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Edward Snowden Slams Israeli Spyware Firm

07.11.18|Amarelle Wenkert

Speaking via video at an event in Tel Aviv, the American whistleblower said spyware by Israeli NSO played a role in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Spyware Campaign Targeted Iranian Kurdish Minority, ISIS Supporters

13.09.18|Dror Reich

Revealed by information security firm Check Point, the campaign targeted Iranian citizens

מוסף שבועי 15.2.18 אתה לא מחליט עליי דב גרינבאום

Data Is the New Gold in Today’s Surveillance Capitalism

07.09.18|Dov Greenbaum

We leak information wherever we go, and companies from Google to Fitbit are working to monetize it

Former Employee of Israeli Surveillance Company Indicted for Attempt to Sell Spyware for $50 Million on Darknet

05.07.18|Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet

A former employee of NSO Group is accused of stealing the code of the company’s spyware, which can be used to intercept mobile phone calls and remotely control devices

Nice Extends Mattersight Tender Offer for the Fourth Time

25.06.18|Dror Reich

The Israeli software company announced the acquisition agreement in April, but has been held back by the American regulator again and again

Potential NSO Deal Will See Francisco Partners Take a Big Bite Out of Verint

29.05.18|Sophie Shulman and Golan Hazani

Despite registering a billion dollars in annual sales in the last three years, Verint comes to the merger as the weaker side

Surveillance Company Verint Negotiating $1 Billion Merger with Israeli NSO Group

28.05.18|Orr Hirschauge and Amarelle Wenkert

NSO develops and sells cyber attack tools that can be used to gather intelligence from mobile phones

Israeli Surveillance Company Verint Considers an IPO for its Security Intelligence Division

28.03.18|Golan Hazani

After a failed attempt to sell the division, Verint mulls an IPO of the sub-unit according to a market value of $800 million

From “Charming Kitten” to Houdini Style Data Theft: 7 Cyber stories from Cyberland

19.02.18|CTech

Israel is the land of spies—and spy wannabes—with 420 cybersecurity startups having raised over $800 million in investments last year. But funding rounds and mergers and acquisitions are only half the story of Israeli cyber

מימין סלע בלונדהיים גיל פרי אלירן קוטה D-ID

Startup that Tricks Facial Recognition Algorithms Raises $4 Million

22.01.18|Hagar Ravet

By manipulating photos, D-ID cripples surveillance systems that hunt for facial features

Verint Buys Conversational AI Company Next IT

21.12.17|Amarelle Wenkert

Customer service and surveillance products company Verint says it paid $30 million in cash for Next IT, which develops natural language technology for customer engagement

Shift from Security to Civilian Market behind NICE Systems’ Growth

07.11.17|Dror Reich and Asaf Shalev

Israel-based NICE Systems used to sell surveillance software to governments. Now it provides technology for call centers

Co-Founder of Surveillance Company NSO Starts New Cyber Startup

06.11.17|Meir Orbach

Omri Lavie unveiled Orchestra, a cybersecurity startup offering a system-wide defense

Blackstone Backs Out of Talks to Acquire a Share in Surveillance Company

17.08.17|Hagar Ravet

Following an early Calcalist report, digital rights advocacy group Access Now published a petition calling Blackstone to back out of deal

Blackstone in Talks to Buy a Stake of Israel-based Spyware Company

24.07.17|Golan Hazani

The financial firm is negotiating a deal to acquire a 40% stake of NSO Group for $400 million, according to people familiar with the matter