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Topic: cyber-attacks

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February 13, 2013
11:06 pm

American military medals (photo credit: CC-BY-SA David C. Foster/Flickr)

Pentagon to award new medal to cyber, drone fighters

Individuals who fought but weren’t in the field will receive Distinguished Warfare Medal for ‘extraordinary achievement’

By Lolita C. Baldor

February 11, 2013
3:21 am

Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan (photo credit: courtesy of US Congress)

Lawmaker: 95% of US companies vulnerable to cyberattacks

Republican Congressman points to Iran and China as the source of an increase in hacking attempts since the fall

February 4, 2013
10:57 am

A man with a cellphone (illustrative photo: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Cellphone company denies cyber-attack caused downtime

Pelephone’s 2.5 million customers couldn’t send and receive calls and text messages for more than four hours Sunday evening

January 29, 2013
11:33 pm

Gambling on a cruise ship (Photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Israeli online gamblers may be victims of cyber war

A virus affecting users of a Facebook poker app steals credit card data but could be symptom of something bigger, an expert says

By David Shamah

January 18, 2013
8:18 am

IDF soldiers work with cyber-defense systems. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90/File)

After Stuxnet, Iran upped its cyber capabilities, says US general

From the web Reuters: Analysts claim Tehran has launched increasingly successful attacks against US, Israel and Gulf states

January 9, 2013
4:34 pm

Since September, attackers hit a series of American banking websites (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Iran behind spate of cyber-attacks against American banking sites, US says

Security breaches bear the hallmarks of a sophisticated, state-sponsored onslaught, security experts tell The New York Times

By Elie Leshem

January 4, 2013
1:07 pm

A hacker message to the people of Israel (Screenshot)

Hack attack: No borders for Arab computer vandals

Hackers targets dozens of Israeli websites every day. They also strike at sites in Iran, the Palestinian territories and across the region

By David Shamah

December 29, 2012
6:54 am

Illustrative photo of satellite dishes (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

US Senate extends law on surveillance of suspected foreign spies and terrorists

Justice Department says communications collected under the program ‘have provided the intelligence community insight into terrorist networks and plans’

By Larry Margasak

December 20, 2012
8:14 pm

Security expert Eugene Kaspersky (right) discusses the Flame virus on a recent visit to Israel (Photo credit: Courtesy)

New computer virus hitting Iran could be more potent than it looks

‘Batchwiper’ seems to be a simple Trojan, says Israeli expert, but so was the malware that apparently prefaced Stuxnet

By David Shamah

December 13, 2012
2:14 pm

Professor Yitzchak Ben-Yisrael (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

For better or worse, cybersecurity a growth industry for Israel

No one is happy about the greatly increased need for cyberdefense. But some Israeli start-ups may keep hacks at bay

By David Shamah

November 21, 2012
9:45 am

The photo that hackers posted to Silvan Shalom's Facebook page.

Silvan Shalom’s Twitter feed hacked

The vice prime minister’s Facebook account also temporarily compromised by pro-Hamas hackers

By Gabe Fisher and Times of Israel staff

November 20, 2012
11:32 pm

A message from Hamas (Photo credit: Guy Mizrahi)

Hamas launches email assault

Using stolen address databases or ready-made scripts, ‘hacktivists’ have been trying to intimidate Israelis through their inboxes

By David Shamah

November 14, 2012
11:35 am

Symantec NetBackup 5220 security appliance (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Breaking the ‘hacker attack chain’

At a recent seminar in Israel, security experts from Symantec laid out what Israel – and the world – faces in the coming cyberwar

By David Shamah

October 28, 2012
1:30 pm

A policeman uses a computer to identify fingerprints in a laboratory at the police headquarters (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

How Israel Police computers were hacked: The inside story

A virus that shut down all police computers last week may be a harbinger of much worse to come, say experts

By David Shamah

October 24, 2012
10:25 am

Computer motherboard (photo credit: Shay Levy/ Flash 90)

Report: Spam choking Israeli, world Internet

If you think you’re getting more junk email than ever before, you’re right; 75% of all messages belong in the trash, security company Symantec says

By David Shamah

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: cyber-attacks

Pentagon to award new medal to cyber, drone fighters

Individuals who fought but weren’t in the field will receive Distinguished Warfare Medal for ‘extraordinary achievement’

Lawmaker: 95% of US companies vulnerable to cyberattacks

Republican Congressman points to Iran and China as the source of an increase in hacking attempts since the fall

Cellphone company denies cyber-attack caused downtime

Pelephone’s 2.5 million customers couldn’t send and receive calls and text messages for more than four hours Sunday evening

Israeli online gamblers may be victims of cyber war

A virus affecting users of a Facebook poker app steals credit card data but could be symptom of something bigger, an expert says

After Stuxnet, Iran upped its cyber capabilities, says US general

From the web Reuters: Analysts claim Tehran has launched increasingly successful attacks against US, Israel and Gulf states

Iran behind spate of cyber-attacks against American banking sites, US says

Security breaches bear the hallmarks of a sophisticated, state-sponsored onslaught, security experts tell The New York Times

Hack attack: No borders for Arab computer vandals

Hackers targets dozens of Israeli websites every day. They also strike at sites in Iran, the Palestinian territories and across the region

US Senate extends law on surveillance of suspected foreign spies and terrorists

Justice Department says communications collected under the program ‘have provided the intelligence community insight into terrorist networks and plans’

New computer virus hitting Iran could be more potent than it looks

‘Batchwiper’ seems to be a simple Trojan, says Israeli expert, but so was the malware that apparently prefaced Stuxnet

For better or worse, cybersecurity a growth industry for Israel

No one is happy about the greatly increased need for cyberdefense. But some Israeli start-ups may keep hacks at bay

Silvan Shalom’s Twitter feed hacked

The vice prime minister’s Facebook account also temporarily compromised by pro-Hamas hackers

Hamas launches email assault

Using stolen address databases or ready-made scripts, ‘hacktivists’ have been trying to intimidate Israelis through their inboxes

Breaking the ‘hacker attack chain’

At a recent seminar in Israel, security experts from Symantec laid out what Israel – and the world – faces in the coming cyberwar

How Israel Police computers were hacked: The inside story

A virus that shut down all police computers last week may be a harbinger of much worse to come, say experts

Report: Spam choking Israeli, world Internet

If you think you’re getting more junk email than ever before, you’re right; 75% of all messages belong in the trash, security company Symantec says

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