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Israeli cybersecurity

Itai Gafni (left) and Roy Weisfeld, co-founders of Israeli cybersecurity startup Huskeys in Tel Aviv. (Yair Glazer)
September 2, 2026, 10:33 pm
US giant Blackstone invests in Israeli cyber startup tackling malicious AI web traffic
Tel Aviv-based Huskeys is building technology to manage and secure internet traffic generated by AI agents and other autonomous systems acting online rather than by humans
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. (iStock via Getty Images)
August 24, 2026, 9:39 pm
Israeli startup led by cybersecurity veterans lays off workforce and shuts down
Backed by Wiz founders and top cybersecurity executives, Minimus is the developer of a platform designed to help businesses keep their software secure from vulnerabilities
By Sharon Wrobel
Employees at Tel Aviv-based venture group Team8. (Courtesy)
August 13, 2026, 12:38 am
Backed by Walmart and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $365m to help build AI startups
Venture group plans to use funds for investing in 16 companies that focus on software infrastructure needed for businesses to securely manage AI agents in workloads
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. BioCatch software in use on a phone. (YouTube screenshot)
August 3, 2026, 10:34 pm
Visa to buy Israeli cyber firm for $2.4 billion to fight AI-driven scams
BioCatch is the developer of a behavioral biometrics platform that analyzes mouse movement, phone tapping or keyboard typing to detect financial fraud before payments are made
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Oasis Security founders Danny Brickman (right) and Amit Zimerman. (Courtesy of Ohad Kab).
July 28, 2026, 8:18 pm
Cyera to acquire Israeli AI startup Oasis Security in $1 billion deal
Company develops technology for managing non-human identities, such as AI agents, to help businesses control the risks of adopting autonomous tools into work processes
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. (iStock via Getty Images)
July 23, 2026, 9:39 pm
Cisco backs Israeli cyber startup led by Iranian-born security veteran
Zafran Security is the developer of software to detect and mitigate cyber threats by unifying existing security tools, as AI advances reduce the time defenders have to act
By Sharon Wrobel
Dream Security co-founders Shalev Hulio, former CEO of cyber espionage firm NSO Group (left); and former chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz. (Courtesy of Dream/Eclipse Media)
June 18, 2026, 5:32 pm
Valued at $3 billion, Israeli cyber unicorn aims to help governments own and control their AI
Founded by Shalev Hulio, former CEO of spyware firm NSO, and ex-Austrian chancellor Kurz, Dream looks to secure and protect government data in the AI cyber warfare race
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at Israeli startup Genie Security. (Courtesy of Ben Marash)
May 21, 2026, 4:48 pm
Six-month-old Israeli startup is bought by cyber unicorn Cyera for about $50 million
Genie Security’s two founders and five employees develop technology to detect efforts to leak sensitive data from employee devices, as they increasingly adopt generative AI tools
By Sharon Wrobel
Alon Jackson (right) and Idan Gour, co-founders of Israeli agentic AI security startup Astrix Security. (Courtesy)
May 5, 2026, 6:40 pm
US tech giant Cisco buys Israeli AI cyber startup to protect digital workforce
Astrix is the developer of a platform to address the security gap created by AI agents or digital employees gaining unrestricted access to enterprise systems
By Sharon Wrobel
Left: Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz (from left to right): VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv); Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, California, on June 8, 2023. (JHVEPhoto/iStock)
March 11, 2026, 7:03 pm
In biggest exit in Israeli history, Google completes $32 billion deal to buy Wiz
With the Wiz purchase, Google wants to bolster its AI cyber offerings to compete in the cloud race against global tech giants; deal to inject an estimated $3.2b into state coffers
By Sharon Wrobel
Check Point Software Technologies offices in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
February 12, 2026, 8:58 pm
Check Point snaps up three Israeli startups to bolster its AI security arsenal
Cybersecurity giant says string of local acquisitions comes amid growing demand for protection against AI-driven cyber threats as businesses are rapidly adopting autonomous agents
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustrative image of cyber crime, the dark net, dark web and compuer hackers (Tick-Tock; iStock by Getty Images)
February 11, 2026, 1:04 pm
Defense officials say hundreds of Iranian cyberattacks foiled in past months
Shin Bet, National Cyber Directorate say attempts by Iranian intelligence to hack Israelis’ private Google accounts have risen since June war, recommend users tighten security
By Emanuel Fabian
Left: Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz (from left to right): VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv); Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, California, on June 8, 2023. (JHVEPhoto/iStock)
February 10, 2026, 8:26 pm
EU okays Google’s $32 billion Wiz deal, in largest-ever buyout of Israeli-founded tech co
Acquisition will make founders of cybersecurity company multibillionaires, while national coffers are set to benefit from a tax windfall
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Airplanes at Ben Gurion Airport. February 11, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
February 1, 2026, 10:27 pm
Boeing and Israel’s Technion to develop clean fuel tech to cut carbon footprints
US aerospace giant backs multi-million-dollar project at institute to advance towards competitive commercial production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the industry
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at Israeli-founded cybersecurity startup Upwind Security. (Courtesy)
January 26, 2026, 5:14 pm
Israeli-founded cyber startup raises $250m, attains unicorn status at $1.5b valuation
Upwind is the developer of a cloud security platform to protect software systems in real time from cyber attacks, as companies shift workloads to the cloud and adopt AI apps
By Sharon Wrobel
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