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14 stories about Ransomware

Tower proves there is no shame in being the victim of a cyberattack

06.09.20|Meir Orbach

The companies that should really be ashamed are the ones that think that they can hide the breach, not understanding that it will be revealed in retrospect or while it's ongoing

Israeli chipmaker Tower confirms cyberattack forced it to shut down systems

06.09.20|Meir Orbach

Tower notified the relevant authorities, including law enforcement, of the incident and reported it to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Sunday, but didn't say whether it was the victim of a ransomware attack

רכב אוטונומי של מובילאיי ו פורד בניסוי ב ירושלים

Can a celebrity's Instagram account be repossessed and where are most ransomware attacks coming from?

20.07.20|CTech

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Most ransomware attacks still come from Russia, China, and North Korea, says VMware exec

20.07.20|CTech

Shlomi Aviv, the Israel country manager for Dell subsidiary VMware, spoke Sunday with CTech’s Editor in Chief Elihay Vidal, as part of Calcalist’s online convention on cybersecurity

Sapiens pays $250,000 in Bitcoin to hackers who took over its computers

14.06.20|Meir Orbach

The Israel-based software company has not alerted the exchange authorities in the U.S. or Israel

If You Get Hacked, Avoid the Temptation to Pay Ransomware, Says Kaspersky Exec

01.05.20|Adi Pick

Costin Raiu, the director of the global research and analysis team at cybersecurity and anti-virus provider Kaspersky spoke to CTech about the coronavirus (Covid-19). The number of brute force attacks on remote desktops in quarantined countries increased from around 30 million in February to almost 100 million in March, according to Kaspersky’s data

CTalk: Ransomware Attackers Threaten to Leak Data, Says IBM Security Advisor

29.01.20|CTech

Limor Kessem, an executive security advisor at IBM, spoke to CTech reporter Adi Pick at the CyberTech Global conference taking place in Tel Aviv this week

Ransomware Attacks Doubled in 2019, Says SentinelOne CEO

17.12.19|Naomi Zoref

Tomer Weingarten, SentinelOne co-founder and CEO, spoke Monday at Calcalist’s Cyber 2020 conference

Ransomware Protection Startup Odix Receives 2 Million Euros EU Grant

26.09.19|Adi Pick

Odix develops technology to provide file-based attack protection that disarms different malware, including ransomware

Ransomware Attack Blocked Successfully, Says Cyber Company Verint

18.04.19|Raphael Kahan

On Wednesday night, Israeli media reported that the Israeli offices of the surveillance and business intelligence company were under attack, though the nature of the ransomware and the demands of the attackers were unclear

אופיר חסון מייסד ומנכ"ל Cybergym ועידת ניו יורק 2019

Ransomware Attacks Have Become 15 Times More Common Since 2017, Says CyberGym CEO

17.04.19|Adi Pick

Ofir Hason the co-founder and CEO of Israeli cybersecurity company CyberGym spoke Thursday at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference

Anti-Ransomware Startup Votiro Raises $8 Million

14.11.18|Lilach Baumer

The Tel Aviv-based company develops enterprise software that automatically scans and cleans each file sent or shared via email, and content collaboration platforms and USB drives

Cybersecurity Startup Morphisec Raises $12 Million

19.02.18|Amarelle Wenkert

Morphisec develops cybersecurity products that use moving target defense technology to protect against zero-days, ransomware, evasive fileless attacks and other cyber threats

Australian Investors Back Israel-based Anti-Ransomware Startup

02.08.17|Meir Orbach

Votiro Cybersec raised $9 million in a new funding round. Investors’ interest in the company stems from the sharp rise in ransomware attacks, such as this year’s Petya and WannaCry