Tag: Cyber Security
How one Israeli startup changed the global landscape of cyber security
In March of this year, as the first wave of the novel coronavirus rippled through the world, the Israeli application security company Checkmarx secured a $1.2 billion acquisition from private-equity firm Hellman and Friedman....
Tel Aviv court decision is a setback to dubious accusations against NSO
Since at least 2018, Amnesty International had gone on a mission trying to expose the Israeli cybersecurity Pegasus software producer NSO Group/Q Cyber Technologies of allegedly playing a role in facilitating human-rights abuses, in...
Iran warns Israel against creating ‘narratives’ regarding Natanz incident
Iran on Tuesday warned Israel against creating “norm-breaking narratives” regarding attacks on its nuclear facilities, saying that doing so crossed a “red line.”
Referring to the recent explosion at its underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility,...
Iran ‘opened a Pandora’s box’ in cyber attack on Israeli water system
The Iranian cyber attack in early April on an Israeli water-treatment facility, designed to get computers to add too much chlorine to the Israeli water supply, represents a new phase in Iranian aggression, a former Israeli...
‘Failed cyber attack on Israel was designed to trigger a humanitarian disaster’
The suspected Iranian cyber attack on a minor water facility in central Israel earlier this month was “designed to trigger a humanitarian disaster,” according to Israel National Cyber Directorate head Yigal Unna.
“The word ‘fast’...
Report: Israel behind ‘highly accurate’ cyber attack on Iranian port
Israel carried out a recent cyberattack against Iran that shut down one of the country’s major ports for days, causing chaos, apparently in retaliation for an Iranian attack last month on Israel’s water infrastructure, The...
Israel suffers major data breach, Likud accused of breaking privacy laws
Israel’s Likud Party is being accused of causing one of the most serious data breaches in Israeli history, and of gross violations of Israeli privacy laws, following the exposure on the Internet of the...
New York City, Israeli venture capital firm partner to open cyber-security hub
New York City partnered with Israeli venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) to open a new cyber-security center in downtown Manhattan on Monday.
The $100 million partnership, including a $30 million contribution from New...
IDF strengthens cyber-defense coordination with US Cyber Command
The Israel Defense Forces and the U.S. military are strengthening their coordination and partnership in the area of cyber defenses.
Lt. Col. O (full name withheld), an officer in the IDF’s J6 and Cyber Defense...
Report: Israeli Malware used to hack Indian politician’s smartphone
Indian National Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was informed by WhatsApp Inc. that her phone was hacked during India’s election campaign this year by Malware from the Israeli firm NSO Group, the party...