Cybereason
Cybereason is a cybersecurity technology company founded in 2012. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional office locations in London, UK, Tokyo, Japan, and Tel Aviv, Israel.
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| Industry | Software |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Lior Div, Yossi Naar, Yonatan Striem-Amit |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Lior Div (CEO) |
| Products | Security software |
| Website | cybereason |
History
In July 2012, Cybereason was founded and incorporated in Delaware, United States by Lior Div, an ex-soldier of Israel's Unit 8200.[1]
In 2014, Cybereason established its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.[2]
In August 2016, Cybereason incorporated a subsidiary in the United Kingdom.
In June 2017, Cybereason launched Malicious Life, a podcast about the history of cybersecurity.[3]
In 2017, Cybereason established an office in London, England.
Funding
In 2014, Cybereason raised Series A funding from Charles River Ventures.[4] In total, Cybereason reports having raised $88.6M in funding rounds, receiving $59M in its Series C round from Softbank in 2015. .[5]
In August 2019, Cybereason raised $200 million in new financing from SoftBank Group and its affiliates.[6]
Services
Cybereason offers an endpoint protection platform.[7] It delivers antivirus software, endpoint detection and response with one agent, and a suite of managed services.[8]
Nocturnus is Cybereason's security research arm. The Nocturnus team specializes in discovering new attack methodologies, reverse-engineering malware, and exposing new system vulnerabilities. Nocturnus was the first to discover a vaccination for the 2017 NotPetya and Bad Rabbit cyberattacks.[9][10]
References
- https://www.builtinboston.com/2016/12/01/cybereason-founding-story
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/06/08/israeli-linked-firms-continue-thrive-mass/0zwWyiWe5X68NBBcGlewqJ/story.html
- https://malicious.life/
- Lomas, Natasha (2014-02-11). "Cybereason Takes Its Malicious Ops Detection Platform Out Of Stealth, Backed By $4.6M From CRV". Techcrunch.
- Hackett, Robert (2015-08-13). "Israeli security startup Cybereason raises $59 million in funding round led by Softbank". Fortune.
- "Cybereason raises $200 million for its enterprise security platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- Stephenson, Peter (2016-08-22). "Review: Cybereason Detection & Response Platform". SC Magazine.
- "Cybereason Defense Platform\website=Cybereason".
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vaccine-not-killswitch-found-for-petya-notpetya-ransomware-outbreak/
- https://www.tomsguide.com/us/bad-rabbit-ransomware-what-to-do,news-26038.html