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Facebook is suing the Israeli NSO following a crackdown on the spyware exploited by a spyware developer, which it says has been used, among other things, to track at least 100 journalists and human rights activists. That's how the tech giant announced. "In May, Wetsap announced that it had identified and blocked a new type of cyberbullying that included a video call service vulnerability," Wetsap Director Will Cathcart said in a Washington Post article. "Now, after months of investigation, we can say with certainty who is behind the attack. Today we filed a lawsuit in a federal court that...

US cyber giant Proofpoint acquires Israeli cyber company ObserveIT for $ 225 million. To date, ObserveIT has raised more than fifty million dollars.Observer develops solutions to address enterprise security threats. The company was founded in 2007 by Gabi Friedlander and Avi Amos and in 2013 the American venture capital fund Bain Capital acquired a significant stake in the company. The company's headquarters are in Boston and the main development center - in Tel Aviv. The company's CEO, Mike McKee, sits in Boston. The director of the company's development center in Israel is Tal Tikotsky....

Last November, the new Shufersal ONLINE website was launched, offering a personalized customer shopping experience. On the site you can find the online mall scene where you can find a rich variety of products in the fields of electricity, electronics, home and garden furniture, textiles and home decor, BE products and cosmetics from the BE chain and more. Offers and discounts are available at the Shufersal Online website throughout November. For example, a Dyson V11 Wireless Vacuum Cleaner at NIS 1,899 (instead of NIS 2,199), Wireless Headphones Air Pods 2 iPhone at NIS 599 (instead of NIS...

75% of the Jewish public in Israel purchases products from sites in Israel and abroad, according to a new survey conducted by the Israel Post Company ahead of the shopping holidays. The survey was conducted through the Shiluv I2R Research Institute in November 2019, in a national sample of 506 men and women from the adult Jewish population. By using the iPanel Internet Surveillance Panel, which covers 130,000 people, and the largest in Israel, 78% of shoppers on the various trade sites intend to order NIS 617 on average during the holiday season, twice the normal holiday. 11 when 65% of...

Veteran Veteran communications equipment company ECI, controlled by Shaul Shani, reports a merger agreement with Ribbon Communications for 32.5 million shares of Ribbon, plus $ 324 million in cash. In addition, as part of the agreement, ECI's shareholders will receive up to $ 31 million for real estate assets owned by the company. Sovereign investors, who operate in the field of secure cloud communications, are responding harshly to the move. Its stock (NYSE: RBBN) plunged NASDAQ by about 25%, reflecting a market cap of $ 347 million. The deal, including the stock component, reaches $ 486...

Israeli cyber security company Checkpoint has announced the acquisition of Israeli cyber company Protego from Israel. According to Checkpoint, the acquisition will extend cloud protection services to customers using serverless cloud applications (Cerberles). The purchase amount is estimated at $ 40 million. Check Point announced that it would "integrate technology as part of its unified Infinity defense architecture" and that the acquisition will help Checkpoint "help organizations protect themselves from fifth and sixth generation cyber attacks." Protago was founded in 2015 under the...

US chip giant Intel will buy Israeli startup Habana Labs for $ 2 billion. Bana Labs produces chips specifically designed for artificial intelligence processing. In the announcement of the acquisition, Intel said that the founder and chairman of the company, Avigdor Vilentz, "will serve as senior advisor to the business unit as well as Intel" and that the company will continue to operate from Israel. Intel said the two companies "could accelerate the development of the best artificial intelligence products into data centers. The integration of the companies strengthens Intel's line of...

In New Delhi, the capital of India, this week a unique activity was held jointly with the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Cyber ​​Array and Export Institute. As part of the activity, which is taking place in India for the first time, a delegation of Israeli companies conducted training, enrichment and knowledge sharing in the field of defensive cyber with government and private sector officials from all over India. Israeli companies have introduced solutions to the financial sector and critical infrastructure, such as companies 'and services' computing systems in the fields of transport,...

The Early-Stage Accelerator Fusion LA Will Invest $ 110K In Israeli Start-Ups. Established in 2017, Fusion LA has invested in 36 Israeli companies. 6-9 companies are accepted into the program every 6 months and go through a 9-week mentorship program, with free office space in Santa Monica and a vast network of US-based investors and executives in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles Applications for Fusion LA new cohort are open, and each company accepted into the program will receive $ 110,000 cash investment. Fusion is targeting Israeli start-ups looking to commercialize their products and...

Melanox will connect to the Israeli cyber IC3 led by the aerospace industry and market its products within the framework. In addition, Melanox and Custudio Technologies (Custudio Technologies), the Singaporean subsidiary of the cyber industry, will collaborate in developing an advanced and unique cyber investigation product based on Melanox BlueField-2's smart card network and CyVestiGO cyber event investigation system. The integrated solution will enable extensive and comprehensive log collection in advanced server environments and their rapid analysis, enabling rapid detection of advanced...