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.

Cybereason
IndustrySoftware
Founded2012 (2012)
FounderLior Div, Yossi Naar, Yonatan Striem-Amit
Headquarters
Boston, United States
Tel Aviv, Israel
London, UK
Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Lior Div (CEO)
ProductsSecurity software
Websitecybereason.com

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 name for its 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]

gollark: Oh no.
gollark: That's still auth, so I don't like it.
gollark: Authright bad.
gollark: There's a nice one with a cultural axis.
gollark: It says that for everyone. Try better tests.

References
  1. https://www.builtinboston.com/2016/12/01/cybereason-founding-story
  2. https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/06/08/israeli-linked-firms-continue-thrive-mass/0zwWyiWe5X68NBBcGlewqJ/story.html
  3. https://malicious.life/
  4. Lomas, Natasha (2014-02-11). "Cybereason Takes Its Malicious Ops Detection Platform Out Of Stealth, Backed By $4.6M From CRV". Techcrunch.
  5. Hackett, Robert (2015-08-13). "Israeli security startup Cybereason raises $59 million in funding round led by Softbank". Fortune.
  6. "Cybereason raises $200 million for its enterprise security platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  7. Stephenson, Peter (2016-08-22). "Review: Cybereason Detection & Response Platform". SC Magazine.
  8. "Cybereason Defense Platform\website=Cybereason".
  9. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vaccine-not-killswitch-found-for-petya-notpetya-ransomware-outbreak/
  10. https://www.tomsguide.com/us/bad-rabbit-ransomware-what-to-do,news-26038.html
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