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.
Iran-linked hackers used Israeli IT providers to target government bodies
Snyk to lay off 90 employees
State audit warns Israel’s cyber preparedness gaps threaten economy and security
AI needed to vet 100 billion cyber threat items per day
‘Minority report’ level tech may soon guess cyber crimes before they happen
Researcher uncovers cyberattacks against universities, infrastructure
Ofir Harpaz, a researcher for Israeli cybersecurity company Guardicore, uncovered an organized cyberattack campaign that succeeded in breaching more than 500 servers
Elbit America integrates new surveillance tech into control system
The technology uses machine learning to monitor areas above and below the ground as well as detect and identify threats
BGU researchers find new way to mitigate attacks on medical devices
The method could reduce the possibility of such threats as radiation overexposure and manipulation of components or images
Israeli investigator uncovers cyberattack on hundreds of global servers
The cyberattack, dubbed FritzFrog, was based on the use of weak passwords, which the cyberattack infrastructure then used to infiltrate systems.
Magal Security wins $6.5 million contract to secure military assets
The electronic security systems to be provided by the Israeli company will include ones for perimeter detection, video surveillance, access control, public address and command and control
Check Point, Claroty forge alliance to protect infrastructure networks
The two Israeli companies join hands to give enterprises real-time cybersecurity and visibility to prevent industrial cyberattacks
Phishing attacks grow in Israel due to coronavirus, as global trends fall
A 60% increase was reported in Israel compared to global trends which have decreased by 10%.
The dark side of Israeli cybersecurity firms
Exists of Israeli cybersecurity firms have become somewhat of a norm in recent years. Last February alone, the Israeli-founded cybersecurity firm ForeScout was acquired for a staggering NIS 1.9 B.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launches blockchain securities lending platform
This marks the first-ever launch in Israel of such a platform, which aims to serve as a one-stop-shop for all securities lending activities
