Pentagon Invites Hackers to Help Enhance Cybersceurity
The US Defense Department announced recently that the Pentagon has approved hackers to test the cybersecurity of its public websites without fear of prosecution....
Digital Identity and Cryptographic Technology to Enhance IoT Security
Recent cybercrime and hacking exploits have shown clearly that much of the IoT – devices, services and applications – is coming online largely in...
Cyber Attacks – the Worst is Still Ahead
The coordinated cyber attack that crippled parts of the internet on October 21 highlighted key policy problems, a Stanford cybersecurity scholar said.
Herbert Lin, a...
National Guard to Help States Prevent Cyber Attacks
Governors across the United States are mobilizing their states’ National Guard units to combat threats from cyberattacks. Terrorists could seriously damage or disrupt states...
ICT Report on Cyber Terrorism – February 2013
This report covers two main subjets: cyber-terrorism (offensive, defensive, and the media, and the main topics of jihadist discourse); cyber-crime, whenever and wherever it...
Israel Ministry of Defense: Call for Startups
Call for Startups: Apply to INNOFENSE Innovation Center - with Israel DDR&D, IMoD.
Applications are open to the second cycle of the INNOFENSE Innovation Center...
Misinformation Regarding Cyberattacks Compromising Voter Registration Databases Causes Fear Before the...
In a recent announcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) highlighted a growing threat to public...
The White House Approves Major Investments In AI
The US Vice President Kamala Harris and additional senior administration officials will be meeting today to discuss AI with leading companies in the field...
China Boosts Surveillance State Using (Not) Big Data
In a not surprising turn of events, China is employing ever more sophisticated technologies in its surveillance apparatus to allow authorities to profile and...
Cyber war has arrived in New Zealand
The New Zealand Defense Force wants to spend $469 million creating itself a new cyber army. The kiwis have cut back on their defense force dramatically...
A New Solution for Privacy and Security in the Cloud
Inventors have received a patent for a breakthrough data encryption technique that is expected to further data privacy and strengthen cloud computing security.
The patented...
Report: Hackers Target Israel
Around 400,000 malicious code attacks against Israel in the first quarter of 2014 * Israel ranked 38th in the list of countries responsible for...
Biometrics Are Still Lacking Accuracy
Are biometrics less secure than we originally thought? According to recent reports, many biometric implementations (whether that be fingerprint scanners or face recognition) can...
You Can’t Afford to Miss INNOTECH – Cyber, HLS & Innovation...
iHLS is proud to present INNOTECH 2021 - the International Cyber, Homeland Security Technologies and Innovation event. A giant two-day exhibition with national pavilions...
Drivers Are Not Safe Either – Cyber Threats Increase
Time and again, the protection of data from unauthorized access is proving more and more challenging. One of the most common cyber security problems...
IoT Devices Labeled for Better Security and Privacy
The vast majority of people are concerned about the security and privacy practices of their connected IoT devices, and there is a growing need...
Cyber Arena in Eastern Europe – Organized Vs. Vigilante Efforts
The U.S. military said it dispatched a cyber team to Lithuania to expose malign activity and strengthen the country’s networks amid mounting Russian aggression...
Cyber Terror: Was the Israeli Defense Ministry Hacked?
Cyber terror: Hackers may have infiltrated Israeli defense establishment networks, this according to the IT security firm Seculert. The hackers, probably Palestinian, infected computers...
Malicious Shortcut Files Return as Effective Tool for Delivering Backdoors
A new wave of attacks is targeting Windows users with deceptive shortcut files designed to deliver the REMCOS backdoor and similar malware, according to...
Will Blockchain Secure Connected Devices?
IoT security is a substantial challenge as the use of the connected devices is becoming more and more widespread in every field. The consequences...
US Wages First Official Cyber War Against ISIS
The United States is now engaged in its first ever official cyber war, according to US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter. The enemy? ISIS.
“I...
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...
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