How a $6M bet on Wiz turned into a massive 200x return for one early backer

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Wiz’s $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity startup’s early-stage investors. The deal is a big win for Sequoia, one of the best-known VC firms, which stands to make $3 billion, about 25x the money it invested in the company, Bloomberg reported. Despite substantial returns for Sequoia’s […]

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Hugging Face submits open-source blueprint, challenging Big Tech in White House AI policy fight

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Hugging Face challenges Big Tech in White House AI Action Plan submission, arguing open-source models match commercial performance while democratizing access and enhancing national security.Read More

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Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users

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Another consumer-grade spyware operation was hacked in June 2024, which exposed thousands of Apple Account credentials.

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Critical Fortinet Vulnerability Draws Fresh Attention

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CISA this week added CVE-2025-24472 to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, citing ransomware activity targeting the authentication bypass flaw.

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TechRepublic EXCLUSIVE: New Ransomware Attacks are Getting More Personal as Hackers ‘Apply Psychological Pressure”

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Ransomware attackers know where your kids go to school and they want you to know it, according to professional negotiators at Sygnia.

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Nation-State Groups Abuse Microsoft Windows Shortcut Exploit

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Trend Micro uncovered a method that nation-state threat actors are using to target victims via the Windows .Ink shortcut file extension.

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Infosys Settles $17.5M Class Action Lawsuit After Sprawling Third-Party Breach

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Several major companies in the finance sector were impacted by the third-party breach, prompting them to notify thousands of customers of their compromised data.

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11 Nation-State Hackers Exploit Unpatched Windows Flaw Since 2017

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Microsoft refuses to patch serious Windows shortcut vulnerability abused in global espionage campaigns!

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SecPod launches Saner Cloud: A Revolutionary CNAPP For Preventive Cybersecurity

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