Analytics company Dataminr secures $85M to fund growth

Dataminr, a data analytics company that counts NATO and OpenAI among its customers, has raised $85 million in a combination of convertible financing and credit, Dataminr announced on Wednesday. It’s chump change for Dataminr, which closed a $475 million round at a $4.1 billion valuation in 2021. But the company has seen its fair share […]

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Stealthy Apache Tomcat Critical Exploit Bypasses Security Filters: Are You at Risk?

By simply sending HTTP requests, attackers can trigger the deserialisation of malicious data in Tomcat’s session storage and gain control.

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Half a million people impacted by Pennsylvania State Education Association data breach

More than 500,000 people were impacted by a cyberattack on the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) that took place in July 2024.

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US teachers’ union says hackers stole sensitive personal data on over 500,000 members

PSEA says it “took steps to ensure” its stolen data was deleted, suggesting a ransom demand was paid

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Researchers Use AI Jailbreak on Top LLMs to Create Chrome Infostealer

New Immersive World LLM jailbreak lets anyone create malware with GenAI. Discover how Cato Networks researchers tricked ChatGPT, Copilot, and DeepSeek into coding infostealers – In this case, a Chrome infostealer.

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What’s Behind Google’s $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition?

News analysis: Google positions itself to compete with Microsoft for enterprise security dollars. How does this deal affect startup ecosystem?

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Cape opens $99/month beta of its privacy-first mobile plan, inks Proton deal, raises $30M

Mobile networks continue to be a major target for cybersecurity breaches, and Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon‘s persistent attacks on multiple carriers are only the latest known examples.  The mobile carrier startup Cape is taking a novel approach to addressing the problem: it has built a service it says can provide a more secure, private […]

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Infosys to Pay $17.5 Million in Settlement Over 2023 Data Breach

Infosys McCamish System has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle six class action lawsuits filed over a 2023 data breach.

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Why Cybersecurity Needs More Business-Minded Leaders

The question is no longer “Are we compliant?” but “Are we truly resilient?”

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The Citizen Lab’s director dissects spyware and the ‘proliferating’ market for it

In an interview with Recorded Future News, Deibert explained the technical aspects of the Citizen Lab’s methods and how spyware companies continue to evolve to evade detection.

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