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...
Online Sexual Abuse of Minors – A Plague
The scale of online sexual abuse of minors is extremely worrying * A special project by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to combat...
China Spied on Foreign Diplomats During G-20 Summit
European diplomats and ministries of foreign affairs have been targeted during recent G20 meetings by Chinese-speaking hackers conducting espionage campaigns using malware to siphon...
Federal Workers’ Mobile Devices: A National Security Risk
Forty-one percent of government employees are putting themselves and their agencies at risk due to insecure mobile device practices, according to a study from...
The race between Cyber tools budgets and the approval process in...
U.S Air Force officials are working to develop an “effective” procurement model for buying equipment and services related to activities in the cyber domain,...
Something Smells Phishy: 2013 Cybersecurity Report
2013 Cybersecurity report: A rise in the number of threats aimed at accessing sensitive information and bank acounts * Phishing attacks.
A third of the...
More Viruses, Trojans Offered by Google Play
Malicious apps contained in the Google Play store have grown 388 per cent between 2011 and 2013, according to a report from RiskIQ, an...
Report: Organizations Ignore Human Factor in IT Security
85% of organizations worldwide experienced an internal information security incident last year, some of which led to sensitive data loss, according to the Global...
End of Windows XP Support to Cause Wave of Cyber Attacks
Microsoft will stop supporting the Windows XP operating system in mid 2014. Java 6 applications will also stop receiving updates. This situation, according to...
iHLS TV – Underwater Security, Smartphone Exploits and Drone Hacking
Articles and issues discussed in this episode:
Russians hack U.S. drone over Crimea
New study: U.S. borders with Mexico damage local wildlife
New underwater sonar for drilling...
Electric Cars Threaten Grid Security
Due to expanding cyber-attack vectors on the energy grid and the significant growth in popularity of electric vehicles (EV’s), Nation-E, a provider of energy...
The Chinese IT espionage – steps taken to minimize the danger
Israeli companies have been instructed to "be careful" when purchasing information technology systems made in China. That because of the Chinese state organized Cyber...
The U.S administration uses the big companies to fight against Cyber...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that will enable the expansion of cybersecurity protections...
Israeli IT security experts on demand in the U.S. market
American "head hunting" companies are in an effort to recruit Israeli IT security experts. According to Computerworld, the demand for information security experts in the United States...
Will Israeli budget cuts hurt the country’s ability to counter Cyber...
This time it seems that the Israeli Government’s budget axe will fall hard on the Israeli defense budget. The specifics are not yet known,...
Terrorists Using Virtual Currencies – a Growing Threat
Virtual currencies have the potential for widespread use by terrorists, but so far the limited scale of their real world adoption means it remains...
Former Spy: Spy Agencies Hide Cyber Threats from Public
Intelligence agencies are hiding critical information from the public, and private organizations aren't aware of the true severity of global cyber threats. That's according...
Syrian hackers will find it difficult to hurt American targets
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...
Fear on the web – no more privacy
A prominent legal news site, well known and respected for explaining the ins and outs of technology-related law, is shutting down over its founder's...
Cyber-Securing Power Sources
Not only Russia poses risks to power grid cybersecurity. Small- to mid-size energy companies are facing a variety of threats, says a new report...
Apple Releases Government Cooperation Policy
In a new legal resources page posted on its website, Apple outlined its guidelines regarding requests for customer data from from U.S. law enforcement...
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...
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