Cyber
Western intelligence warns of Iranian cyber campaign using spyware against activists, press
Britain's National Cyber Security Center said Iranian state-linked cyber actors had used a spyware family known as "CHOSEN BRICK" to steal emails, messages, and other sensitive information.
Ashkelon man accused of infecting hundreds of computers, stealing sensitive data, hijacking webcams
The new and surprising investment by Assi Cohen and Lior Suchard
Israel's crypto boom meets privacy culture
Iranian bot campaign targets Nova festival massacre survivors with severe online abuse, propaganda
A "sustained and multi-layered digital campaign" that hurls abusive comments and shares videos about the survivors is not being combated effectively by social media platforms.
Cybersecurity company Vega launches portal for real–time threat management
Vega's public version of the Threat Hub: A system that centralizes threat intelligence from known sources, filters background noise, and allows for the generation of AI–based detection queries.
Cyber security company NewCore raises $66 million
Among the investors in the company's round, which was founded by serial entrepreneurs and 8200 alumni: Assaf Rappaport, Yevgeny Dibrov, and Ofer Ben-Noon.
Iranian cyberattacks on Israel have surged since war, Israeli cyber chief says
The attacks targeted Israel's critical infrastructure, central organizations, small to medium-sized companies, and the public, citing law practices and accounting firms as among the smaller ones hit.
Can cybersecurity ever be as safe as tap water?- opinion
Cybersecurity is nearing tap‑water reliability, just as the taps become easier to poison.
SailPoint acquires Israeli startup Entro for approximately $200 million
The Tel Aviv–based company, a leader in non-human identity (NHI) security, will assist the American giant in sealing security breaches in the era of autonomous agents.
Israeli startup Aryon Security raises $25m
Aryon was founded by three veterans of the IDF's cybersecurity unit, the Center for Encryption and Information Security (Matzov)
National Cyber Defense Bill passes first reading amid ongoing war against Iran
The bill, which is designed to establish a unified and binding framework for cyber defense within essential organizations for the first time in Israel, passed with zero opposing votes.
Israeli-founded cyber firm A Security emerges from stealth with $37m. to fight weaponized AI
The company, founded by Israeli cyber veterans, says its platform continuously finds and helps fix real attack paths before AI-powered hackers can exploit them.
Gov't unanimously approves Shmuel Ben Ezra's appointment to National Security Council
Ben Ezra has more than 30 years of experience in security, technology, and cyber, and had led the development of the Arrow-3 air defense system.
