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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

November 21, 2012
1:40 am

Satellite dishes on rooftop of shacks in Jaffa (Photo credit: Alana Perino/Flash90)

Israel ‘outshouts’ Hamas TV, radio

In a little-heralded aspect of Pillar of Defense, the IDF hijacks the Gaza airwaves and sends its messages to residents

By David Shamah

November 19, 2012
2:55 am

FInance Minister Yuval Steintz and Chief Information Officer Carmela Avner at the Government Computing Center in Jerusalem (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Steinitz: Israel beat back 43,999,999 and a half cyber attacks

Despite declarations by hacker group Anonymous that it would disable the government’s IT infrastructure, websites have been largely immune

By David Shamah

November 15, 2012
2:32 pm

Minister Yuli Edelstein (center) in the Social Media Operations Center (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Gaza cyber-struggle takes missile war to second battlefield

Supporters of Israel and those opposing Operation Pillar of Defense tussle on social media

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 16, 2012
3:39 am

An IDF soldier greets a reconnaissance drone on its return from a mission. (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)

What to do when an enemy drone comes calling

UAVs may be an easy way for a country to collect information, but they are also an easy way for targets to mislead their enemies

By David Shamah

September 6, 2012
2:27 am

Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat (L) and Director of the Israel Electric Company Yiftach Ron-Tal turned down the lights of the Old City walls in Jerusalem on Earth Day earlier this year (Photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash 90)

Israel fights off 1,000 cyber-attack hits a minute

Experts work 24/7 to thwart attacks; Israel Electric Company hit by 20,000 attempts each day

By David Shamah

August 25, 2012
9:50 am

Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, speaking at a ceremony in Louisiana in July, acknowledges that cyberattacks against opponents in Afghanistan have been launched -- an unusually explicit acknowledgment of the oft-hidden world of electronic warfare. (photo credit: Gerald Herbert/AP)

US general: We hacked the enemy in Afghanistan

In an unusually explicit acknowledgment, Richard Mills says cyberweapons are a vital part of US Army’s arsenal

By Raphael Satter

August 13, 2012
11:54 pm

Gauss trojan’s ‘gift’ to victims: a new font

From the web Gulfnews: PCs infected with the latest ‘super-virus,’ designed to steal banking information, find a typeface called Palida Narrow installed on their systems

August 13, 2012
4:59 am

An illustrative image of a hacker on a computer. (photo credit: CC BY-SA HackNY, Flickr)

New virus may be US, Israeli digital strike against Hezbollah

Malware, which hacks into Lebanese banks, bears same fingerprint as earlier bugs that targeted Iran

By David Shamah

July 29, 2012
1:40 pm

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

Are Israel’s businesses losing the cyber war?

From the web Wall Street Journal: Despite Israel’s reputation as a cyber security-savvy country, many companies are unprepared to deal with hack attacks – and their aftermaths

July 26, 2012
7:05 pm

Israelis gussy up hacked websites

Art students send redesigned work back to anti-Israel hackers and ask them to raise their aesthetic standards

By David Shamah

July 19, 2012
8:39 pm

Screenshot of Mahdi in action (Photo credit: Kaspersky Labs)

Mahdi virus victims mostly Israeli, report says

Trojan may be part of the larger Flame malware

By David Shamah

June 19, 2012
6:47 pm

An Israeli soldier in front of computer monitors (illustrative photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Intelligence Corps computer specialist accused of security breach

Charges pressed against IDF expert for taking sensitive files home, possibly harming national security

By Aaron Kalman

June 11, 2012
9:56 pm

Map of Flame's target countries (Photo credit: courtesy Kaspersky)

Stuxnet and Flame viruses may be kin, expert says

Kaspersky finds similarities in code subsets used to build both pieces of software; possible sharing early on between virus’s creators

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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 wars

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

Israel ‘outshouts’ Hamas TV, radio

In a little-heralded aspect of Pillar of Defense, the IDF hijacks the Gaza airwaves and sends its messages to residents

Steinitz: Israel beat back 43,999,999 and a half cyber attacks

Despite declarations by hacker group Anonymous that it would disable the government’s IT infrastructure, websites have been largely immune

Gaza cyber-struggle takes missile war to second battlefield

Supporters of Israel and those opposing Operation Pillar of Defense tussle on social media

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

What to do when an enemy drone comes calling

UAVs may be an easy way for a country to collect information, but they are also an easy way for targets to mislead their enemies

Israel fights off 1,000 cyber-attack hits a minute

Experts work 24/7 to thwart attacks; Israel Electric Company hit by 20,000 attempts each day

US general: We hacked the enemy in Afghanistan

In an unusually explicit acknowledgment, Richard Mills says cyberweapons are a vital part of US Army’s arsenal

Gauss trojan’s ‘gift’ to victims: a new font

From the web Gulfnews: PCs infected with the latest ‘super-virus,’ designed to steal banking information, find a typeface called Palida Narrow installed on their systems

New virus may be US, Israeli digital strike against Hezbollah

Malware, which hacks into Lebanese banks, bears same fingerprint as earlier bugs that targeted Iran

Are Israel’s businesses losing the cyber war?

From the web Wall Street Journal: Despite Israel’s reputation as a cyber security-savvy country, many companies are unprepared to deal with hack attacks – and their aftermaths

Israelis gussy up hacked websites

Art students send redesigned work back to anti-Israel hackers and ask them to raise their aesthetic standards

Mahdi virus victims mostly Israeli, report says

Trojan may be part of the larger Flame malware

Intelligence Corps computer specialist accused of security breach

Charges pressed against IDF expert for taking sensitive files home, possibly harming national security

Stuxnet and Flame viruses may be kin, expert says

Kaspersky finds similarities in code subsets used to build both pieces of software; possible sharing early on between virus’s creators

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