NSA masqueraded as Google to spy on web users
The NSA used ‘man in the middle’ hack attacks to impersonate Google and fool web users, leaks have revealed. The technique circumvents encryption by...
NSA Allegedly Spies On International Credit Card Transactions
Germany’s Der Spiegel newspaper –joining the NSA revelations train – reported that the intelligence agency is interested in international credit card transactions and may...
Signs of Shift to Intel-Driven Cyber Defense
The first two minutes of a cyberattack are crucial - that's when the attacker sets up camp and downloads additional malware to dig in...
Face Recognition to be Action Tested in the U.S.
Face recognition technology that eventually could be used to identify criminals and terrorists will be tested Sept. 21 at the Toyota Center arena when...
Mozambique Considers Domestic Production of UAS
Unmanned aircraft could be assembled in Mozambique, under collaboration between the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Engineering Faculty of the...
Leaked Intel Budget Reveals Massive Challenges For Spy Agencies
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...
The U.S. love spies
National Security Agency officers on several occasions have channeled their agency’s enormous eavesdropping power to spy on love interests, U.S. officials said.
The practice isn’t...
NetTraveler is back – with some new tricks up its sleeve
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...
Russia Sends Spy Ship To Syrian Coast
Russia has stepped up its intelligence effort, aimed at getting data on any Israeli action related to Syria. Sources told i-HLS that this effort...
Nowhere to hide – mobile phones end privacy
"It'll get worse before it gets better," mobile industry expert Chetan Sharma told NBC News. "Unless leaders step up and work on a framework...
Leaked Documents Offer Snapshot of NRO Activities in Space
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is trying to wean itself from reliance on a satellite communications system run by NASA, according to excerpts...
Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system
The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly cracked the encryption used by the video teleconferencing system at the United Nations headquarters in New York...
Satellite imagery reveals Iranian UAV base developments
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base on the Iranian island of Qeshm has undergone significant development in recent years, as revealed by DigitalGlobe satellite...
HoverMast to be delivered to IDF
Sky Sapience will mark a significant company milestone on September 2, 2013, when it hands over the newly upgraded Hovermast-100, tethered hovering system for...
Israel has evidence on the Syrian chemical attack
Israeli sources said that the IDF’s intelligence unit, Unit 8200 – which, among other intelligence operations, routinely eavesdrops on communications among military and political leaders...
The future of American spy satellites is uncertain
In the next few weeks an unlikely government agency known more for weather than regulating satellites, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), may...
Encryption Expert: The Days Of Private Email Conversations ‘Are Long Over’
When American firm Silent Circle shut down its Silent Mail encrypted-email service earlier this month, it claimed that "e-mail as we know it today...
Al Qaeda ‘Targeting European Rail Network’
Europe's high-speed rail network is at risk of being attacked by al Qaeda, according to a German newspaper.
Bild, citing intelligence sources, said the extremist...
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...
Israeli Army Unit 8200 – The Best Tech School On Earth
If you want to make it as a tech entrepreneur, enlist in the Israeli Defense Force and aim for Unit 8200.
Unit 8200 runs Israel's...
U.S. power plants, utilities face growing cyber vulnerability
American power plants and utility companies face a growing cyber vulnerability. No U.S. power plant has so far suffered a significant cyberattack, but experts...
Stand off – Israel is watching Egypt from afar
In light of the recent developments in the Middle East Israel stepped up its intelligence-gathering efforts, mostly by electronic means, in order to detect...
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