Cyber attacks reported in the Middle East, from both states and non-state actors. Italy's Foreign Ministry hacked for months in 2016. Cyber and kinetic operations. RSA's Innovation Sandbox.

In today's podcast, Hamas appears to have improved its cyber attack capabilities. Egypt is believed to be ramping up Internet surveillance. ISIS sympathizers are being targeted with Android malware delivered over Telegram. The US increasingly integrates cyber into kinetic military operations. Russia is suspected of hacking the Italian Foreign Ministry. Malek Ben Salem from Accenture Technology Labs describes privacy techniques for data mining. And, of course, we begin our coverage of RSA in in San Francisco with a look at the annual Innovation Sandbox.

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