Users' need for communication and information amid the pandemic, along with charitable impulses, 'supercharged' criminal use of phishing emails and fake websites, Check Point warns

Pharmaceutical company developing leading treatment for coronavirus; ClearSky cybersecurity outfit says Iran-connected hackers targeting COVID-19 researchers, including in Israel

Tel Aviv-based Check Point says Aria-body, by hacker group tied to Chinese military, is highly advanced and hard to detect

Company uses biometrics to identify fraudsters through subtle behavioral cues; plans to move into public sector in 2020 as scammers look to exploit virus crisis

Sources tell news agency that as pandemic rages, state actors use phishing techniques to try to gain access to personal accounts of staff

Purchase by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman marks largest-ever acquisition of an application security company

Leaks in lead-up to Knesset elections said to indicate criminal breach of candidate's phone; Likud previously accused of hiring private intelligence firm to look into opponents

TV quotes senior legal officials saying reports Netanyahu associates hired a private firm and used a cybersecurity employee to hack rival's phone and dig dirt must be probed

Attackers could use cheap consumer drones to project fleeting images onto roadways, fooling Tesla and Mobileye navigation systems and causing havoc, says Ben-Gurion University team

From fuzzing to spear-phishing, hackers have smarter tools at their disposal; Israel's cyber directorate setting out protection guidelines