German multinational to operate large local cyber unit tasked with creating partnerships with local tech ecosystem

Series C round for new unicorn is led by B Capital, established by early Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin

New fund to lead seed rounds into about three startups per year and invest in follow-on rounds

Tamir Pardo to serve on startup's security advisory board; former head of intelligence agency's own company, XM Cyber, to be sold to German multinational

Reform requires communications firms, seen as gateway to other vital infrastructure, to develop detailed plans for identifying and preventing online attacks

Anticipated cyberattack operations around April 29 to attempt breach of Israeli websites, spreading propaganda messages and attacks on Israeli information systems

Tel Aviv-based tech outfit will revert to a private company in deal with San Francisco's Turn/River Capital

Destructive global breaches have not yet materialized, observers say, as non-state actors and hacktivists engage in digital combat

Deal to acquire Attivo Networks, a deception tech outfit based in California, set to close later this year

German cybersecurity agency says tech firm could be involved in hacking assaults during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine; US banned use of the software by government agencies in 2017