Israeli cybersecurity

Visa signs $2.4 billion deal to acquire Israeli anti-fraud firm BioCatch

Visa agreed to buy Tel Aviv-based BioCatch for $2.4 billion, expanding its AI-driven defenses against scams, account takeovers and digital fraud.

A Visa credit card is seen on a computer keyboard in this picture illustration taken September 6, 2017.
Hacker attack

Iran-linked hackers used Israeli IT providers to target government bodies

Cyber is not a luxury.

Snyk to lay off 90 employees

ON THE front line of the cyber war, Israel has become one of the world’s most targeted countries for cyberattacks, with state-backed hackers increasingly using AI to probe government networks, companies, and critical infrastructure.

State audit warns Israel’s cyber preparedness gaps threaten economy and security


Israeli cybersecurity start-up Eureka receives $8m. from YL Ventures

Israeli startup Eureka has received $8 million in seed funding from YL Ventures. They have created a data cloud security solution, which has become a game changing platform.

 Eureka founders (Liat Hayun, CEO and Asaf Weiss, CTO)

Cyberattacks against Israel grow at double the global average rate

Cyberattacks directed towards Israel grew 92% from 2020 to 2021, while they increased by roughly 50% globally.

 CYBERDEFENSE SECURITY solutions act as a global guard against malicious software.

Israeli cybersecurity firm Sygnia uncovers financial fraud operation

The cyber-thieves, dubbed “Elephant Beetle,” inject malware into a victim's financial systems that creates fraudulent small-sum transactions that have added up to millions in stolen funds.

 People pose in front of a display showing the word 'cyber' in binary code, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica December 27, 2014. Picture taken December 27, 2014.

Cyber warfare 2022 will be 2021 on steroids - analysis

The quality of life and reliance on technology is so much higher in the US and Israel, that we all just have far more to lose.

 Cyber attack

Face-Off: Robots Come Equipped With Facial Recognition

Security, defense and tech innovation firms come together at Israeli confab.

 Facial recognition technology at the iHLS INNOTECH conference in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Defense Min. limits countries Israeli cyber companies can sell to post-NSO - report

Jerusalem’s new allies with growing relationships, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, as well as behind-the-scenes ally Saudi Arabia, were taken off the permitted list.

 People pose in front of a display showing the word 'cyber' in binary code, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica December 27, 2014. Picture taken December 27, 2014.

Moses Staff hackers strike again, attack Israeli engineering companies

The hackers announced they had targeted Ehud Leviathan Engineering, David Engineers and H.G.M. Engineering in their latest attack.

VISUAL DEPICTION OF A HACKER

Israel's cyber winter came, but failure to regulate continues - analysis

Officials and experts seem completely uninterested in how or why the Black Shadow hack succeeded and there is still zero formal regulation.

 A 3D printed model of man working on a computer are seen in front of displayed binary code and words "Cyber atack" in this illustration taken, July 5, 2021.

72% increase in cyberattacks against healthcare sector over the weekend

Director of Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon Prof. Chezy Levy said that his hospital was among those targeted.

 Shaare Zedek hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021.

Israeli-Arab violence: Will all hell break loose with Shin Bet's involvement? - analysis

Will the decision to involve the Shin Bet and IDF in the Israeli-Arab sector become a trendsetter in Bennett's government? What about the precedent set by Netanyahu?

A car set on fire by Israeli Arab residents during riots and clashes between Arab and Jewish residents, in the central Israeli town of Lod, on May 12, 2021.