Whistic Raises $35 Million in Series B Funding for Vendor Security Network

Vendor security assessment company Whistic on Tuesday announced that it has raised $35 million in Series B funding, which brings the total investment in the company to $51 million.
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IBM to Acquire Randori for Attack Surface Management Tech

Technology giant IBM has announced plans to acquire early-stage attack surface management startup Randori in a deal that signals a major expansion of Big Blue’s cybersecurity ambitions.
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Apple Blocked 1.6 Million Risky, Vulnerable Apps in 2021

Apple says its App Store fraud prevention mechanisms last year stopped potentially fraudulent transactions totaling roughly $1.5 billion.
Throughout 2021, the company prevented more than 3.3 million stolen credit cards from making purchases in the App … Continue reading Apple Blocked 1.6 Million Risky, Vulnerable Apps in 2021

Ten Eleven Ventures Raises $600M Fund for Cybersecurity Investments

Ten Eleven Ventures has joined a growing list of cybersecurity-focused venture capital firms raising new funds to invest in startups solving information security problems.
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Chainguard Bags Massive $50M Series A for Supply Chain Security

Venture capital powerhouse Sequoia is leading a massive $50 million early-stage investment in Chainguard, a startup created by a team of ex-Google software engineers to “make software supply chain secure by default.”
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Logging and Security Analytics Firm Devo Banks New $100 Million Investment

Devo Technology, a late-stage startup building technology for data logging and security analytics, has closed a new $100 million funding round that pushes its valuation in the $2 billion range.
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ReliaQuest to Buy Digital Shadows for $160 Million

Fresh off a $300 million funding round and a billion-dollar valuation, security operations vendor ReliaQuest on Wednesday announced plans to acquire threat intelligence startup Digital Shadows in a deal valued at $160 million.
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Surefire Cyber Tackles Incident Response With $10M Series A Funding

Forgepoint Capital, a venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity investments, is pumping $10 million into an early-stage startup created to provide incident response services within the lucrative cyber-insurance ecosystem.
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Microsoft Finds Major Security Flaws in Pre-Installed Android Apps

Bug hunters at Microsoft are calling attention to several high-severity vulnerabilities in a mobile framework used in pre-installed Android System apps, warning that exploitation could have allowed the implantation of a persistent backdoor on Android d… Continue reading Microsoft Finds Major Security Flaws in Pre-Installed Android Apps

Semperis Banks $200 Million to Scale Enterprise ID Protection Tech

Enterprise identity protection vendor Semperis has banked $200 million in a new round of funding that values the company north of $1 billion.
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