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
'Israel needs its supporters to be here': Paraguay’s ambassador seeks lasting ties
Israeli AI security company Alice raises $140m. in latest financing round
As experts scan the web, attackers revive old‑school deception tactics - opinion
Cybercriminals are ditching digital scams for convincing physical letters, exploiting trust in paper to steal money and personal data.
Israeli cybersecurity firm reaches deal with US giant over sharing technology, systems
Recorded Future, one of the world’s largest threat intelligence companies, will allow Pentera to use its platform to showcase its artificial intelligence system to validate threats in real time.
Israeli AI cyber startup Glow launches with $180m funding at $1.2b valuation
Founded by veterans of Meta, Snowflake and Claroty, Glow says its AI agents continuously map workplace devices, remove risky software, and enforce security policies.
Jeen Technologies CEO hails 'rapid' growth as company deepens footprint in Israel's defense sector
The company’s main solution is an agentic AI platform capable of running entirely offline and under strict security controls.
Fig Grows platform to cover full SecOps engineering lifecycle, ensuring resilience at every stage
The company aims to help security teams maintain operational resilience by providing a complete engineering workflow for managing detection pipelines and infrastructure changes.
Alleged Russian cyber spy in Boston case worked for Kaspersky, source says, documents show
Denis Obrezko, who last week pleaded not guilty to computer crimes at a hearing in Boston, worked for Moscow-based antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab in the years before his alleged crimes.
'There is no ceasefire in cyberspace': Ex-8200 officer on Israel's invisible war with Iran
Julia Kogan Ehrlich, a cybersecurity executive and former IDF intelligence officer, says the war with Iran did not end in June. It simply moved to a battlefield most Israelis never see.
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.
What the world can learn from the cybersecurity ecosystem in Israel
Cybersecurity is a major challenge of the digital era affecting everyone. Israel is a leading global cybersecurity hub and a model to follow. It serves as an example.
Israel unprepared to counter Iranian election meddling on social media, gov't probe finds
The finding comes as Israel enters an election year, which the report described as a particularly vulnerable period for attempts to manipulate public debate.
