Amitai Ziv
Haaretz.com
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Feeding your virtual cats has never been so easy, thanks to these Israelis
StarkWare was born to deal with two familiar problems in the crypto world: the limited ability to make transactions and the cost of using blockchain networks. It is already valued at $2 billion → Read More
In a cyber-compromised Israel, how do you get employees to take security seriously?
Amid a month of relentless cyberattacks on Israeli companies, a cyber awareness company tries to teach the country’s workers that attacks on their work computer can mean attacks on their families, too — and some riddles don’t hurt to bring the point home → Read More
NSO head quits after two weeks on the job, amid blacklisting scandal
Itzik Benbenisti announced his resignation after the U.S. Commerce Department blacklisted the Israeli spyware firm NSO and due to ongoing challenges the company faces, sources say → Read More
The U.S. blacklisting could spell the end of NSO as we know it
The U.S. Commerce Department's addition of NSO to a list of entities acting against national interests will force the Israeli spyware company to reinvent itself, if it is even able to survive the blow → Read More
Iranian-linked hackers release data from Israeli LGBTQ dating app
The Black Shadow hacker group carried out ‘one of the most serious attacks ever on privacy in Israel,’ potentially exposing sensitive information like users' HIV status → Read More
Founder of notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO steps down as CEO
Former Partner and Bezeq CEO Iztik Benbenisti will take the reins as the cyberespionage firm eyes an IPO, Shalev Hulio will become president and vice chairman of the board → Read More
Iran-linked hackers leak data from Israeli LGBT dating site
The Black Shadow group, released the data of 1,000 users of the Atraf dating site, some of whom are likely closeted, which it stole by hacking the Cyberserve web hosting company Saturday → Read More
'Anti-Israel' hacking group targets web hosting company, knocks down several Israeli sites
Black Shadow, a hacker group linked to Iran, threatens to leak information from Israeli web hosting site Cyberserve in its latest cyberattack → Read More
Israel scores big as global high-tech breaks quarterly investment record
Worldwide startup investment in the third quarter of 2021 totaled $158 billion, twice the level of a year ago → Read More
Israel scores big as global high-tech breaks record in third quarter of 2021
Worldwide startup investment totaled $158 billion, twice the level of a year ago → Read More
Vanilla flavoring from lettuce? Israeli food tech's next big things
Hidden in Israel's northern periphery, Fresh Start is a startup incubator investing in tomorrow's food revolutions → Read More
The death of a loved one can be bureaucratic hell. These Israelis want to change that
Israel's Empathy, founded in 2020, created an app to help grieving relatives close accounts, recover passwords, deal with taxes and other logistics while they mourn – and give them emotional support, too → Read More
How can you keep your customers safe when you're hit by a cyberattack? An Israeli startup has an answer
Panorays defends against supply chain attacks, in which hackers can attack one supplier and then target its customers through less secure elements in the supply chain → Read More
Spyware from Israel's Candiru firm discovered on Russian, Turkish, Palestinian computers
The highly-targeted malware is sold by the Israeli firm to clients who use it to spy on journalists, dissidents and others, cybersecurity company ESET says in new report → Read More
Israeli intelligence veterans want to protect your insulin pump from hackers
The Internet of Things, which encompasses everything from nuclear reactors to baby monitors, is notoriously difficult to secure. Israel's Sternum, co-founded by a former NSO and Cellebrite employee, is trying to solve it → Read More
Iran may be behind cyberattack on company serving major names in Israeli tech, experts say
After looting 15 terabytes of information from Israeli company Voicenter, a group of foreign hackers offered the data online for $1.5 million. But evidence points to motives beyond just money → Read More
NSO’s Pegasus spyware was used on two Belgian civilians, likely at behest of Rwanda, report says
Belgian Pegasus Project reports reveal a journalist and his wife were targeted by Israel's NSO spyware in an attack likely carried out by the Rwandan government, a known client of the cyber firm → Read More
This app was born out of sexual harassment. Now it lets you blow the whistle on your boss
Vault lets employees report everything from racism to fraud to COVID violations – before it becomes a reason to quit, a media scandal or an environmental disaster → Read More
As Israel’s infections rise, so does its forged COVID test industry
Over 200 travelers returned from Ukraine with fake negative COVID tests. On Telegram, forgers offer this and more → Read More
The VC fund betting on Israel’s Arabs
'There are objective problems, like that Arabs don’t serve in the army and therefore can’t work at Elbit and Rafael,' Takwin founders explain, but that shouldn't stop Israeli Arabs from joining Israeli high-tech, they say → Read More