Rare Prohibited Items Harder to Detect by Airport Screening
Airport security X-ray screeners are trained to spot dangerous objects in luggage - but a new study finds that humans doing image-based item recognition...
Spammer Santa and the New Holiday Spirit
Today the Commtouch Security Lab (CSL) published its Security Number of the Month for December: Ninety days ago a substantial spam campaign focusing on...
INSS Global Cyber Review – December 15
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Israel and Italy signed an agreement on cyber security cooperation
Israel and Italy signed an agreement for future cooperation in cyber security. It is the...
Israeli UAV Achieves Major Development Milestone
The AirMule, an unmanned VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aircraft developed by Tactical Robotics Ltd., a subsidiary of Urban Aeronautics, Ltd., has successfully completed...
More than 1 Million Threats Against Israeli Users During Q3 2013
Kaspersky Lab detected more than 649,777 internet malware attacks targeting Israeli users during July-September 2013. A total of 27.5% of the users were targeted...
Space Debris: A Growing Threat
The U.S wants improved tools to track space debris. The current efforts are aimed at tracking orbital debris that could endanger satellites, the Defense...
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...
Israeli Owned Firm to Supply Secure Mobile Solutions to U.S. DHS
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Group selected Elbit Systems of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd.,...
Agro-Terror: How to Protect Against Agricultural Pests
It's all the Red Palm Weevil's fault, a pest inhabiting palm trees and occasionally causing their death. Reports from all over the world, including...
U.S. NSA and Cyber Command Leadership Will Not Be Separated
The White House has decided to keep the positions of director of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command together when...
Happy Birthday! Our Website is One Year Old
Our website is one year old, but even as a toddler it still managed to shine. iHLS is the prominent Israeli defense website, specializing...
Tijuana, Mexico to Adopt UAVs for Emergency Response
Tijuana believes in unmanned air systems (UAS). The city plans to use UAS to monitor traffic, evaluate accident scenes, detect landslides and control wildfires.
The...
Perimeter Security: A Growing Market
The perimeter security market is growing with special focus on the protection of electrical utilities and oil refineries.
Government Security News quotes a published note...
The Israeli HERON UAS to Continue Serving Australia
The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) "Work horse" the Heron unmanned air systems (UAS) will continue to serve the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The...
INSS: The Future of Unmanned Systems
Israeli policy makers may still be unaware of the future strategic potential of the widespread use of unmanned systems. The state may be missing...
Lockheed Martin’s New Secure Data Sharing Cyber Solution
Lockheed Martin has developed a cyber security solution that allows intelligence to be securely shared among personnel working at all security levels — from...
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...
The U.S DHS Seeks Advanced Metal Detectors
The Federal Protective Service (FPS), a unit of DHS, is gathering market research information from companies capable of supplying commercial-off-the-shelf or government-off-the-shelf walk-through enhanced...
France and Britain May Develop Joint Combat UAV
In the meantime, Britain and France are on track to decide next year whether to jointly develop an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) following...
The NSA is Spying on Online Games
So many spies in the chatrooms of games like World of Warcraft, they have to avoid running into each other. Now spies aren't just...
U.S. Company Introduces Improved Navigation Systems for Unmanned Vehicles
The Sparton Corp. Navigation and Exploration segment in De Leon Springs, Fla., is introducing the GEDC-6E improved gyro attitude and heading measurement system and...
The NSA Used Sleeper Malware to Infect Computer Networks
The U.S National Security Agency (NSA) is reported to have installed computer malware in 50,000 computer networks around the globe. Reports in theWashington Post,...
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