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Topic: cybersecurity

May 25, 2013
10:36 am

An employee of Israeli Electric Corporation worker in one of the control rooms of Rotenberg power plant near the coastal city of Ashkelon, July, 2012. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

New wave of cyber attacks on US ‘traced to Iran’

Digital weapons seek to ‘destroy data and manipulate machinery’ at oil, gas, and electricity companies, officials tell New York Times

By Michal Shmulovich

May 24, 2013
5:40 am

'Anonymous,' Israel-style, courtesy of the Israel Elite Force -- IEF (photo credit: Screenshot)

‘Anonymous’ a little less so, thanks to Israeli hackers

Worldwide hacker group again targets Israel, but an Israeli ‘task force’ has come up with a new tactic to fight back

By David Shamah

May 12, 2013
2:49 am

IEC’s ‘cyber-gym’ gives good-guy hackers a workout

A special ‘practice’ system, duplicating the actual working one, will enable Israel Electric Company to protect computer systems from cyber-attack

By David Shamah

May 11, 2013
4:29 am

Israel's High Court, one place where smartphones and tablets are generally unwelcome (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)

Israeli technology to keep disconnected, when necessary

There are times when being hyper-connected isn’t a good idea; Israeli startup WiseSec has an automatic solution to keep things on the QT

By David Shamah

May 9, 2013
9:18 pm

An Arab site defaced with a message from the Israel Elite Hacker Team (Photo credit: Screenshot)

Israeli hackers ready to defend US sites, as #OpUSA flops

Anonymous had planned to follow up its #OpIsrael attacks with a mass hacking of American sites

By David Shamah

April 19, 2013
5:50 pm

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

Hackers using Boston tragedy to build ‘botnets’

Israeli security company CommTouch warns that e-mail messages purporting to share news about the marathon explosions could have a sinister hidden purpose

By David Shamah

April 8, 2013
6:33 pm

Guy Lerer, with a tripod on his shoulder, in an image with a blurred background filmed outside what he said was the building housing servers with some of Israel's most critical computer information (photo credit: Channel 10 screenshot)

Comptroller to probe why vital government computer data held at vulnerable facility

Channel 10 last month exposed above ground, unprotected building in south operating with ‘no regulatory standards’ that is home to Mossad, Shin Bet and PMO websites, and other critical info

By Times of Israel staff

April 8, 2013
2:04 am

Major failures, minor successes for anti-Israel hackers

#OpIsrael failed to ‘erase Israel from the Internet,’ but it did cause a nuisance; Israeli counter-hackers claim to have hit back at Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad sites

By David Shamah

April 5, 2013
11:47 am

Hamas security forces prepare for a fake funeral in Gaza for Maysara Abuhamdia on Thursday; the actual funeral took place in the West Bank. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

The axis strikes back

North Korea and Iran are both caught moving weapons; Israel shores up its cyber defenses

By Yossi Nachemi

April 5, 2013
6:44 am

Dr. Yitzchak Ben-Yisrael of the National Cyber Directorate at a recent conference (photo credit: Courtesy Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology, and Security of Tel Aviv University)

On eve of attack, Israel preparing for the cyber-worst

Top cybersecurity experts lay out how businesses, government — and ordinary Israelis — can protect themselves from ‘the largest Internet battle in the history of mankind’

By David Shamah

April 3, 2013
3:48 pm

Think our Internet is secure? Look at Iran

A new Mideast cyber assault by Anonymous has done real damage to Iran. Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are next in line

By Tal Pavel

March 29, 2013
10:11 am

Internet cables that run through the Middle East (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Internet cable-cutters caught by Egypt signal new terror threat

Two bids within days to sabotage a major cable off the coast of Alexandria raise the specter of a new kind of ‘hacking,’ says Israeli expert

By David Shamah

March 28, 2013
1:31 am

‘Vital government, security data held on servers in utterly vulnerable facility’

Channel 10 exposes above-ground, unprotected building in south operating with ‘no regulatory standards’ where Mossad, Shin Bet and PMO websites, and other critical info, are stored

By Times of Israel staff

March 27, 2013
10:02 pm

Cyber tiff slows down internet across the web (photo credit: Sophie Gordon /Flash 90)

Israeli expert says Internet slowdown could take months to fix

We may be living with a molasses-like World Wide Web for some time to come, says Avnet CEO

By David Shamah

March 24, 2013
10:44 pm

Anonymous emblem (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Don’t believe hack claims against Mossad’s website, expert says

An examination of information posted by hackers and claimed to be purloined from confidential servers shows it probably isn’t what it seems

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: cybersecurity

New wave of cyber attacks on US ‘traced to Iran’

Digital weapons seek to ‘destroy data and manipulate machinery’ at oil, gas, and electricity companies, officials tell New York Times

‘Anonymous’ a little less so, thanks to Israeli hackers

Worldwide hacker group again targets Israel, but an Israeli ‘task force’ has come up with a new tactic to fight back

IEC’s ‘cyber-gym’ gives good-guy hackers a workout

A special ‘practice’ system, duplicating the actual working one, will enable Israel Electric Company to protect computer systems from cyber-attack

Israeli technology to keep disconnected, when necessary

There are times when being hyper-connected isn’t a good idea; Israeli startup WiseSec has an automatic solution to keep things on the QT

Israeli hackers ready to defend US sites, as #OpUSA flops

Anonymous had planned to follow up its #OpIsrael attacks with a mass hacking of American sites

Hackers using Boston tragedy to build ‘botnets’

Israeli security company CommTouch warns that e-mail messages purporting to share news about the marathon explosions could have a sinister hidden purpose

Comptroller to probe why vital government computer data held at vulnerable facility

Channel 10 last month exposed above ground, unprotected building in south operating with ‘no regulatory standards’ that is home to Mossad, Shin Bet and PMO websites, and other critical info

Major failures, minor successes for anti-Israel hackers

#OpIsrael failed to ‘erase Israel from the Internet,’ but it did cause a nuisance; Israeli counter-hackers claim to have hit back at Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad sites

The axis strikes back

North Korea and Iran are both caught moving weapons; Israel shores up its cyber defenses

On eve of attack, Israel preparing for the cyber-worst

Top cybersecurity experts lay out how businesses, government — and ordinary Israelis — can protect themselves from ‘the largest Internet battle in the history of mankind’

Think our Internet is secure? Look at Iran

A new Mideast cyber assault by Anonymous has done real damage to Iran. Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are next in line

Internet cable-cutters caught by Egypt signal new terror threat

Two bids within days to sabotage a major cable off the coast of Alexandria raise the specter of a new kind of ‘hacking,’ says Israeli expert

‘Vital government, security data held on servers in utterly vulnerable facility’

Channel 10 exposes above-ground, unprotected building in south operating with ‘no regulatory standards’ where Mossad, Shin Bet and PMO websites, and other critical info, are stored

Israeli expert says Internet slowdown could take months to fix

We may be living with a molasses-like World Wide Web for some time to come, says Avnet CEO

Don’t believe hack claims against Mossad’s website, expert says

An examination of information posted by hackers and claimed to be purloined from confidential servers shows it probably isn’t what it seems

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