Cyber Wars? Not So Fast
Cyber attacks are where the modern battles take place: Military cyber attacks, like those used by Russia during its invasion of Georgia or political...
Police Body Cams Infected With Notorious Conficker Worm
In a shocking breach of security, multiple police body cams manufactured by Martel Electronics have been found to be infected with one of the...
Paris Attacks Raise Privacy Debate Once More
Paz Shabtai
Following the Paris attacks, apparently planned under the noses of French and Belgian authorities, one possibility is that Islamic State militants have found...
5,500 ISIS Accounts Taken Down By Anonymous
Following Anonymous’ declaration of “total war” on ISIS, the hacktivist collective reports taking down more than 5,500 Twitter accounts belonging to ISIS members. Details...
Security Technology Can Save The Euro 2016 Games
The UEFA European Football Championship is one of the world’s most prestigious football tournaments, second only to the World Cup. The competition is held...
Who Is Tracking Your Phone?
It is now widely known that governments the world over eavesdrop on citizens’ electronic communication. Until last year, governmental spying was thought to be...
New NATO Cyber Defence Agreement Signed with Czech Republic
In an effort to increase cooperation and shared cyber defence capabilities between allies, NATO Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Sorin Ducaru and Czech Director of...
Government Data Requests From Facebook At All-Time High
Facebook has released its biannual report on government data requests, indicating that total law enforcement requests are at their highest level ever at 41,214...
Can We Fight DDoS Attacks For Extortion?
Gad Elkin, EMEA Security Information Director, F5
DDoS and ransomware are two well-established methods for cyber attacks, but a newly appeared tactic combines elements of...
UK Struggles To Keep Tab On Cyber Stage Of Terror
Paz Shabtai
While around 250 Jihadists have returned to France from Syria, England is reported to expect almost double that. As of now, MI5 and...
US Plans Cyber War-Games Against Adversaries
Several high-profile, suspected government-backed cyber attacks on the US might have caused a bit of a shift in the American combat strategy. After countless...
Technology Can Rival Terror
Due to recent events - terror attacks in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and terror threats and alerts in most parts of the...
Programming With The Enemy
In a cost-saving move, Pentagon contractors subcontracted their work to the Russians, a four-year probe concludes.
The probe was started in 2011 after John C...
Online Extortion And Hacker Activity Expected To Rise In 2016
Trend Micro, a global leader in security information solutions, presents its annual security information forecast report. The expected trends include a rise in online...
Cyber Attacks Can Now Kill
80s films where computers could kill will soon become a reality, judging by a new Pentagon project.
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are but...
Greece, Turkey Join NATO Cyber Defense Center
Finland, Greece and Turkey finalised their accession process to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCD COE). The Greek Republic and the...
China’s Counterspace Weapons
A report by the congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission provides new details of China’s space-weapons programs, dubbed counterspace arms, that are aimed...
Australia Plans to Ditch Paper Passport
During a recent diplomacy-focused hackathon an all-digital passport was proposed. Currently, Australians have had access to ePassposrts since 2005. An ePassport functions as an...
Want To Know How Your Personal Information Is Used Online?
Navigating the Web gets easier by the day as corporate monitoring of our e-mails and browsing habits fine-tune the algorithms that serve us personalized...
Is Now A Cyber Watershed For ISIS?
The cyberattack on TalkTalk, a telecommunications company in Britain, could be a watershed moment in Islamic State's (Isis) cyberwar against the West, cybersecurity experts...
Should Terror Be Fought Online?
Paz Shabtai
An increasing number of countries are calling for the establishment of cyber defense agencies as the key to combating terrorism, as militant groups...
Can ISIS Attack Our Infrastructure?
ISIS hackers have proven in the past their ability to break into different websites or the accounts of military and government personel. The US...
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