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Israeli communications company Voicenter hit by major cyber attack

CEO Golan Ashtan confirms that 'hackers from abroad' managed to carry out an attack on the company's systems by no sensitive information was leaked; communications giant's clients include Check Point, Mobileye, Gett and others

Tal Shahaf , 22:32, 09.20.21

NSO exploits new iPhone software vulnerability, affecting most versions, say researchers

Apple said it fixed the vulnerability in how iMessage automatically renders images, in Monday's software update, confirming Citizen Lab's finding while Citizen Lab warns chat apps are the soft underbelly of device security

Reuters , 09:34, 09.14.21

Israeli firm unveils armed robot to patrol volatile borders

Israel Aerospace Industries unveils the 'REX MKII', a semi-autonomous four-wheel-drive robot, which looks to be the most advanced unmanned vehicle developed by the defense contractor over the past 15 years

Associated Press , 13:01, 09.13.21

Report finds NSO Group’s spyware used on Bahraini activists

Cybersecurity watchdog says at least nine activists in the Gulf kingdom — which has a history of using commercially available spyware — were hacked using Israeli group's Pegasus malware

Associated Press , 23:22, 08.24.21

First U.S. Army Iron Dome Battery completes live-fire test

American soldiers intercept live targets employing Israeli-made missile defense system for first time, underscoring tight military cooperation with Jewish state

i24NEWS , 19:34, 08.23.21

Thousands of Wikipedia pages vandalized with swastikas

Volunteer administrators quickly remove changes to website and block account responsible for attack which targeted entries of celebrities and political figures including U.S. President Joe Biden

Ynet , 18:11, 08.17.21

UN experts urge moratorium on surveillance tech sales

International body's call comes in the wake of human rights concerns prompted by Israeli-based NSO Group's alleged sale of the Pegasus spyware to autocratic regimes, despite supposed governmental oversights

AFP , 13:59, 08.12.21

China committing cyber espionage against Israel since 2019, U.S. firm says

Cybersecurity company Mandiant claims Chinese espionage group UNC215 has been targeting Israel's robust technology sector as well as other Mideast countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and others

i24NEWS , 14:39, 08.10.21

Bees find refuge from perilous world in robotic hive

Israeli startup Beewise develops robotic arm that scans stacks of honeycombs, inspecting them for disease and pesticides and reporting in real time any hazards that threaten the colony; tool appears to be more efficient than humans

Reuters , 13:41, 08.09.21

Facebook, tech giants to target far-right 'militias' in database

Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism appears to shift focus from content produced by terror groups on a United Nations list to far-right extremists, white supremacists and neo-Nazis

Reuters , 16:24, 07.26.21

Israel wraps up drone exercise with U.S., European forces

The joint drill saw pilots from U.S, Britain, Italy, Germany and France conduct exercises under IDF's supervision in order 'to position the Israeli army as a leader in the area of remotely piloted aircraft'

AFP , 20:10, 07.22.21

EU: Israeli spyware use against journalists 'completely unacceptable'

Head of the European Commission says would go against all EU rules if turns out reports that NSO group's software was used to target business executives, activists, journalists, politicians and government officials are true

Reuters, Ynet , 14:45, 07.19.21

Report: Private Israeli malware used to spy on journalists, activists

Washington Post, the Guardian, Le Monde and others report some 50,000 phone numbers were on the list of 'people of interest' by clients of the NSO group that developed software called Pegasus; among the clients are Saudi Arabia and UAE

AFP , 08:42, 07.19.21

Israel's SpaceIL raises $70M for another shot at Moon landing

Non-profit sets sights on 2024 launch of its second space mission thanks to massive cash infusion, hoping for a record-smashing, soft landing on lunar surface

i24NEWS , 15:16, 07.11.21

President Herzog given NFT of father's oath of office

Knesset digs out oath of office signed by Chaim Herzog — former president and father of newly instated head of state — from parliamentary archives and creates an encrypted digital image; Issac Herzog 'visibly moved' by gesture

Associated Press , 19:07, 07.08.21

Will Start-Up Nation be left without start-ups?

Israel faces a brain drain if it does not quickly change strategy as governments around the world compete to attract new tech talent, warns Eugene Kandel, economics professor and co-chair of Start-Up Nation Central’s Economic Research and Policy Institute

Maya Margit/The Media Line , 09:14, 07.03.21

Israeli charged in global hacker-for-hire scheme wants plea deal

Federal prosecutors say Aviram Azari organized a series of hacking missions through unnamed third parties, believed to be New Delhi-based BellTroX InfoTech Services, against American companies based in New York

Reuters , 11:54, 07.01.21

Digital discrimination: Study finds gulf between Israel's Jews and Arabs

The Arab sector is falling behind in an increasingly online world, IDC research finds; 33% of Israeli Arabs have no internet access and 87% do not know how to send emails, shop online or study via Zoom, which only exacerbates the disparity in academic and employment opportunities

Oshrit Gan-El , 08:56, 06.26.21

Google seeks to stamp out Israelis' interest in conversion therapy

Tech giant joins hands with some of the country's most prominent LGBT rights groups to launch an awareness campaign about the risks involved in the practice as company data shows Israelis lead the world in searches for the term

Hadar Gil-Ad , 19:35, 06.22.21

Boeing to use anti-jamming system from Israel’s Elbit in F-15s

U.S. aviation giant says cooperation with Israeli company 'demonstrates Boeing’s commitment to partner with Israeli industry to advance the capabilities of the F-15 platform'

Reuters, Yoav Zitun , 17:15, 06.22.21

Israel cites progress in airborne laser that shoots down drones

Military official says plane-mounted prototype successfully shot down several drones in a recent test over the Mediterranean Sea and hails cost-effective technology, complementing country's existing air defenses

News Agencies, Ynet , 19:41, 06.21.21

Israeli scientists invent artificial ‘nose’ for detecting bacteria

Ben-Gurion University researchers say technology could have many potential uses including food quality control, detection of poisonous gases, assisting in lab work and environmental monitoring

TPS , 22:23, 06.20.21

Israel develops camouflage tech that makes soldiers ‘invisible’

Polaris Solutions unveils 'Kit 300', which was developed in cooperation with the Defense Ministry and is made out of special thermal visual concealment material that makes troops increasingly difficult to distinguish from landscape

Maya Margit\The Media Line , 17:04, 06.15.21

IDF welcomes its second advanced 'patrol corvette' warship

Sa'ar 6 will be part of four-ship squadron of German-made Thyssenkrupp vessels, which will oversee the defense of Israel's territorial waters and its offshore gas rigs; it's designed to offer better attack capabilities than its predecessor Sa'ar 5

TPS, Ynet , 14:30, 06.10.21

Instagram overhauls algorithm after accusations of anti-Palestinian bias

Photo-sharing app's employees claim moderation system incorrectly flagged posts as associated with 'violence or dangerous organizations'; company rejects claims posts were targeted due to their political nature

Oshrit Ben-El , 19:45, 05.31.21