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OpIsrael screenshot
April 5, 2016, 6:01 pm
Security ‘situation room’ stands ready to prevent ‘cyber-holocaust’
In annual OpIsrael attack, hackers promise to 'eliminate Isra-Hell' from cyberspace; a Tel Aviv security firm aims to prevent that
By David Shamah
Andrew Auernheimer was part of a group in 2010 that hacked AT&T’s servers, but his conviction was overturned on appeal. (Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2016, 7:23 pm
White supremacist claims swastika printing hack at US colleges
Andrew Auernheimer, self-described 'white nationalist hack­tivist,' says he sent fliers to every publicly accessible printer in North America
By JTA
OpIsrael screenshot
March 25, 2015, 8:34 pm
Anti-Israel hackers promise ‘electronic Holocaust’
Hacking group Op-Israel says it will 'erase the Zionist entity from cyberspace'; targets include government and army websites
By David Shamah
Tel Aviv University's website, seen here attacked by anti-Israeli hackers, February 2012 (Photo credit: Courtesy TAU)
May 4, 2014, 7:15 pm
Hacktivists can’t win with Israeli security system
It's not worth defacing sites that use Foresight's Defacement Mitigator; no one will know the hack took place
By David Shamah
Kaspersky Lab's Worldwide Interactive Cyberthreat Map (Photo credit: Courtesy)
April 7, 2014, 7:34 pm
Study: Israel five times more likely to be hacked
Hacktivists -- hackers who hit servers for ideological reasons -- are responsible for a large majority of attacks in Israel
By David Shamah
Screenshot of an online sales site where hackers can buy Xtreme RAT (Photo credit: Courtesy Seculert)
February 12, 2014, 7:27 pm
Xtreme RAT bites Israeli government sites, yet again
Palestinian hacktivists strike Israel once more with a particular brand of malware that has a worrisome knack for success
By David Shamah
Comsec CEO Moshe Ishai (Photo credit: Courtesy)
July 25, 2013, 6:42 am
Learning the art and practice of cyber-defense
The Comsimulator does its worst against network protection systems in order to help them do their best
By David Shamah
Map of countries affected by the Red October malware. (Screenshot Courtesy Kaspersky Lab)
June 3, 2013, 2:41 pm
Top security exec: Beware the ‘sons of Stuxnet’
The virus that compromised Iran's nuclear infrastructure is a model of things to come, and Israel is not immune
By David Shamah
A message from Hamas (Photo credit: Guy Mizrahi)
November 20, 2012, 11:32 pm
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
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