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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

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An illustrative photo of a person typing on a keyboard as part of a cyber breach. (Techa Tungateja; iStock by Getty Images)
October 20, 2022, 1:58 pm
Israeli cyber intel firm shines bright light on new, shadowy cybercrime collective
Petah Tikva-based Cyberint dives deep into the unusual set-up and modus operandi of a successful group of cyber-mercenaries
By Ethan Freedman
A woman walks through an exhibition by American artist and filmmaker Laura Poitras, near the art work 'Anarchist' by Poitras in collaboration with Henrik Moltke, at the N.K.B. gallery in Berlin, Germany, on June 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
June 20, 2021, 7:43 am
NSA to NSO: Filmmaker examines US surveillance, Israeli spyware and the pandemic
Since start of the outbreak, Israeli firm has sought to apply its technology to COVID-tracking tools, alarming human rights activists
By Frank Jordans
A woman walks through an exhibition by American artist and filmmaker Laura Poitras, near the art work 'Anarchist' by Laura Poitras in collaboration with Henrik Moltke, at the NKB gallery in Berlin, Germany, on June 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
June 19, 2021, 7:09 pm
From the NSA to Israel’s NSO: Filmmakers explore circles of surveillance
Laura Poitras and Sean Vegezzi open exhibition that examines how the US monitors citizens’ lives; award-winning artist also releases 25-minute movie on Israeli spy firm
By Frank Jordans
A District of Columbia Fire Boat checks buoys in the waterway next to Fort McNair, seen in background in Washington. March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
March 21, 2021, 6:01 pm
Iran threatens Washington army base, top US general — intelligence officials
NSA said to have intercepted Revolutionary Guard chatter on mounting ‘USS Cole-style attacks’ against Fort McNair, a reference to deadly 2000 suicide attack in Yemeni port of Aden
By JAMES LaPORTA
Illustrative: Hacker using laptop on abstract binary code map background. (Peshkov/ iStock, by Getty Images)
February 22, 2021, 11:23 pm
Israeli cyber firm: Chinese hacking tool was modeled on NSA spyware
Cyber Point says ‘Jian’ exploited vulnerability in Windows and was first used no later than 2015, two years before leak of American cyber weapons
By ToI Staff
An empty departure hall at Ben Gurion Airport, on November 9, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
January 18, 2021, 12:10 pm
Ministers to weigh ban on all outbound travel to curb spread of virus
If approved, exemptions to be permitted for diplomatic, humanitarian reasons; Justice Ministry says no legal obstacles to requiring negative test from inbound travelers
By ToI Staff
Anne Neuberger, an Orthodox Jew, was recently tapped to head the US National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate. (National Security Agency via JTA)
January 7, 2021, 6:22 pm
Biden to pick Orthodox Jewish woman for White House cybersecurity post — report
US president-elect said planning to task longtime intelligence official Anne Neuberger with coordinating cybersecurity for federal government
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz issue a statement at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Tal Shahar, Yediot Ahronoth, Pool)
November 22, 2020, 6:28 pm
In blow to gov’t, Gantz sets up probe of submarine scam that’s hounded Netanyahu
Defense minister says commission of inquiry into massive graft scandal that has ensnared several Netanyahu associates will look into PM’s office role in buying naval vessels
By Raoul Wootliff
Anne Neuberger, an Orthodox Jew, was recently tapped to head the US National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate. (National Security Agency via JTA)
July 25, 2019, 1:15 pm
Orthodox Jewish woman named cybersecurity chief for US spy agency
Anne ‘Chani’ Neuberger grew up in mostly Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park; parents were among hostages rescued during Israeli raid on Entebbe
By JTA and ToI Staff
In this July 14, 2006 photo, Lebanese youths gather on a hilltop overlooking the city of Beirut in Lebanon at sunset to watch smoke continuing to billow from a fuel dump at Beirut International Airport, which was hit by an Israeli airstrike. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
June 1, 2019, 8:06 pm
Israel relied heavily on NSA during 2006 Lebanon War, new Snowden documents show
US intelligence liaison report shows conflict with Hezbollah pushed Unit 8200 to its ‘technical and resource limits’; repeated Israeli requests led to new intel-sharing mechanism
By ToI Staff
In this image made from video and provided by WUSA TV-9, authorities investigate the scene of a shooting at Fort Meade, Maryland, on February 14, 2018. (WUSA TV-9 via AP)
February 14, 2018, 4:47 pm
Suspect in custody after shooting outside US spy agency
National Security Agency spokesman confirms 1 person injured in incident, says ‘there’s no ongoing security or safety threat’
By AP
A view of the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab, Russia's leading antivirus software development company, in Moscow on October 25, 2017. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
October 25, 2017, 11:42 pm
Outed by Israel, Kaspersky confirms it took classified US information
Russian firm acknowledges its software picked up source code but says it was destroyed and never shown to anyone
By JTA
Eugene Kaspersky, Russian antivirus programs developer and chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, poses for a photo on a balcony at his company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
October 25, 2017, 1:16 pm
Russian anti-virus mogul: We uploaded US documents but quickly deleted them
Eugene Kaspersky says employees immediately told him in 2014 of captured National Security Agency files
By Raphael Satter
A sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, January 30, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
October 12, 2017, 7:31 am
Kaspersky in focus as US-Russia cyber-tensions rise
Israel reportedly discovered the Russian software company was a vehicle for hackers to steal security secrets from the NSA
By Rob Lever
Bruce Brill
September 29, 2017, 12:43 pm
Bruce Brill
The truth behind the Yom Kippur surprise
We in the NSA knew well in advance that Syria and Egypt intended to attack Israel on October 6, 1973
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