Cybersecurity

20 stories about Cybersecurity
סייבר אבטחה איש עסקים

Cyber threats force Israeli Tax Authority to limit access from abroad

10.01.21|Omri Milman
Besides the account details of countless tax-paying Israelis, and the massive sums it collects, the authority also has a vast amount of data about businesses run by Israelis, both locally and abroad
מודיעין 8200 חסוי אנשי צללים צל סודי

Unit 81: The elite military unit that caused a big bang in the Israeli tech scene

08.01.21|Sophie Shulman
Veterans of the IDF’s secretive technological division are the entrepreneurs driving major changes across the industry
האקר האקרים סייבר מחשב מחשבים טכנולוגיה טכנולוגי פריצה פריצות מטריקס גנב פושע

State-sponsored Chinese hackers turning to financially motivated attacks, Israeli researchers find

04.01.21|CTech
Cybersecurity companies Security Joes and Profero believe APT27 was responsible for attacks on major gaming companies
Amit Serper Guardicore

“Election hacking” is just a buzzword, says incoming Guardicore VP of Security Research for North America

04.01.21|James Spiro
With elections in the U.S. and Israel dominating headlines, Amit Serper puts concerned minds to rest - while warning us of the actual threats to look for.
קורונה סגירת עסקים אבטלה מובטלים

Technology may have helped us survive Covid-19, but at what cost?

03.01.21|Calcalist Staff
Work from home and remote learning, cyberattacks, and the gig economy, the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the already scorching tech development landscape. Some of the changes that defined 2020 will remain in place far beyond 2021 as will some of the mistakes
ביטקוין דולרים מטבע וירטואלי קריפטו כסף

Bitcoin is booming and Israel’s blockchain infrastructure and security startups hold a major key to the cryptocurrency revolution

03.01.21|Liron Rose and Adiel Yaakov
"We are at the beginning of a revolution, with insane amounts of capital flowing from legacy institutions to Bitcoin and alternative coins. Trust and security solutions are critical for this financial revolution"
קורונה ברלין גרמניה שוטרים אוכפים את הסגר ערב  השנה החדשה 2021

Tech Trends: Five reasons why 2021 will be as least as bad as 2020

02.01.21|Omer Kabir
Tech companies will grow stronger, computer systems will continue to leak private data, and elections are still at risk of manipulation
מערכת זיהוי פנים סין

The Rayzone Group’s secret cyber intelligence activities revealed

29.12.20|Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet
Deals with law enforcement agencies across Asia and Central America are just a portion of the activities of the Israeli company, which in the past mediated a deal between NSO and a foreign military
Israel is in the sights of hackers

Israel is the number one country on hackers’ target list, new study reveals

22.12.20|Raphael Kahan
Whether it be for geostrategic purposes or simply out of greed, hackers have Israel directly in their sights
A cyberattack on Israeli organizations

Amateur hackers are poking holes in Israel’s image as a cyber superpower

21.12.20|Raphael Kahan
Personal details of one of the country’s leading cyber professionals were exposed in the latest Iranian-linked breach of IAI’s Elta Systems
הכניסה לקמפוס התעשייה האווירית 1

Pay2Key hackers claim they breached IAI servers

20.12.20|Rapahel Kahan and Ynet
Major defense contractor is the most recent victim in a string of cyberattacks on Israeli companies
עידו ספרותי CTO Perimeter X

'Tis the season to be cautious: ’Cyber 5’ is peak period for fraudsters warns PerimeterX co-founder

20.12.20|Allon Sinai
"This is an ongoing race and you need to run just to keep up with the pace, not to mention remain ahead of the curve," explains Ido Safruti
בראד סמית' נשיא מיקרוסופט

Microsoft president calls out Israel’s NSO Group, says it’s part of the reason for cyber-assault on U.S. government

18.12.20|Hagar Ravet
In a blog post, Brad Smith suggests Biden Administration should weigh in on a court case involving the Israeli cyber company
חמד בן ח'ליפה בנו ו משה חוגג

Beitar Jerusalem’s new Emirati co-owner partners with ex-Unit 8200 officers

15.12.20|Raphael Kahan
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan’s latest collaboration with Israelis is set to focus on cyber defense, including setting up a cyber academy
האקר האקרים סייבר מחשב מחשבים טכנולוגיה טכנולוגי פריצה פריצות מטריקס גנב פושע

Indications suggest that Iranians are behind a string of cyberattacks on Israeli companies

14.12.20|Raphael Kahan and Hagar Ravet
The nature of the hacks and the fact that no ransom requests were made strengthens the assessment that Iranian-linked hackers are involved
המרכז החדש של אינטל

Cyberattack on Intel: Hackers claim they breached the network of chipmaker Habana Labs

13.12.20|Raphael Kahan
Pay2key account posts images of breached materials on Twitter; attack seen as criminally motivated
סייבר האקרים אבטחת מידע

Israel's supply chain targeted in massive cyberattack

13.12.20|Meir Orbach and Golan Hazani
A hack into the servers of software company Amital Data led to an attack on some 40 of its clients, including some of the country’s largest in the logistics and importing sectors
האקר האקרים סייבר מחשב מחשבים טכנולוגיה טכנולוגי פריצה פריצות מטריקס גנב פושע

Cyber insurance prices on the rise as Covid-19 increases threat of hacks

09.12.20|Naomi Zoreff
The rising threat of being hacked has resulted in an increase of up to 50% in the price of cybersecurity insurance policies
רכבות חולפות תחנת רכבת סבידור

Alstom investing $7 million in Israeli rail cyber protection startup Cylus

09.12.20|Meir Orbach
The technology will be implemented first in the Tel Aviv metropolitan light rail system with a capacity of 200,000 passengers a day
Lior Div Cybereason

Israel’s Cybereason uncovers Middle East malware attack via Facebook and Dropbox

09.12.20|James Spiro
The cybersecurity company discovered three variants that leverage social media and cloud platforms to control devices and steal data