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Spyware Pays in Billions — and Israel Owns the MarketLead story
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · May 26, 2026, 7:17 AM EDT

Spyware Pays in Billions — and Israel Owns the Market

Commercial spyware. Mobile forensics. Lawful intercept. The most regulated and most profitable corner of cybersecurity lives in a gray zone between commerce and statecraft — and Israel is its center of gravity.

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Inside the $32B Wiz Acquisition by Google
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Apr 13, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Inside the $32B Wiz Acquisition by Google

Google's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz closed on March 11, 2026. This is the largest Israeli technology exit in history.

Tufin: The Firewall Policy Pioneer
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Aug 4, 2026, 2:13 AM EDT
Tufin: The Firewall Policy Pioneer

Founded 2005 by ex-Check Point alumni Ruvi Kitov and Reuven Harrison. NYSE: TUFN from 2019. Taken private by Turn/River Capital in August 2022 for $57…

Dream and the National Cyber Resilience Category
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · May 26, 2026, 6:41 AM EDT
Dream and the National Cyber Resilience Category

Dream Security entered Q1 2026 as Israel's category-defining national cyber resilience operator. Founded by Shalev Hulio, Gil Dolev, and former Austri…

The Mossad Cyber Pipeline: Operator-to-Founder Pathways
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · May 26, 2026, 7:02 AM EDT
The Mossad Cyber Pipeline: Operator-to-Founder Pathways

The Mossad operator-to-founder pipeline sits alongside Unit 8200 but produces a structurally different Israeli cybersecurity and defense-tech operator…

QuaDream: REIGN and the April 2023 Shutdown
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jul 20, 2026, 3:54 PM EDT
QuaDream: REIGN and the April 2023 Shutdown

QuaDream: the defunct Israeli offensive-cyber firm behind REIGN, shut down April 2023 after Citizen Lab+Microsoft joint disclosure and MoD denial of a…

Candiru: DevilsTongue and the Entity List
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jul 20, 2026, 3:52 PM EDT
Candiru: DevilsTongue and the Entity List

Candiru: the Israeli offensive-cyber firm behind DevilsTongue — the Windows, mobile, and browser exploit platform disclosed by Microsoft and Citizen L…