Cybersecurity

20 stories about Cybersecurity
שי סנדלר ו אלי רוזן מייסדי וגה Vega

Cyber startup Vega secures $120 million Series B just five months after $65 million raise

10.02.26|Meir Orbach
Accel-led round brings total funding to $185 million, with Vega already reaching an $800 million valuation.
Dean Sysman

Axonius CEO steps back as IPO nears, citing family and need to scale

09.02.26|CTech
Dean Sysman to shift to executive chairman while Joe Diamond takes interim CEO role at the cybersecurity unicorn.
מייסדי Lema Ai: תומר רויזמן, אדי דובז'יק ועומר יהודאי

Lema lands $17.5 million Series A to tackle third-party cyber risk

09.02.26|Meir Orbach
Platform analyzes supplier behavior and exposure in under five minutes.
מייסדי סמפריס מימין גיא טברובסקי  , מיקי ברזמן , מתן ליברמן Semperis

Cyber unicorn Semperis acquires MightyID in $20 million identity security deal

04.02.26|Meir Orbach
The acquisition expands resilience for cloud and hybrid Active Directory environments. 
חברת Cyera מימין תמר בן אילן מייסד-שותף ו-CTO החברה יותם שגב מייסד שותף ו-CEO

Cyera employees to sell tens of millions in shares at $9 billion valuation

04.02.26|Meir Orbach
The cyber unicorn is the first Cyberstarts portfolio company to adopt the VC's $300M program aimed at retention and long-term incentives. 
moltbook moltbook רשת חברתית של סוכני בינה מלאכותית AI

“The revolutionary AI social network is largely humans operating fleets of bots”

04.02.26|Omer Kabir
Wiz investigation finds Moltbook exposed 1.5 million tokens and allowed full impersonation of any agent.
צוות אוריון סקיוריטי Orion Security

Cyber startup Orion raises $32 million Series A backed by IBM for AI-driven data-leak prevention

03.02.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company says its autonomous platform replaces legacy DLP tools with AI agents that track data in real time, detecting intent and stopping leaks before they occur.
קובי ניסן מייסד-שותף ומנכ״ל ב-MineOS

The Trojan horse is already in the office: Blocked ChatGPT? Your real problem is Zoom and Gmail

03.02.26|Kobi Nissan
"Instead of playing a cat-and-mouse game with employees, organizations need tools that can map not only which applications are installed, but which AI features are actually in use, what data they process, and under what permissions," writes Kobi Nissan, CEO of MineOS.
moltbook moltbook רשת חברתית של סוכני בינה מלאכותית AI

Wiz finds major flaw in Moltbook, the vibe-coded social network for AI bots

02.02.26|Reuters
Researchers say sensitive human data was left open to anyone online.
מימין משרדי WIZ בג'קרטה אינדונזיה ו מטה גוגל בקליפורניה וויז

Google-Wiz deal expected to be cleared by EU following meeting with regulators, report says

01.02.26|CTech
The $32 billion acquisition is likely to avoid an in-depth Phase II inquiry, according to specialist news service MLex, with Brussels facing a February 10 decision deadline.
תקיפת סייבר באמצעות סוכן AI

Wiz and Irregular find AI can crack complex targets for a few dollars but only with human guidance

01.02.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli cybersecurity firms show that AI agents excel when guided by humans but struggle to act independently, revealing a new hybrid threat model for enterprises. 
שי סנדלר מנכ"ל וגה ו ליאור סיימון שותפה בקרן  Cyberstarts

Valued at $800 million after less than two years, Vega eyes the path blazed by Wiz

01.02.26|Meir Orbach
CEO Shay Sandler lays out Vega’s hyper-growth plan after already raising $185 million in three rapid rounds, while Cyberstarts’ Lior Simon details the investor logic behind one of Israel’s fastest fundraisings.
מימין נתנאל אזולאי (CEO) ועומרי הרינג (CTO) מייסדי מאש סקיוריטי

Backed by SentinelOne, Mesh Security raises $12 million Series A to unify fragmented enterprise cyber tools

28.01.26|Meir Orbach
The platform unifies security tools spread across cloud, SaaS, and networks.
מימין מתן בר אפרת ונתנאל רובין מייסדי Rein Security

8200 alumni raise $8 million Seed round for Rein Security as AppSec faces the AI era

28.01.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup aims to replace assumption-based defenses with real-time security insight. 
ישראל מזין מייסד ומנכ"ל Memcyco

27 years after their first exit, cyber founders behind Memco return with $37M Series A to tackle phishing and account takeovers

27.01.26|Meir Orbach
The round included Steve Pagliuca’s Pags Group, as Memcyco focuses on stopping AI-driven attacks before credentials are misused. 
Amiram Shahar and Rinki Sethi

Cyber startup Upwind joins unicorn club with $250 million Series B at $1.5 billion valuation

26.01.26|Meir Orbach
The AI-driven cloud security platform reports 900% revenue growth and adoption by global enterprises including Siemens, Peloton, Roku, and NuBank.
מימין יניב ורדי  ו מנכ"ל ארמיס יבגני דיברוב

After Armis’ sale, the spotlight turns to Claroty and Axonius in asset visibility cybersecurity

22.01.26|Meir Orbach
As organizations struggle to map and secure sprawling networks of connected devices, the two unicorns are emerging as the next potential exits in a suddenly red-hot market.
יניב ורדי מנכ"ל קלארוטי

Claroty raises $150 million at a $3 billion valuation as cyberattacks on infrastructure surge

22.01.26|Meir Orbach
Israeli cybersecurity firm cites rising attacks on hospitals and industrial systems.  
עמירם שחר מייסד חברת ה סייבר אפווינד

Cyber startup Upwind in talks to raise $250 million-plus at over $1.2 billion valuation

21.01.26|Meir Orbach
EXCLUSIVE: The Israeli company, founded by Amiram Shachar and former Spot executives, is seeking a sharply higher valuation one year after its last round.