AI in Cybersecurity
OpenAI commits $1 billion to cyberdefense effort amid growing AI safety scrutiny
OpenAI on Thursday, alongside the cybersecurity initiative, also unveiled Astra, a new AI model it described as its most capable yet but said can at times attempt to evade human monitoring.
Blackstone leads investment in Israeli cybersecurity firm fighting AI traffic threat
Trump’s tech ties come under bipartisan fire following limited response to AI agents going rogue
National AI Directorate announces 'Project Nexus' to develop, build quantum computer in Israel
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.
Anthropic disables top-tier AI models after US order limiting foreign access
Anthropic received the export control directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, without being given specific details of the national security concern.
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.
What Anthropic’s Mythos means for cybersecurity and what it takes to prevail now - opinion
In a world where AI can autonomously discover and exploit weaknesses, defense must become autonomous as well.
Palo Alto Networks becomes Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's most valued company at $115 billion
Palo Alto Networks will surpass Teva Pharmaceuticals, which has a market cap of $40 billion, to become the company with the highest market cap on the TASE.
Cybersecurity startup developing rapid-response fraud detection secures $37 million Series A round
Memcyco is a company focused on digital risk protection and fraud management. It has a key differential by leveraging both defensive and offensive mechanisms to detect attacks.
AI-cybersecurity firm becomes Israel's latest unicorn after $360 million funding round
Torq, a cybersecurity startup specializing in managing security operations through autonomous artificial intelligence agents, raised funding from Merlin Ventures.
Israeli firm Cyber 2.0 launches ‘last-line’ defense for industrial networks
The Israeli company says it can map malware that bypassed other tools and stop attacks from spreading to industrial controllers, without agents or connectivity.
15 billion attacks a day: Israeli AI startup races to secure workplace chats
With billions of daily cyberattacks on Zoom, Teams, WhatsApp and more, Israeli startup Cyvore says its AI “shield” can spot deepfakes and phishing attempts before employees even click.
Vulnerabilities exposed: Israeli company reveals how users can hack ChatGPT accounts remotely
The Israeli cybersecurity company Zenity revealed how one could take control of a ChatGPT account and extract sensitive information without the user clicking any link.
