Cybersecurity

31°

Weather

YnetGlobal Channels

Sites & Sources

more channels

Contact

Cybersecurity

Israel races to harden critical infrastructure as AI cyber threats accelerate

Banks, hospitals and telecom firms are rethinking local servers, cloud use and automated defenses as AI lets attackers move faster, cheaper and at far greater scale

Daniela Ginzburg | 08.31.26

'A wave of AI attacks on critical infrastructure is coming', tech giants warn

Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and Anthropic have joined more than 100 companies warning that artificial intelligence will make advanced cyberattacks faster, cheaper and more accessible; Hospitals, water facilities and internet infrastructure are particularly at risk

Daniela Ginzburg | 08.30.26

Your AI is about to start spending your money. Who checks its ID?

Opinion: As AI agents begin buying, paying and hiring other agents, a new trust challenge is emerging: proving who they represent, what they can do and who is responsible

Prof. Ilan Alon | 08.29.26

The Israeli founders who turned hardship, ambition and Unit 81 into a $1 billion exit

Danny Brickman and Amit Zimerman turned childhood hardship and elite military service into a $1 billion cyber exit with Oasis’ sale to Cyera; ‘the money won’t change us,’ they say, calling it ‘the hardest decision we ever made’

Anat Lev Adler | 08.28.26

Former hackers launch Mars Security to help companies catch attackers faster

The three founders of Mars Security spent years trying to break into organizations without being caught; what they found was that getting in was often the easy part

ynet Global | 08.27.26

The Israel-India Watertech Conclave brings together government officials, industry representatives and technology experts as Israel seeks to expand its water-tech presence in the Indian market

Israel looks to India as next major market for tech exports

Seventeen Israeli cybersecurity and water-tech companies visit Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi as Israel seeks deeper commercial ties in the fast-growing Indian market

ynet Global | 08.26.26

Corma raises $60 million as AI gives cyberattackers a growing edge

Sequoia-led round backs Corma’s push to build a foundation model for cyber defense as AI-powered attacks grow faster, more autonomous and harder for traditional security teams to stop

ynet Global | 08.10.26

When autonomous AI agents go rogue, who pays for the damage?

OpenAI and Anthropic AI agents reportedly breached external systems during closed cyber tests, raising a new legal question: who is liable when autonomous AI causes real-world harm?

Raphael Kahan | 08.07.26

The AI browser boom has a dangerous new security problem

Israeli researchers say the newly discovered 'PleaseFix' vulnerabilities can compromise AI-powered browsers from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity, enabling account takeovers and even remote control of victims' computers

Raphael Kahan | 08.06.26

OLIGO founders, from right: Gal Elbaz, Nadav Czerninski and Avshalom Hilo

Israeli cybersecurity firm OLIGO raises $60 million after 300% revenue growth

The runtime security company has now raised $140 million and says the new capital will support product development and global expansion as organizations seek protection from AI-driven exploits

ynet Global | 08.05.26

Terra co-founders Shahar Peled and Gal Malachi

Can AI stop cyberattacks before developers patch the code?

Terra says its new Prevention feature creates and tests WAF and firewall rules for verified exploits, aiming to give security teams a temporary, targeted block while developers work on permanent fixes across web, cloud and app systems

ynet Global | 08.05.26

Detection is over: Remedio to become cybersecurity's remediation leader

While most cybersecurity platforms focus on identifying problems, Israeli startup Remedio is taking the next step, automating safe, large-scale remediation; CEO and co-founder Tal Kollender says the future of cybersecurity will be defined not by who finds vulnerabilities first, but by who fixes them fastest

ynet Global | 08.04.26

Deel snaps up deepfake defense startup Clarity as AI fraud surges

The HR platform is betting on Clarity’s identity tools to counter synthetic applicants and workplace fraud as it tops $1.5 billion in annual recurring revenue

ynet Global | 08.03.26

Onyx Security raises $113 million as demand grows for tools to manage AI agents

Onyx Security raises $113 million in Series B funding, four months after launching publicly, to help companies securely manage AI agents; The cybersecurity startup has now raised $153 million from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners and Cyberstarts

ynet Global | 07.31.26

Bloom Security launches with $20 million seed round to secure AI-powered enterprise endpoints

As AI agents and autonomous tools reshape workplace security, the company has developed ways to help enterprises discover, assess and control software running across employee devices with real-time visibility and context-based risk management.

ynet Global | 07.30.26