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German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, left, and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar visit the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran impacted in Bat Yam on June 29, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
June 30, 2025, 12:21 am
Germany seeks increased Israeli partnership on cyber-defense, plans ‘Cyber Dome’
Visiting interior minister’s 5-point plan to boost ties said to include greater cooperation with Mossad, joint research center; ‘Military defense alone is not sufficient,’ he says
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A soldier from the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate works at a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 13, 2024, 11:39 am
IDF computer chief: 3 billion cyber attacks against Israel since beginning of war
All attacks were intercepted and no computer systems were compromised, says Mamram commander Col. Racheli Dembinsky
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. Cybersecurity protection. (Thinkhubstudio via iStock by Getty Images)
July 27, 2022, 10:42 pm
US-Israel fund launches cybersecurity program for critical infrastructure protection
New BIRD initiative to grant $1.5 million per project for joint work on securing supply chains, airports and seaports, and enterprises
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: An Iranian flag made from binary code. (Sergio Lacueva/iStock Photo by Getty Images)
June 3, 2022, 12:27 pm
Microsoft blocks Lebanese cyberattacks on Israeli firms, possibly directed by Iran
Microsoft says group it has dubbed ‘Polonium’ may be in cahoots with Tehran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security
By ToI Staff
Head of Israel's National Cyber Directorate Yigal Unna at the Cybertech 2020 conference in Tel Aviv; Jan. 29; (Cybertech)
October 20, 2021, 6:43 am
UAE cyber officials to join Israeli counterparts at major NYC conference
Israel-founded Cybertech NYC will feature past Mossad and CIA chiefs, Emirati security chiefs, as Jewish state continues to play a major role in field
By Lazar Berman
The Rafael stand at the GISEC Global 2021 Cyber Security Expo in Dubai, May 31 to June 2, 2021 (Courtesy)
June 1, 2021, 2:12 pm
Defense contractor Rafael sets up consortium to tackle industrial hacks
Announcement of the new group, set up in cooperation with the Israel National Cyber Directorate, comes at the GISEC Global 2021 Cyber Security Expo in Dubai
By Shoshanna Solomon
US Vice President Mike Pence waves as he disembarks from a plane with his wife Karen, upon their arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport ,to attend the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial center, January 23, 2020. (Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP)
January 26, 2020, 11:27 pm
Cyberattacks targeted world leaders’ planes as they flew into Israel last week
At least 800 attacks, including from Iran and Poland, were beaten back by Israel’s newly upgraded air traffic cyber defenses, officials say
By ToI Staff
Brig. Gen. Ziv Avtalion, left, takes over as the new head of the IDF's Digital Transformation Administration in a ceremony at the military's Tel Aviv headquarters on November 7, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 7, 2019, 5:31 pm
As IDF goes high-tech, new ‘digital transformation’ commander takes role
Brig. Gen. Ziv Avtalion to lead effort to bring military online, help it make the most of artificial intelligence tools as part of army’s new Momentum Plan
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, on September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)
June 29, 2019, 6:56 am
US cyber attack on Iran exploited flaw in heavily-guarded network, experts say
Assault that crippled Revolutionary Guard missile system result of massive investment in cyber warfare by American military, likely took extensive preparation
By Michel Moutot
Former California governor Jerry Brown and former secretary of defense William Perry unveil the Doomsday Clock during a news conference on January 24, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
January 24, 2019, 11:24 pm
Fake news among threats keeping Doomsday Clock at two minutes to midnight
Information warfare, along with global warming and the danger of nuclear war, have brought humans as close to destroying the planet as ever
By Sylvie LANTEAUME and Kerry SHERIDAN
Illustrative photo of a cybersecurity expert (AP/John Minchillo)
October 3, 2018, 2:32 pm
Israel Securities Authority starts using blockchain for cybersecurity
Technology embedded in government body’s messaging system; will be implemented in two more networks in near future
By ToI Staff
Cadets in the IDF Cyber Defense Unit course, June 10, 2013 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 3, 2018, 6:29 am
Highlighting cyber vulnerabilities, rogue ex-soldier revealed to have hacked IDF
20-year-old ‘computer genius’ says he broke into army’s mainframe computer to help improve lax cybersecurity defenses
By ToI Staff
Professor Isaac Ben-Israel during a 2011 press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the establishment of a national bureau to focus on Israel's information protection capabilities and supervise development of the cyber sector (Kobi Gideon / Flash90.)
June 22, 2017, 3:21 pm
To stop Russia and other hackers, we need to overhaul the internet, says top Israeli cyber expert
Internet pioneers didn’t need to prioritize defending against cyber warfare, but we must, says Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, who developed Israel’s cybersecurity agencies and hosts next week’s prestigious Tel Aviv Cyber Week 2017
By David Horovitz
Karamba founders, left to right, David Barzilai, Tal Ben-David, Ami Dotan, Assaf Harel (Courtesy: Orly Landau)
May 17, 2017, 3:27 pm
Karamba nabs $12m from investors including former NSA director
Series B funding brings total investment in maker of cybersecurity software for connected cars to $17 million
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
May 14, 2017, 10:44 pm
Army beefs up cyber-defense unit as it gives up idea of unified cyber command
Military Intelligence to keep collected intel with coveted Unit 8200; IDF’s Computer Service Directorate to be charged with protection and counter-attack, officer says
By Judah Ari Gross
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