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US charges engineers with sending Google trade secrets to Iran
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (524+ words) WASHINGTON " A US federal grand jury has charged three Silicon Valley engineers with allegedly stealing trade secrets from tech companies, including Google and transferring the information to Iran, the Justice Department said Thursday. The three engineers, identified in court documents…...
Check Point snaps up three Israeli startups to bolster its AI security arsenal
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (492+ words) Cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies has inked deals for the acquisition of three Israeli startups as it doubles down on local technology to protect businesses" cloud networks and applications from artificial intelligence-led hacking attacks. The value of the deals…...
Defense officials say hundreds of Iranian cyberattacks foiled in past months
1+ week, 2+ day ago (356+ words) Hundreds of Iranian cyberattacks targeting Israelis " including senior government and defense officials, academics, and journalists " were detected and foiled in recent months, the Shin Bet security agency and National Cyber Directorate said Wednesday. According to a joint statement, there has…...
EU okays Google’s $32 billion Wiz deal, in largest-ever buyout of Israeli-founded tech co
1+ week, 2+ day ago (300+ words) The largest-ever purchase of an Israeli-founded tech company on Tuesday passed a key hurdle after European antitrust regulators cleared the acquisition of cybersecurity unicorn Wiz by Alphabet's Google for a staggering $32 billion. As part of the deal, Wiz will join…...
Wiz is sued for NIS 200 million over alleged ‘phantom’ acquisition of Israeli startup
1+ week, 3+ day ago (491+ words) Cybersecurity unicorn Wiz is facing a NIS 200 million ($65 million) lawsuit for misconduct and misrepresentation over the alleged "phantom" acquisition of Israeli startup Raftt. According to the lawsuit submitted to the Tel Aviv District Court on Sunday, Raftt accuses Wiz of…...
Hundreds of Nazi-linked accounts discovered at Credit Suisse, US lawmaker says
2+ week, 3+ day ago (365+ words) REUTERS " An investigation has identified 890 accounts at Swiss lender Credit Suisse with potential Nazi links, US Senator Chuck Grassley said ahead of a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday on banks" facilitation of the Holocaust. These included previously undisclosed wartime accounts…...
Fought without a single bullet: Official warns of coming ‘AI-driven cyber war’
3+ week, 2+ day ago (686+ words) Cyber defense chief Yossi Karadi warned on Tuesday that Israel needs to bolster its preparedness for what he described as a fast-approaching "cyber war" driven by artificial intelligence agents that will replace the physical battlefield. "We are heading toward a…...
Israeli-founded cyber startup raises $250m, attains unicorn status at $1.5b valuation
3+ week, 4+ day ago (449+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 843 Israeli-founded cybersecurity startup Upwind Security said Monday it had nabbed $250 million in fresh capital from investors, giving it a valuation of $1.5 billion. The fresh investment makes the Tel Aviv startup a new Israeli "unicorn" " a company…...
AI security boom triples valuation of Israeli cyber startup to $9 billion within a year
1+ mon, 1+ week 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’
2+ mon, 1+ day 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…...