Africa – cybercrime has turned the web into a hub of...

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Africa is becoming an “online continent” despite its economic difficulties, at the same time there is a growing incidence of cybercrime. According to Security Affairs...

INSS Global Cyber Review – September 15th

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Israel Israel: Anonymous planned new cyber-attacks on Israel web sites AnonGhost, an affiliate group of the Anonymous hacker organization, was threatening Israel by planning new cyber-attacks...

Cyberweapons likely to be big part of any U.S. – Syria...

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A U.S. led military attack on Syria may have been averted, at least for a while, by the Russian proposal to negotiate the transfer...

Backdoor Plots: The Darknet as a Field for Terrorism

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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...

NSA masqueraded as Google to spy on web users

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The NSA used ‘man in the middle’ hack attacks to impersonate Google and fool web users, leaks have revealed. The technique circumvents encryption by...

U.S. Company to Design Network Infrastructure for NATO Headquarters

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Lockheed Martin has been selected to design the Active Network Infrastructure (ANWI) for NATO’s new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. This contract, worth more than...

NSA Allegedly Spies On International Credit Card Transactions

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Germany’s Der Spiegel newspaper –joining the NSA revelations train – reported that the intelligence agency is interested in international credit card transactions and may...

Only 1 in 8 companies implement information security policies for mobile...

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Almost half of all the organizations taking part in the survey have no policy at all, and only 14% fully implement information security policies...

Signs of Shift to Intel-Driven Cyber Defense

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The first two minutes of a cyberattack are crucial - that's when the attacker sets up camp and downloads additional malware to dig in...

Hostile Cyber Activity Targeted South Korea

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Are hostile cyber criminals from North Korea targeting their friendly neighbor to the south? According to a recent report by the Kaspersky Lab information security...

New Cyber Security Solutions for Android Environment

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Palo Alto Networks, represented in Israel by Aman Group's Innocom, recently announced that their sandbox environment Wildfire, allowing malware analysis and protection against zero-day...

Could iPhone’s fingerprint sensor help kill off passwords?

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The fingerprint sensor built into Apple's latest smartphone, which was unveiled on Tuesday, could signify the beginning of the end for the pesky password....

The American Jewish Federations’ security arm stresses awareness on High Holidays

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Security awareness should be a primary consideration for synagogues during the High Holidays, the security arm of the national Jewish community said. This according...

Putting tablets to the test

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With the widespread proliferation of the Apple iPad and other tablets in the commercial world, it was only a matter of time before the...

Syrian Hackers Deface Marine Corps Website

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The Syrians are using Cyberwar to "punish" the U.S.  Syrian pro-government hackers defaced the Marine Corps recruitment website on Monday, according to the Wall Street...

Leaked Intel Budget Reveals Massive Challenges For Spy Agencies

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A top secret intelligence budget justification leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden depicts a U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) awash in unprecedented amounts of...

NetTraveler is back – with some new tricks up its sleeve

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The attack vector NetTraveler (a.k.a Netfie, Travnet or Red Star APT), has been detected again. This is a new, advanced threat that has already...

INSS Global Cyber Review

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Israel Israel: IBM Bought the Israeli cyber security company Trusteer IBM signed an agreement to acquire cyber security company Trusteer, and plans to set up a...

First free, public malware database aims to boost security awareness

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A comprehensive data repository on malicious software was launched in Taiwan Thursday to help boost public awareness of threats to information security. According to Focus...

Syrian hackers will find it difficult to hurt American targets

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The highest threat levels originate not from the Arab world, but from Chinese and Russian hackers. "We know from experience that Syrian hackers are not...

Iran’s Offensive Cyber Capabilities Grow

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A new report prepared by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is creating a new wave of concerns about Iran's growing offensive cyber...

From IBM to the defense department

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The Defense Department is bringing in IBM executive Daniel Prieto III to serve as its new director of cybersecurity and technology, the department announced...

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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down

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Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...