Cyber

The next generation of Israeli entrepreneurs is in defense tech - opinion

Israel’s top young founders aren’t chasing software unicorns. They’re racing into defense tech, where urgency, ambition and national purpose now collide.

ISRAELI DEFENSE-TECH start-ups participate at the Israel Defense Ministry’s Defense Tech week.
A cyber warrior at a computer

Israel is world's second-most targeted country by cyberattacks, Microsoft finds

OpenAI logo and Canadian flag are seen in this illustration taken, September 28, 2026.

AI system attempts to hack into Canadian government website, continuing worldwide automated attacks

 A LAPTOP with binary codes displayed in front of the Chinese flag. Individuals basically do not care if their personal data are stolen, unless the hacker personally locks them out of their accounts or the theft has some other major concrete negative impact on their lives.

New Zealand says China is its most persistent state-backed cyber threat


Israel's cyber industry funding hit new records in 2025

The funding has reached $4.4 billion across 130 funding rounds, with American venture capitalists leading the way

 Israeli cyber security; illustration.

China using cyber weapons to instill societal havoc, chaos across US and West - CISA official

This is a shift over the last decade or so, given that Moscow was once considered the number one cyber threat.

Chinese military personnel in a hi-tech government hacking room (illustrative)

Iran has attacked every Israeli citizen multiple times, new cyber chief Yossi Karadi says

Tehran hacked into parking and other road cameras to "track the movements of Israeli VIPs, with the aim of building operations to target and harm them," Karadi said.

Yossi Karadi, December, 2025.

US army cyber chief: 'Public doesn't know full cyber successes against adversaries' - exclusive

America is combining cyber and electronic warfare in the field in revolutionary ways, Pugh says.

11th Cyber Battalion concludes their in-depth engagement to US Army Cyber Command's leadership and Mr. Brandon Pugh, Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of the Army on July 21, 2025, at Fort Gordon, GA.

Iranian cyberattack group behind phishing campaign targeting Israeli organizations

The Israel National Cyber Directorate attributed the recent attacks to the group MuddyWater, which operates under the authority of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security

 Illustrative image of a cyberattack with Israeli and Iranian flags.

Israeli startup Zafran Security raises $60m

Zafran Security was founded by CEO Sanaz Yashar, CTO Ben Seri and CPO Snir Havdala

Ben Sari, Sanaz Yashar and Shnir Havdala

IDF expands C4I-Cyber directorate with new AI, spectrum divisions, following lessons learned in war

The C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate's AI Division will also include a unit made up of reservists, utilizing their knowledge from civilian life in Israel's hi-tech sector.

An illustration of an AI software running on a laptop, with a silhouetted soldier and Israeli flag in the background.

Fraud awareness week highlights modern online threats and how industries fight back

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South Korea investigates North Korean hackers behind Upbit breach, Yonhap reports

South Korea suspects North Korea's Lazarus Group is behind the $30.4M hack of the Upbit crypto exchange.

Justin Sun, founder of TRON, speaks during the Korea Blockchain Week 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, September 23, 2025.

WATCH: Hackers hijack digital bus stop screens in several Israeli cities, play Arabic audio

Transportation Ministry says it is examining the source of the malfunction, as clips from Ashdod and Ramat Gan show siren-like sounds and Arabic music.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture