Surveillance

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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
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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
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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
אלגוריתם מחשב זירת הנדלן

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
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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
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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
NSO  עמרי לביא

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
מימין שלו חוליו ו עמרי לביא  מייסדי NSO

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
מימין שלו חוליו ו עמרי לביא  מייסדי NSO

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