Israeli cybersecurity

'One in six attacks': Israel was most targeted nation by hacktivism campaigns in first half of 2026

Ron Meyran, vice president of Cyber Intelligence at Radware, said that the most worrying data is that the gap between Israel and the other countries continues to widen.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
An illustration of Israeli data being hacked.
A Visa credit card is seen on a computer keyboard in this picture illustration taken September 6, 2017.

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.

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

Once installed, the tool can infiltrate programs used to access other computers. Malware disguised as legitimate updates sent by the IT provider can be sent to the customer. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cyber is not a luxury.

Snyk to lay off 90 employees

Snyk was founded by Israelis in the UK and the US, and in 2020 operated a development center in Israel with several hundred employees

|ByASSAF GILEAD/GLOBES/TNS

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

JULY 28, 2020ByCYBERTECH
An electronic board displaying market data is seen at the entrance of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in Tel Aviv, Israel

Cybertech5: Major Israeli Cybersecurity Exits in 2020

Despite the coronavirus pandemic the first half of 2020 saw some big exits for Israeli cybersecurity companies.

JULY 23, 2020ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI, CYBERTECH
Checkmarx founders Emmanuel Benzaquen and Maty Siman.

Coronavirus crisis still difficult for Israeli high-tech companies: survey

Despite some improvements, the data shows that most of the companies are required to make painful adjustments to adapt to new conditions

JULY 23, 2020ByCYBERTECH
THE GAV-YAM Hi-Tech Park of Beersheba is a joint initiative of the city’s municipality and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Two Israeli startups among winners of 2020 Extreme Tech Challenge

Rewire won in the Fintech category while Tyto Care won the Covid-19 Innovation Award out of some 2,400 startups competing from 87 countries.

JULY 20, 2020ByCYBERTECH

New chat application spying on users in the Middle East

ESET researchers find that ‘Welcome Chat’ is a malicious app with ties to threat actor group Gaza Hackers

JULY 20, 2020ByCYBERTECH

Israel adopted cyber war protocol to manage COVID-19 crisis

Deputy Director General of Robustness at the Israel National Cyber Directorate outlines Israel’s cyber response to the coronavirus pandemic

JULY 19, 2020ByCYBERTECH

Report: Phone of Catalonian politician had Israeli NSO group spyware

Roger Torrent suspects Spanish government spied on him through Pegasus in 2019

JULY 16, 2020ByCYBERTECH
Hooded man holds laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him

Court rejects lawsuit to revoke Israeli spyware firm's license

NSO Group, an Israeli cyber tech company is best known for Pegasus, its innovative spyware that enables remote surveillance of smartphones.

JULY 15, 2020ByCYBERTECH
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Seebo raises $9m. to help manufacturers predict production losses

The funding will be used to further develop the Israeli startup's AI technology and expand its roster of tier-one customers which currently include Barilla, Nestle and PepsiCo

JULY 15, 2020ByCYBERTECH
The company's co-founders, CEO Lior Akavia (L) and COO Liran Akavia

BGU researchers find it's easy to get personal data from Zoom screenshots

Scientists warn that users should not post screen images of their video conference sessions on social media

JULY 13, 2020ByCYBERTECH
Members of the city commission to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vote during a meeting via Zoom video link in Lviv, Ukraine March 26, 2020.