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Israel Government Makes Biometric ID System Mandatory
According to Interior Minister Arye Deri, all Israeli citizens must be required to obtain a biometric identity containing digitally encoded personal information, fingerprints, facial profile and other personal information which is then stored on a central database according to a report by the Times of Israel. The main purpose of…
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New Spy Malware Can Turn Headphones Into Microphones
It is the kind of stuff one only used to see in spy movies but researchers from Israel’s Ben Gurion University have demonstrated how a piece of headphone can be turned into a microphone and be used to snoop on an unsuspecting user via malware. The idea is to show…
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Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer Using Nine-Year-Old Motorola Phone
An air-gapped computer is the most secure way of storing sensitive data; a PC that has no internet connection and no removable storage or disk drives cannot be compromised by hackers or government surveillance, in theory. Well, it’s time to say goodbye to that theory, as not only have Israeli researchers managed…
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Anonymous Threatens Israel with Electronic Holocaust
Anonymous has been fighting Israel for a couple of years now, and while their attacks have gotten more sophisticated over time, the damage they’re causing is said to be decreasing. Now the group threatens Israel with what they call the electronic holocaust where they vowed to erase it from cyberspace…
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YO App Used for Notifying People About Missile Strikes in Israel
Increasingly popular social media application, Yo, the application which lets you say ‘YO’ to another friend may seem ridiculous to some smartphone users, but in fact it is apparently used for more complicated things than just ‘yo-ing’ around. The Times of Israel apparently has stated that some developers are now…
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Search and Rescue Operations to Get Assistance from Robot Snake
A team of engineers in Israel have developed a new search and rescue robot to help them search dangerous sites. The new snake-like robot is capable of crawling through rubble to aid in the search of people and more, and it’s especially adept at tight spaces where a human could…
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Asia Reported To Be The Leading Place For Top-Speed Internet Connectivity
Study shows that the fastest internet connection, in the world, is in Asia. Latest study from Akamai Technologies, Asia is considered the epicentre for top-speed Internet access, having Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Singapore as the top 4 on the list. Akami states that most of Asia improved their…
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Serious Vulnerability Found In Samsung Knox Security Suite
Samsung launched its Knox security suite earlier this year which basically creates a “container” that runs a separate execution environment for apps and data on top of Android. Therefore any apps run outside of the container can’t access their data. A team of researchers at Ben Gurion University of the…
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