Akeyless Raises $65 Million for Secrets Management Tech

Israeli early-stage startup Akeyless has banked a whopping $65 million in venture capital funding to build technology to help businesses manage credentials, certificates, keys and other secrets flowing through multi-cloud environments.
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Bishop Fox Adds $46 Million to Series B Funding Round

Continuous attack surface management pioneer Bishop Fox continues to attract the attention of investors with the banking of another $46 million in growth funding led by WestCap.
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Microsoft: China Flaw Disclosure Law Part of Zero-Day Exploit Surge

The world’s largest software maker is warning that China-based nation state threat actors are taking advantage of a one-year-old law to “stockpile” zero-days for use in sustained malware attacks.
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IDA Pro Owner Hex-Rays Acquired by European VC Firm

European venture capital and private equity firm Smartfin on Tuesday announced a deal to acquire Hex-Rays, the Belgian company behind the widely deployed IDA Pro software disassembler.
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Quantum-Safe Communications Startup Qunnect Raises $8 Million

Quantum-secure networking devices maker Qunnect this week announced raising $8 million in a Series A funding round that brings the total investment in the company to $12.4 million.
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KKR Boosts NetSPI Stake with $410 Million Investment

Private equity giant KKR is expanding its big bet on penetration testing and attack surface management firm NetSPI with a new $410 million investment round.
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LayerX Raises $7.5M Seed Funding to Tackle Secure Web Browsing

Israeli startup LayerX has joined the list of companies scoring investor interest in the tricky enterprise browser market.
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What’s Going on With Cybersecurity VC Investments?

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CrowdStrike to Buy Reposify, Invests in Salt Security

Endpoint detection and response pioneer CrowdStrike is elbowing its way into new security markets with a planned acquisition of attack surface management startup Reposify and a strategic investment in API security vendor Salt Security.
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Uber Confirms Hacker Accessed Internal Tools, Bug Bounty Dashboard

Ride-hailing giant Uber is moving quickly to downplay the impact from a devastating security breach that included the theft of employee credentials, access to the HackerOne bug bounty dashboard and data from an internal invoicing tool.
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