Tag: Cyber Security
America must prepare for escalation of Iranian cyber attacks, experts say
With renewed sanctions imposed on it by the United States, Iran may be poised to increase the frequency and destructiveness of its cyber-attacks, two experts warned in a paper published on Tuesday by the Foundation for...
Imperva to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2.1 billion
Information-security software firm Imperva has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by American private-equity technology investment firm Thoma Bravo in a transaction valued at approximately $2.1 billion.
Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., with development offices...
Israeli startup named first international winner of US cyber-security grant
The United States Department of Homeland Security has awarded a grant to Israeli cyber-security startup Morphisec to develop cyber-security defense solutions for virtual desktop systems, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
Morphisec will become the...
‘Enemy cyber threat growing,’ warn security experts amid Hamas cyber attacks
The ability of Israel’s enemies to target civilians and members of the armed forces with cyber attacks is growing, security experts have warned.
In August, the Israeli ClearSky cyber-security company uncovered a Hamas phony and...
Hamas’s fake Red Alert app used to hack Israeli phones, say cyber-security experts
Israeli cyber-intelligence firm ClearSky has warned that Hamas is attempting to implant spyware on the mobile phones of Israelis who download a fraudulent Red Alert rocket-siren app.
The company’s security researches said last week that...
IDF’s cyber defenders prepare their responses for the ‘unknown threat’
The cyber defenders of the Israel Defense Forces are preparing to deal with future unknown threats that will not resemble the dangers known today, a senior cyber officer has told JNS.
Military assessments place cyber...
Pro-Palestinian hacker targets dozens of Israeli websites
Dozens of Israeli websites were breached Tuesday by a pro-Palestinian hacker known by his Twitter handle “Darkcoder.”
The hacker launched a distributed-denial-of-service attack to disrupt access to the websites of the Israeli cities of Eilat, Acre,...