Cyber Experts Should be On The Lookout
Is an extensive cyber attack expected again? The Ukrainian cyber security firm, ISSP, recently announced that it may have detected a new computer virus...
Islamic State Sent You A Friend Request
A group of supporters for the Islamic State terror organization who call themselves the Islamic State Hacking Division has published last week a list...
DHS Looking to Accelerate Its Technology Commercialization
The commercialization of new technologies or products requires experience and expertise. The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) is now...
Wireless Keyboards – a Privacy Risk
Bastille cybersecurity company unveiled a massive vulnerability affecting the vast majority of low-cost wireless keyboards.
Using a new attack that Bastille has named “KeySniffer,”...
Department of Homeland Security urges Lenovo users to remove Superfish
The U.S. government is warning Lenovo users they must remove an adware (advertising-supported software) called ’Superfish’ from their digital platforms.
The Department of Homeland Security...
The next big thing to fight hackers? Self-healing computers
Agency networks should be able to not only continuously detect hackers and throttle their destructive tactics — but also robotically bounce back.
“We’ve talked about the...
China hacked U.S classified systems and stole F-35 data
China obtained more than 50 terabytes of data from U.S. defense and government networks, notably the Joint Strike Fighter’s stealth F-35 radar and engine...
US-China Talks on Cyber Threat
Cybersecurity negotiations were a key part of U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice's recent trip to Beijing in an effort to strengthen U.S.-China relations...
Israel’s defense Export during 2014 Reached 5.66 billion dollars
During 2014, the Israeli defense industries signed new contracts, valued at 5.66 billion dollars.
The Israeli defense industry, ranked among the top 10 leading defense...
“High Tech Policemen” Will Protect Upcoming Olympics
The Winter Olympics will take place in South Korea during February, and the country is planning to deploy 10,000 police officers in and around...
Smart Watches Allow Hackers to Collect Users’ Data
They Look like the latest rage in jewelry and gadgetry, but like all computer devices, smart watches are vulnerable to hackers, say researchers at...
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...
ISIS breaks into Pentagon accounts
The White House could not be more embarrassed. While President Obama was presenting the bulk of his IT security plan, the Islamic State, aka...
Northrop Planning “Cyber Resilient” Next-Gen Jet
Defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman is tackling one of the biggest developing problems of fighter jets: cyber risk. Tom Vice, President at Northrop Grumman Aerospace...
The Classic Cyber Defense Methods Have Failed – What Comes Next?
By Amir Averbuch and Gabi Siboni
INSS – CYBER Warfare Program
The classic defense methods employed throughout the world in recent decades are proving unsuccessful in halting modern...
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...
Africa Wants Its Own Security Solutions
Top experts in defence and technology experts met last month to discuss issues of security in Africa. During the fourth National Security Symposium held...
Accelerating Development of Anti Electronic Warfare Tech
The US Army Research Lab has been increasingly focusing on fighting land wars against far more technologically sophisticated adversaries than it has in the...
Israel’s Ariel University to Offer Cyber Studies
The Ariel University in Samaria will open a new cyber speciality as part of the computer science undergraduate studies. Studies will focus on practical...
The Great Bank Robbery: the Carbanak APT
The story of Carbanak began when a bank from Ukraine asked us to help with a forensic investigation. Money was being mysteriously stolen from...
Meet the World’s Smallest Non-Hackable Chip
The more digital the world becomes, the more hacking becomes a serious threat. The world's smallest "non-hackable" security chip that can be widely used...
Backdoor Plots: The Darknet as a Field for Terrorism
By Yotam Rosner, Aviad Mendelbaum, Sean London, and Yoram Schweitzer
On Friday, August 2, 2013, the US State Department published a travel warning, and in...
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