Israel

Google fires 28 staff after sit-in protest against Israeli cloud deal ends in arrests

Alphabet Workers Union says bosses refuse to listen to concerns

Off-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 95

Head of Israeli cyber spy unit exposed ... by his own privacy mistake

Infosec in brief Plus: Another local government hobbled by ransomware; Huge rise in infostealing malware; and critical vulns

Security08 Apr 2024 | 19

Underwater cables in Red Sea damaged months after Houthis 'threatened' to do just that

Yemeni rebels thought to lack the ability to damage submarine cables, but here we are

Off-Prem27 Feb 2024 | 100

Israel to plow $3.2B into $25B Intel fab project

Foundry site due to open in 2028 ... assuming it's not, y'know, delayed or cancelled

On-Prem27 Dec 2023 | 31

Nvidia boss tells Israeli staff Mellanox founder's daughter was killed in festival massacre

And engineer and girlfriend among those held hostage by Hamas

On-Prem14 Oct 2023 | 120

Hacktivist attacks erupt in Middle East following Hamas assault on Israel

Groups range from known collectives to new outfits eager to raise their profile

Security09 Oct 2023 | 136

'Small monthly payment' only thing that stands between X and bot chaos, says Musk

Comment Yes, because automated accounts are really the problem here

Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 118

Intel to invest another $25 billion In Israel

Plans expanded fabs in boost to beleaguered PM and blow to protestors

On-Prem19 Jun 2023 | 15

Another zero-click Apple spyware maker just popped up on the radar again

Pegasus, pssh, you so 2000-and-late

Research12 Apr 2023 | 8

Intel cans luxury R&D center, promises parking lot instead

x86 giant wants to sub [spending], 10 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000

Systems18 Jan 2023 | 4

Israel sets robotic target-tracking turrets in the West Bank

Military says they'll save lives on both sides as tensions escalate

Security18 Nov 2022 | 89

Googler says she was forced out after opposing $1.2bn cloud contract with Israel

Fears of human-rights abuses overshadow Project Nimbus

AI + ML30 Aug 2022 | 166

Israel aims to build its own upgradable quantum computer

Crop of cutting-edge companies from home and abroad contributing tech to Israel National Quantum Initiative

HPC20 Jul 2022 | 28

Israel plans ‘Cyber-Dome’ to defeat digital attacks from Iran and others

Already has 'Iron Dome' – does it need another hero?

Security30 Jun 2022 | 19

Israeli air raid sirens triggered in possible cyberattack

Source remains unclear, plenty suspect Iran

Cyber-crime22 Jun 2022 | 2

Hamas-linked cyber-spies 'target high-ranking Israelis'

Sensitive info swiped from Windows and Android devices, according to report

Security06 Apr 2022 | 6

Huge DDoS attack temporarily kicks Israeli government sites offline

A state of emergency is declared as officials assess the damage and look for culprits

Security15 Mar 2022 |

United Nations calls for moratorium on sale of surveillance tech like NSO Group's Pegasus

Suggests the world to sort out a ban to preserve human rights, issues sternly worded 'Please Explain' to Israel

Security13 Aug 2021 | 23

Chinese espionage group targets Israel while suggesting the source could be Iran

FireEye says Israeli defense agencies were alert to compromises as China works to protect Belt and Road investments

Security11 Aug 2021 | 19

Amazon to bring a full region to Israel, land of large government contracts

Three availability zones prophesied to open in the first half of 2023

Off-Prem11 Jun 2021 | 4

Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down by electrical fault

Evidence is thin, but Natanz enrichment facility is offline

Security12 Apr 2021 | 34

Lockdown endgame? There won't be one until the West figures out its approach to contact-tracing apps

Comment What are the options, and who can we learn from?

Personal Tech20 Apr 2020 | 68

Pervasive digital surveillance of citizens deployed in COVID-19 fight, with rules that send genie back to bottle

Israel is up for it. America, Iran, Thailand may be, too. China is there already, natch

Security18 Mar 2020 | 46

Twitter says a certain someone tried to discover the phone numbers used by potentially millions of twits

Exploitable API blew away anonymity, abused by systems in Iran, Israel, Malaysia

Security04 Feb 2020 | 39

Those fake spying cell towers in Washington DC? Ex-intel staffers claim they're Israeli

But Trump Administration seemingly unbothered

Security12 Sep 2019 | 66

Lunar lander's brief jaunt will place Israel as fourth country to make soft landing on Moon

If it works. Comms sat also along for ride, but there are loads already so...

Science22 Feb 2019 | 16

NSO Group bloke charged with $50m theft of government malware

Alleged unethical behavior from a grey hat? Who'd a thunk it?

Security06 Jul 2018 | 6

And lo! Crypto-coins came unto the holy land. And the wise decreed they must all be taxed

Israel decides Bitcoin and pals are property, not currency, and attract biblical levels of tax

Science20 Feb 2018 | 47

'Israel hacked Kaspersky and caught Russian spies using AV tool to harvest NSA exploits'

Updated Explosive new claims also put a bomb under US-Israeli cooperation

Security11 Oct 2017 | 146

Israel gets spooky with national quantum lab

Plan is to spin up single photons as a comms medium

Networks19 Jun 2017 | 6

Israel-focused VCs sow cash around seed stage tech firms

Firm puts together $75m to invest in AI, Big Data, robotics

AI + ML04 May 2017 | 3

Israeli tech firms make their exits, stage rich

Following the trendIT trend

On-Prem06 Jul 2016 | 12

Israeli cybersecurity boom 'sustainable', argues industry’s father

Israel cyber week Pipelines are improving but discrimination is still a problem

Security22 Jun 2016 | 13

Steve Jobs, MS Office, Israel, and a basic feature Microsoft took 13 years to install

tropeR laicepS Right-to-Left script Mac omission finally fixed

Software15 Mar 2016 | 64

NSA spying on US and Israeli politicians stirs Congress from Christmas slumbers

Surveillance is fin..what! They are spying on us! An outrage!

Legal31 Dec 2015 | 98

Israeli lander FOUND ON MOON (in 2017)

Pics Non-profit org first to sign Google XPrize rocket mission contract

Science07 Oct 2015 | 16

Orange hurls €90m at Israel's Partner to end political bunfight

Chief exec’s crowd-pleaser didn’t go down at all well

Networks01 Jul 2015 | 6

Spookception: US spied on Israel spying on US-Iran nuke talks

'I think the report is wrong, it is inaccurate' says everyone named in report

SaaS25 Mar 2015 | 37

Rocket Kittens target defence and IT bods from Europe & Israel

Hacker cats scratch folk gazing hungrily at Iran

Security20 Mar 2015 | 9

Paranoid Android Kaymera smartmobe takes on Blackphone

MWC2015 Super-secure Israeli platform only lacks Mossad bodyguard

Personal Tech27 Feb 2015 | 27

Chipzilla promises $6 billion to upgrade Israeli plant

Kiryat Gat to host 10 nm fab

On-Prem24 Sep 2014 | 30

Intel forced to shoot down viral 'Israeli boycott' whopper

Phony press release site claims chip titan halted fabs over Gaza conflict

On-Prem08 Aug 2014 | 123

Israel snooped on John Kerry's phone calls during Middle East peace talks

Well, if you will make basic security cockups...

Security05 Aug 2014 | 29

Google pulls Gaza games from Play store

Rockets and iron domes

Personal Tech05 Aug 2014 | 41

Snowden latest: NSA targets Gaza, pumps intelligence to Israel

Dragnet spook agency passes info to Middle East combatants

Security04 Aug 2014 | 53

Firm issues soft denial against Iron Dome hack

Confirmed 'Chinese hack' downgraded to 'alleged' intrusion

Security30 Jul 2014 | 4

Israel's Iron Dome missile tech stolen by Chinese hackers

Corporate raiders Comment Crew fingered for attacks

Security29 Jul 2014 | 38

Hamas hacks Israeli TV sat channel to broadcast pics of Gaza wounded

Tells viewers: 'Prepare yourself for an extended stay in shelters'

Security15 Jul 2014 | 31

Israel defence ministry, contractors phished by mystery attacker

Security vendor: It was Palestine wot did it

Security28 Jan 2014 | 2

Privacy is still important to us, says upstart Onavo after Facebook gobble

Data-crushing biz grabbed for $150m+, hands Zuck first office in Israel

On-Prem14 Oct 2013 | 6

Intel rumored to plunk $10bn down for Israeli fab expansion

A whole lot of ticking and tocking

On-Prem03 Jul 2013 | 17

Israeli activists tell Hawking to yank his Intel chips over Palestine

Spokeswoman calls professor a hypocrite over his chip choice

Legal09 May 2013 | 188

Google formally recognises Palestine: Puts it on the virtual map

Following the lead of the UN, ICANN

Legal03 May 2013 | 136

Who wants a smart meter to track'n'tax your car? Hello, Israel

Avoid the rush hour, avoid higher rates. Oh and something about privacy

Legal10 Apr 2013 | 58

Israel taps teens to become 'interceptors' in cyberwarfare

New training program to create youth hacking force

Legal02 Jan 2013 | 62

Israel plots gigabit fibre-to-home rollout

Seven years, 25,000 km of fibre

Networks27 Dec 2012 | 45