10-day drill led by Finance Ministry to promote international cooperation on minimizing hacker threat to global financial systems

Asher Ben-Dor of Ashkelon convicted in a plea bargain for 2019 tweet in which he wrote that 'the time has come' to assassinate the premier

American cyber firm says Iran targeting Israel in espionage attacks; Microsoft reports 6 Iranian groups deploying ransomware in past year

Facility to focus on joint research, technologies that help secure AI-based systems and software

Cybersecurity firm commissioned by Google says Israel has a near-600% increase in reported ransomware samples during recent period

Treasury says figures for the year on track to beat totals for the entire previous decade combined

Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman says defense alone does not suffice, steps must be taken to 'preserve Israel's superiority'

Official says 'no evidence of compromise' has been found; confirms NATO uses SolarWinds, whose software was hacked in attack that also affected networks in Israel

Reactions could include federal indictments, sanctions, counterattacks and even exposure of Kremlin corruption, experts say

Tech giant issues call-to-arms after attack on US government institutions blamed on Russia; singles out Israel's private sector, NSO Group as potentially dangerous going forward