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AI security boom triples valuation of Israeli cyber startup to $9 billion within a year
19+ hour, 27+ min ago (323+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 825 Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel Israeli-founded Cyera, a developer of an AI data security platform, announced on Thursday that it has raised $400 million in a funding round led by New…...
Newly discovered RNA molecule could lead to new treatments in the war against ‘superbugs’
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (711+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 805 Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a tiny RNA molecule that can potentially lead the way toward treatments against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Called PreS, the molecule enables a bacteria-eating virus known as a bacteriophage…...
Bennett denies his phone was hacked after Iranian group claims to leak its contents
3+ week, 1+ day ago (418+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 803 The office of former prime minister Naftali Bennett denied on Wednesday that his phone had been hacked, after Iranian hacker group Handala claimed it had breached his phone and published a list of what it said…...
Israeli-founded cyber unicorn Cyera said to raise $400m, soaring to $9 billion valuation
3+ week, 1+ day ago (410+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 803 Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel Israeli-founded Cyera, a developer of an AI-powered data security platform, is raising $400 million in a funding round led by New York-based alternative asset manager Blackstone…...
Israeli cyber startup Armis nears deal to be sold to ServiceNow for up to $7b — report
3+ week, 4+ day ago (359+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 800 Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel Israeli-founded cybersecurity unicorn Armis Security is in advanced talks to be acquired by US software company ServiceNow Inc. in a deal that could be worth…...
Seeking to get off US blacklist, spyware firm NSO taps ex-envoy Friedman as chairman
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (795+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 765 Israeli-founded spyware firm NSO Group has appointed former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman as executive chairman, as part of a bid to get off Washington's blacklist, where it was placed in 2021 for facilitating "transnational repression....
Israeli couple arrested in Thailand over public sex at popular waterfall
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (174+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 761 An Israeli couple was arrested in Thailand on Tuesday after having sex, in view of the public, at the Wang Sai Thong waterfall on the popular Ko Pha Ngan island, local media reported. The couple's antics…...
Health Ministry warns public that two people infected with measles used public transport
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (430+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 760 The Health Ministry on Tuesday warned the public that two people infected with measles had used public transport last week and urged'anyone who may have crossed paths with them to check if they are vaccinated amid…...
Trump’s AI czar leads $33 million investment in Israeli cybersecurity startup
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (610+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 760 Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel Israeli cybersecurity startup Daylight Security has pulled in new investment of $33 million, led by Craft Ventures, which was co-founded by White House AI adviser David…...
US court orders Israeli spyware company NSO to cease targeting WhatsApp
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (355+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 744 WASHINGTON (Reuters) " A US court has ordered Israel's NSO Group to stop targeting Meta's WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business. In a 25-page ruling handed down Friday,…...