Cybersecurity
OpenAI commits $1 billion to cyberdefense effort amid growing AI safety scrutiny
OpenAI on Thursday, alongside the cybersecurity initiative, also unveiled Astra, a new AI model it described as its most capable yet but said can at times attempt to evade human monitoring.
Blackstone leads investment in Israeli cybersecurity firm fighting AI traffic threat
'Israel needs its supporters to be here': Paraguay’s ambassador seeks lasting ties
Israeli AI security company Alice raises $140m. in latest financing round
Israel was world’s top target for geopolitical cyberattacks in 2025, report finds
According to Radware’s 2026 Global Cyber Threat Report, there was a 168% surge in DDoS attacks and an increase of more than 120% in application-layer attacks.
Why have small and mid-sized businesses become prime targets in the AI era?
Ro’ee Margalit, Co-Founder and CEO of Rotate, which recently became part of Check Point, explains how the acceleration of AI has reshaped the threat model
Hackers stole 2 quadrillion bytes of data from Israelis in recent years, cyber chief tells 'Post'
Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) Chief Yossi Karadi told The Jerusalem Post that Israel is among the three countries most targeted by hackers worldwide.
Palo Alto Networks becomes Tel Aviv Stock Exchange's most valued company at $115 billion
Palo Alto Networks will surpass Teva Pharmaceuticals, which has a market cap of $40 billion, to become the company with the highest market cap on the TASE.
Google-Wiz acquisition receives final regulatory approval
Each of the founders will now receive over $2 billion before taxes, and the Israel Tax Authority can expect to collect at least NIS 9 billion from taxes on the founders, employees, and investors.
Jerusalem journalist arrested after reporting suspected Iranian recruitment attempt
After alerting police to possible iranian recruitment attempts, an independent journalist was detained and questioned on suspicion of contact with a foreign agent.
'Hacker mindset’ needed to combat online antisemitism, hacker Elazari tells 'Post' - interview
"I feel there is a need for teaching people digital self-defense, teaching people critical skills to understand what's fake, what's real, what should be shared, what shouldn't," Elazari said.
Israeli security firm SenAI raises $6.2 million in seed round to expand into US market, B2B model
SenAI, established in 2025, is developing what it terms Online Video Intelligence (OVINT) with the goal of setting a global standard for the field.
AI, defense tech, and cyber: How safe is the future of dual-use defense? - opinion
Artificial intelligence is transforming defense - AI expands the attack surface in unprecedented ways. Models can be manipulated through poisoned training data or adversarial inputs
Israeli startup ORION raises $32 million in Series A round, with investments from IBM, Norwest
PICO Venture Partners, Lama Partners, and others who had already invested in the company during the seeding round participated in this Series A round alongside IBM and Norwest.
