Nyotron, maker of threat behavior detection software called Paranoid, raised a $10M funding round. The 7-year-old company was founded by white hat hacker Nir Gaist. Nyotron’s Paranoid system deploys a Behavior Patterns Map (BPM) to detect against Zero Day attacks, malware, Trojan horses, and other cyber security threats. The company’s product is currently available for… Read More »
Check Point Software Technologies acquired 1½ year-old Israeli startup Hyperwise Security for a reported $80 million. The deal is a 4,000-percent return on the $2 million in funding provided by investors like former Check Point co-founder Shlomo Kramer, Giora Yaron, Trusteer founder Mickey Boodaei and Raskesh Loonkar Hyperwise provides CPU-level threat protection at the pre-infection… Read More »
With Apple CEO Tim Cook set to officiate at the company’s inauguration of its new Israeli office in Herzliya Pituach, it makes sense that the Silicon Valley giant should explore whether startups could significant value to the company’s current and future product lines. Apple has been quietly sitting on a hoard of some $179 billion in… Read More »