Highlights:

  • Cyberint offers a cybersecurity technology called Argos that is intended to assist businesses in thwarting various cyberattacks.
  • Check Point’s Infinity cybersecurity suite will be improved with the help of Cyberint’s technology. 

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. acquired Cyberint Technologies Ltd., a venture-supported cybersecurity startup.

The conditions of payment are not revealed. Cyberint, a Tel Aviv-based company, had previously raised roughly USD 68 million from investors. After its most recent hike in mid-2022, the company said that its yearly recurring revenue had more than doubled over the previous year.

Cyberint offers a cybersecurity technology called Argos that is intended to assist businesses in thwarting various cyberattacks. The platform has features aimed at preventing phishing operations. Others are made to find weak points in a company’s network infrastructure and potential sources of data breaches.

Phishing emails frequently link to a malicious website that looks like it’s run by a reputable business. For example, hackers might make a fraudulent replica of a company’s employee login portal and try to fool employees into entering their login credentials. Cyberint’s Argos platform can identify such phishing websites and request their removal from the cloud providers hosting them.

The business uses a so-called beacon that is embedded into clients’ websites as one method of identifying phishing campaigns. It’s a little piece of code meant to evade hackers’ notice.

The beacon and all the other content of the original website are replicated into a malicious clone by a cybercriminal downloading the code of a website with beacons. When the beacon notices a configuration change, it alerts Cyberint.

Argos detects leakage of a company’s internal data on the dark web in addition to phishing websites. Furthermore, the platform has the ability to identify infrastructure vulnerabilities within an organization that may eventually result in these kinds of leaks. Cyberint can identify unprotected cloud storage repositories, internet-facing apps with known vulnerabilities, and open network ports.

Cyberint’s Chief Executive Officer Yochai Corem said, “Leaked credentials and fake websites designed for malicious purposes are staggeringly prevalent today, with over 90% of organizations facing these threats.”

In addition to Argos, the business offers a range of expert services. Cyberint claims its employees may give business information to hacker groups that might try to access its systems. Additionally, the software developer can mimic cyberattacks on an organization’s network to assist it in identifying vulnerabilities before hackers can.

Cyberint’s technology will improve Check Point’s Infinity cybersecurity suite. With just one subscription, users may access several of the company’s breach protection technologies, including many methods for safeguarding cloud settings. According to Check Point, the agreement would also improve the range of managed threat intelligence services it offers.

The company made its first announcement about an acquisition since appointing a new CEO last month. Nadav Zafrir, a venture entrepreneur, will replace departing CEO Gil Shwed, who was a Co-founder of Check Point in 1993. The official transition in leadership will take place in December.