Attribution to North Korea’ in Sony Cyber-Attack
A senior FBI official said on yesterday that the agency has not confirmed widely held suspicions that North Korea is behind the unprecedented cyber-attack...
US Postal Service hit by cyber-attack; US suspects China
The United States Postal Service (USPS) stated that it has been the victim of “a cyber-security intrusion” exposing the employment records of more than 800,000 employees. The FBI is investigating...
Virtualized security solution ensures safe ultra-broadband customer experience
With the number of malware attacks rising sharply in 2013, and an estimated 15 million mobile devices worldwide infected at any one time, the...
Iranian Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure
Iranian hackers have penetrated the computer networks of government agencies and major critical infrastructure companies in the United States and 15 other countries over...
Cyber security: complete reliance on wireless technologies is becoming a reality
By Rachel Ehrenfeld
Countermeasures against hackers require transparency and full disclosure. But as long as board of directors are reluctant to acknowledge cyberattacks and refrain...
Destructive Cyber Attacks on the Rise
By Rachel Ehrenfeld
Rising geopolitical tensions have led to a constant barrage of cyber hacking into the U.S. government, industries and businesses. The recent attack...
Cyberattack on civil aviation – a genuine threat
By Ayelet Frank
Cyberattack on civil aviation – a genuine threat
The recent incident to the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is fueling the discussion of whether...
iHLS TV Weekly Report – Chinese Laser, Hackers vex FBI, Emergency response robots, HLS Dept to secure buildings, Ebola
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In this weekly report (2 December 2014):
Chinese military officials have deployed a highly accurate laser defense system
Private industry experts...
Identifying New Patterns in Advanced Targeted Attacks
Analysis of Firsthand Experiences of the World’s Most Renowned Cybersecurity Forensics Teams Pinpoints Exploitation of Privileged Accounts as a “Signature” in Targeted Attacks.
A new...
Israel’s CyberSpark initiative receives a boost as yet another company joins
Another company has just announced joining as a partner in the CyberSpark Industry Initiative, a non-profit organization established to enhance government-private sector collaboration in Israel...
Critical infrastructure in Russia vulnerable to hackers
Cybersecurity experts believe that Russia needs to strengthen the protection of its nuclear power stations and other critical infrastructure facilities and systems from cyber...
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