Three of the world's largest pure-play cybersecurity vendors recently reported earnings, grappling with SIEM and firewall displacement opportunities along with rebounding from a massive outage. Palo Alto Networks continues to reap the benefits of buying IBM's QRadar SaaS business.
SoftBank-backed merger between Trustwave and Cybereason brings together leading MDR, EDR, DFIR and threat intelligence capabilities. The combined organization aims to improve AI-driven detection and enhance Microsoft E5 support, targeting enterprise, mid-market, and public sector clients worldwide.
CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire SaaS security leader Adaptive Shield to deliver identity-based protection across cloud and hybrid environments. The acquisition offers clients comprehensive SaaS security posture management, bridging on-premises and cloud identity defenses to thwart modern threats.
Healthcare organizations have faced 21% of all cyberattacks since 2023, as cybercriminals use stolen data and operational disruptions to pressure providers into paying a ransom. Experts advise healthcare firms to move beyond EDR tools and adopt a holistic security strategy.
The global disruption caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software triggering a kernel panic and computer meltdowns has led government agencies, experts and vendors to call for rethinking Windows operating system resiliency, including the deep-level OS access security tools now require.
Microsoft's statement that a faulty CrowdStrike update affected less than 1% of active Windows systems doesn't tell the full story, since large organizations in critical sectors make up a disproportionate part of the user base, as the outages in healthcare, transportation and banking demonstrate.
Driven Technologies Chief Operating Officer Vinu Thomas provides an in-depth look at how AI and automation are enhancing cybersecurity. He talks about the shift to distributed environments, the integration of security tools, and the effectiveness of AI in threat detection and response.
Artificial intelligence tools are both a blessing and a curse for companies. They enable staff to be more efficient and get tasks done quicker, but they also allow an ever-increasing amount of sensitive data to walk out of the organization. Risk management controls need to be in place.
More reasons to beware breathless reporting about a ransomware group's latest supposed victim: LockBit's claim to have breached the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. Instead, the actual victim is Evolve Bancorp, which is currently dealing with an enforcement action by - wait for it - the Fed.
Jana Partners announced a "significant" stake in Boston-based Rapid7 on Wednesday and plans to push the vulnerability management firm to sell itself. The activist investor is working with investment firm Cannae Holdings and wants Cannae to team up with a private equity firm to buy Rapid7.
With $150 million of Series D funding led by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital and Sapphire Ventures, Huntress is set to build or buy posture and recovery capabilities for endpoint and identity protection and enhance educational initiatives to counter the accelerating pace of cyberthreats.
Despite advances in endpoint security, Sergei Rousakov, chief security architect at LinkedIn, said the landscape remains complex. He said endpoint tools need to take a more integrated approach that includes identity and device context to truly protect against cybersecurity threats.
Cybereason is carrying out its third round of layoffs in 21 months, and dozens of senior employees are expected to be let go. Among the exiting employees is Zohar Alon, the longtime Dome9 Security leader who joined Cybereason just 11 months ago as president of product and research and development.
Carbon Black won't be getting a new residence anytime soon after indications of interest in the organization fell short of Broadcom's expectations. The semiconductor giant had been looking to fetch $1 billion for the security firm - including debt - but offers at that dollar figure remained elusive.
Takedowns aren't always forever in cyberspace. Months after a U.S. law enforcement operation dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet, security researchers said signs point to a resurgence. Someone with access to the Qakbot - also known as Qbot - source code is experimenting with new builds.
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