The American “Big Brother” is listening
Since the disclosure of National Security Agency surveillance documents by the British newspaper The Guardian began this month, President Obama, top intelligence officials and...
The Predator and the Heron go head to head
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is, once again, going head to head with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in the European market.
The American company announced that...
Britain gets ready to deal with Syrian chemical weapons
Britain is preparing to reinstate military units capable of securing Syria's chemical weapons axed in the spending review two years ago, as response to President...
SOCOM Orders Falcon Wideband Tactical Radios for $36 Million
Harris Corporation has received $36 million in orders from U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to accelerate its deployment of an advanced wideband tactical communications...
ICT – Jihadi Forums Summary – 2nd half of February 2013
Periodical Review: Summary of Information from Jihadi Forums -
The Second Half of February 2013
This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during...
New intrusion detection systems from Israel
Magal, world leader in peripheral intrusion detection systems, is developing nowadays an innovative product - Fence Monitoring Robot (Roboguard) – a small motorized robot,...
A new advanced radar for security missions
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has proved the capabilities of its newly developed SPEXER 1000 security radar in a series of...
INSS Global Cyber Review – June 2013
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Israel taking cyber security more seriously
Hezi Kalo, CEO of the Bank of Israel, recently stated that: "We are at war, something that does not...
A “New” Iran – the result of naivety and stupidity
The new Guinness record for naivety and stupidity can be awarded today to some leaders of western countries that reacted to the election of...
Not only in the U.S. – the shift from defense to...
The U.S. involvement in the Iraq war is over, and the country will soon withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Federal budgets cuts shrink agencies’ ability to...
ICT Report on Cyber Terrorism – February 2013
This report covers two main subjets: cyber-terrorism (offensive, defensive, and the media, and the main topics of jihadist discourse); cyber-crime, whenever and wherever it...
A New Sensor Detects Home-Made Hydrogen Peroxide based Explosives
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.: Scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories are working on explosive detection methods that would reliably detect homemade explosives, but will not be...
Training indoors to control crowds
Crowd control, a practical skill regularly taught to members of the military and police, is periodically brought to the forefront during clashes such as...
Germany wants to gather more personal data
According to Der Spiegel, Germany's intelligence agency has a 100-million-euro plan to expand Internet surveillance. Meanwhile, the interior minister wants travelers to fill out...
The Spider is on the market
The Spider unmanned air system (UAS) developed by Innocon in Israel is currently being offered for homeland security applications. The UAS will be displayed at...
Turkey is developing an advanced fighter aircraft
Turkey is making a huge effort to become a regional super power, and as a result will move even further away from the west....
Cyberespionage Operators Work In Groups, Process Enormous Data Workloads
In a study of the life cycle of cyberespionage attacks, a group of researchers at a Taiwanese security startup have found that the nation's...
Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri Strives to Direct Jihad Against the State...
During the past year and a half, Al-Qaeda leader Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri has mentioned the State of Israel with increasing frequency. This trend reflects...
Reducing false alarms in video sensors
MOBOTIX AG has begun equipping its video surveillance cameras with new motion-detection software that the company says can reduce false alarms by more than...
Narcotic smuggling – the terror threat
An international drug trafficking ring that for two years smuggled cocaine into Europe inside crates of frozen fish has been smashed, Brazilian police announced...
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From Cargo Mule to Combat Robot: A UGV Upgrade
Modern battlefields place growing demands on unmanned ground vehicles, which are increasingly used not only for logistics but also for frontline support. Traditional armored...
