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Hackers Knew How to Target PLCs in Israel Water Facility Attacks: Sources
2020-04-30 09:55

The actions of the hackers who recently targeted water facilities in Israel show their sophistication and prove that they knew exactly what they were doing, according to people with knowledge of the attacks. The attacks targeted wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and sewage facilities, and organizations in the water sector have been instructed by Israeli authorities to immediately take measures to prevent attacks, including changing passwords to internet-exposed control systems, reducing internet exposure, and ensuring that all software is up to date.

Israel Says Hackers Targeted SCADA Systems at Water Facilities
2020-04-27 12:27

The Israeli government has issued an alert to organizations in the water sector following a series of cyberattacks aimed at water facilities. According to an alert published by Israel's National Cyber Directorate, the attacks targeted supervisory control and data acquisition systems at wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and sewage facilities.

App Used by Israel's Ruling Party Leaked Personal Data of All 6.5 Million Voters
2020-02-11 12:53

An election campaigning website operated by Likud―the ruling political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu―inadvertently exposed personal information of all 6.5 million eligible Israeli voters on the Internet, just three weeks before the country is going to have a legislative election. In Israel, all political parties receive personal details of voters before the election, which they can't share with any third party and are responsible for protecting the privacy of their citizens and erasing it after the elections are over.

App Used by Israel's Ruling Party Leaked Personal Data of All 6.5 Million Voters
2020-02-11 04:54

An election campaigning website operated by Likud―the ruling political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu―inadvertently exposed personal information of all 6.5 million eligible Israeli voters on the Internet, just three weeks before the country is going to have a legislative election. In Israel, all political parties receive personal details of voters before the election, which they can't share with any third party and are responsible for protecting the privacy of their citizens and erasing it after the elections are over.

Israel's Likud Party Exposed Details of Over 6 Million Voters
2020-02-10 12:47

An election application used by Israel's Likud party has exposed the personal information of over 6 million voters. Likud, the party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has contracted a company named Feed-b to create an election management system called Elector, which has been advertised as highly secure.

Rights Group Demands Israel Rein in Murky Spyware Company
2020-01-16 16:07

TEL AVIV, Israel - An Israeli court heard a case Thursday calling for restrictions to be slapped on NSO Group, an Israeli company that makes surveillance software that is said to have been used to target journalists and dissidents around the world. The case, brought by Amnesty International, calls for Israel to revoke the spyware firm's export license, preventing it from selling its contentious product abroad, particularly to regimes that could use it for malicious purposes.

Israel Approves Extradition to US of Russian 'Hacker'
2019-10-31 09:45

Israel's justice minister Wednesday approved the extradition of a Russian alleged hacker to the United States, where he is wanted for fraud. "After thorough discussions these last few weeks with...

Passion, ingenuity and hard work: The cybersecurity startup story of Israel
2019-08-01 05:15

According to Start-Up Nation Central (SNC), there are currently 400 cybersecurity start-ups operating in Israel. In 2018, they raised over $1.2 billion in 96 rounds of funding. That is more money...

Israel's NSO Group: Our malware? Slurp your cloud backups plus phone data? They've misunderstood
2019-07-19 17:00

After report claimed its sales pitches boasted of doing that Israeli spyware firm NSO Group has denied it developed malware that can steal user data from cloud services run by Amazon, Apple,...

Israel Spyware Firm Can Mine Data From Social Media: FT
2019-07-19 16:11

An Israeli spyware firm thought to have hacked WhatsApp in the past has told clients it can scoop user data from the world's top social media, the Financial Times reported Friday. read more