Israeli cybersecurity startup Guardio raised funds from investors including Assaf Rappaport, the founder of cloud security firm Wiz, in a round that values the company at $1.1 billion.

Upwind Security, a startup offering cybersecurity for artificial intelligence and cloud applications, is raising fresh financing that values the company at $3.8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

Salesforce Inc. is investing in human resources software company HiBob as part of a more than $160 million funding round that values the startup at over $3.2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

An Israeli startup that works to protect artificial intelligence models from misuse and rogue behavior has raised $140 million after a spate of high-profile hacks from AI systems.

Jared Kushner assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the Israeli army won’t be compelled to withdraw from Gaza until Hamas disarms, an official with knowledge of the talks said, a stance that will dim hopes for a Gaza peace deal anytime soon.

The incidents are expanding and ongoing, according to an information-sharing center.

These AI officials are at the mercy of technical breakthroughs from abroad, politics and the onslaught of AI disruption

Israel is seeking to build up its chipmaking and artificial intelligence infrastructure, courting large US and Asian semiconductor producers and planning a major expansion of its data center capacity to preserve the country’s regional technological leadership.

Bright Data Ltd., an Israel-based startup that sells web scraping tools and datasets, is set to announce a $1 million “bug bounty” to root out bad actors as law enforcement steps up scrutiny of its industry.

Zyg, an artificial intelligence platform created by the founders of IronSource, raised funding at a $500 million valuation just two months after coming out of stealth.

Iran has started restoring limited internet connectivity to some businesses and individuals, a sign it’s seeking to mitigate the economic damage from the nationwide shutdown that started with the outbreak of war with the US and Israel more than six weeks ago.

Iran has started restoring limited internet connectivity to some businesses and individuals, a sign it’s seeking to mitigate the economic damage from the nationwide shutdown that started with the outbreak of war with the US and Israel more than six weeks ago.

The near-total shutdown of the internet in Iran is the world’s longest nationwide blackout since the Arab Spring in the early 2010s.

Iranian authorities arrested dozens of people who were allegedly in a network that sold Starlink satellite terminals, as Tehran expands efforts to control information more than a month into its war with the US and Israel.

The power of its air force diminished by Western sanctions, Iran invested heavily in missiles and drones over the years, amassing what US intelligence called in early 2025 the “largest stockpile” of such systems in the Middle East. Its capabilities are both a target of the war on Iran being waged by the US and Israel, which have long aimed to neutralize this threat, and Iran’s main means of responding to the assault.

Iran-linked hackers have stepped up cyberattacks on Israel since the war began, wiping the data of over 50 small businesses and compromising dozens of security cameras, according to an Israeli official.

Iranian missiles have fallen near Jerusalem’s holiest sites, raising the risk of igniting a broader religious conflict across the Middle East. Whether by accident or design, Iran has repeatedly sent projectiles hurtling in the direction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which are sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians, respectively.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel would avoid future attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure, after a pair of strikes on key Middle East gas operations sent energy prices soaring.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel would avoid future attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure, after a pair of strikes on key Middle East gas operations sent energy prices soaring.