Israeli cybersecurity

Snyk to lay off 90 employees

Snyk was founded by Israelis in the UK and the US, and in 2020 operated a development center in Israel with several hundred employees

Cyber is not a luxury.
ON THE front line of the cyber war, Israel has become one of the world’s most targeted countries for cyberattacks, with state-backed hackers increasingly using AI to probe government networks, companies, and critical infrastructure.

State audit warns Israel’s cyber preparedness gaps threaten economy and security

A Metro bus with FIFA Log Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee advertising in downtown Los Angeles, California, May 27, 2026; illustrative.

Iranian intel. ministry-linked group behind LA public transport cyberattack, Israeli firm finds

An illustration of a cyber board with an Israel flag.

Critical vulnerabilities left government systems, sensitive data, open to cyberattacks during war


Two Israeli startups among winners of 2020 Extreme Tech Challenge

Rewire won in the Fintech category while Tyto Care won the Covid-19 Innovation Award out of some 2,400 startups competing from 87 countries.


New chat application spying on users in the Middle East

ESET researchers find that ‘Welcome Chat’ is a malicious app with ties to threat actor group Gaza Hackers


Israel adopted cyber war protocol to manage COVID-19 crisis

Deputy Director General of Robustness at the Israel National Cyber Directorate outlines Israel’s cyber response to the coronavirus pandemic


Report: Phone of Catalonian politician had Israeli NSO group spyware

Roger Torrent suspects Spanish government spied on him through Pegasus in 2019

Hooded man holds laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him

Court rejects lawsuit to revoke Israeli spyware firm's license

NSO Group, an Israeli cyber tech company is best known for Pegasus, its innovative spyware that enables remote surveillance of smartphones.

Cyber Hackers

Seebo raises $9m. to help manufacturers predict production losses

The funding will be used to further develop the Israeli startup's AI technology and expand its roster of tier-one customers which currently include Barilla, Nestle and PepsiCo

The company's co-founders, CEO Lior Akavia (L) and COO Liran Akavia

BGU researchers find it's easy to get personal data from Zoom screenshots

Scientists warn that users should not post screen images of their video conference sessions on social media

Members of the city commission to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vote during a meeting via Zoom video link in Lviv, Ukraine March 26, 2020.

Waterfall secures Israel's largest wastewater treatment plant

The company's solution is said to prevent any external cyberattack from reaching the protected water treatment system.

SHAFDAN WASTEWATER treatment plant.

BGU researchers determine how to pinpoint malicious drone operators

In a series of tests, the system that identifies patterns in the aircraft's route was able to predict the operator's location with nearly 80% accuracy

The setting of the drone tests

IAI creates world's leading anti-drone system

IAI's collaboration with Iron Drone has created a system that can not only detect, identify, and technologically disrupt the operations of drone threats, but also physically intercept them

IAI interceptor drone