Cybersphere

Iran authorities summon Jewish rep. over community's pro-Israel likes on social media

After being summoned by Iranian security bodies, the country’s Jewish MP Najafabadi called on Jewish Iranians to delete Israel-linked posts and unfollow IDF and other “hostile” channels.

Homayoun Sameyah Najafabadi vists the Beheshtieh Jewish cemetery in southern Tehran, January 9, 2015
 People pose in front of a display showing the word 'cyber' in binary code, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica December 27, 2014. Picture taken December 27, 2014.

Israeli cybersecurity firm Sygnia has revealed details on this hacker group’s malicious activity

 People wearing face masks use smartphones next to an advertisement of TikTok (Douyin) at a bus stop in Beijing, China August 24, 2020

China erases 1.4 million social media posts in bid to 'clean' cyberspace

 Cyber attacks spiked in 2021

Could the metaverse lead to a spike in cybercrime?


Cyber warfare 2022 will be 2021 on steroids - analysis

The quality of life and reliance on technology is so much higher in the US and Israel, that we all just have far more to lose.

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Iran-backed hackers launching disruptive cyberattacks on US healthcare companies - US gov't

'As Iranian operators have adapted both their strategic goals and tradecraft, over time they have evolved into more competent threat actors capable of conducting a full spectrum of operations'

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Iran looks to Russia to confront cyber threats

Iran has been looking to cyberspace as both a threat and an opportunity in recent years. It has called for the need to establish a single command to counter cyberattacks

ISRAEL WILL need to use cyber capabilities ‘in severe and extreme scenarios, to inflict systemic disruption on an enemy’s economic infrastructure and society at large.’

White House plans 30-country meeting on cyber crime and ransomware

The Biden administration has elevated the response to cybersecurity to the senior-most levels of the administration following a set of attacks this year.

US President Donald Trump departs the White House aboard Marine One ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, in Washington, US, January 20, 2021.

Israeli Cybersecurity start-up completes $6.5 million funding round

"History is full of stories about cases where there was an alert somewhere, but they did not see or hear it until they were questioned back after the disaster."

Michael Mumcuoglu (right) and Yair Manor (left)

World Wide Web's father wants to remake cyberspace all over again

This new, updated web will enable the kind of person-to-person sharing and collaboration that has helped make the big social media services so successful while leaving the user in control."

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Anne Neuberger, Biden's Jewish pick for cybersecurity adviser - Politico

According to two people familiar with the plans, Biden plans to name Neuberger as deputy national security adviser for cybersecurity in the incoming NSC, Politico reported.

Anne Neuberger

Suspected Russian hackers spied on US Treasury emails - sources

The hack is so serious it led to a National Security Council meeting at the White House on Saturday.

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Innonation launches innovation center in China

The new center in Hangzhou, the Internet, AI and blockchain capital of China, will promote collaborations, investments and deals with Israeli companies.

INNONATION center

Ransomware attack shuts down border crossings in Argentina

The attack against the border crossing management system halted arrivals and departures from the country for a number of hours