Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 31 Deals Announced in April 2025

Thirty-one cybersecurity merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in April 2025.

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TikTok Fined $600 Million for China Data Transfers That Broke EU Privacy Rules

EU privacy watchdog fined TikTok $600 million after a four-year investigation found that data transfers to China put users at risk of spying, in breach of strict EU data privacy rules.

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Golden Chickens Deploy TerraStealerV2 to Steal Browser Credentials and Crypto Wallet Data

The threat actors known as Golden Chickens have been attributed to two new malware families dubbed TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger, suggesting continued development efforts to fine-tune and diversify their arsenal.
“TerraStealerV2 is designed to collect browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallet data, and browser extension information,” Recorded Future Insikt Group said. “TerraLogger, by contrast

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watchTowr Warns of Active Exploitation of SonicWall SMA 100 Devices

watchTowr reveals active exploitation of SonicWall SMA 100 vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38475 & CVE-2023-44221) potentially leading to full system takeover…

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Billions of Apple Devices at Risk from “AirBorne” AirPlay Vulnerabilities

Oligo Security uncovers “AirBorne,” a set of 23 vulnerabilities in Apple AirPlay affecting billions of devices. Learn how…

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Malicious Go Modules Deliver Disk-Wiping Linux Malware in Advanced Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three malicious Go modules that include obfuscated code to fetch next-stage payloads that can irrevocably overwrite a Linux system’s primary disk and render it unbootable.
The names of the packages are listed below –

github[.]com/truthfulpharm/prototransform
github[.]com/blankloggia/go-mcp
github[.]com/steelpoor/tlsproxy

“Despite appearing legitimate,

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Phishing Emails Impersonating Qantas Target Credit Card Info

Fake Qantas emails in a sophisticated phishing scam steal credit card and personal info from Australians, bypassing major…

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How Riot Games is fighting the war against video game hackers

Riot’s “anti-cheat artisan” Phillip Koskinas explains how he and his team go after cheaters and cheat developers to protect the integrity of games, such as Valorant and League of Legends.

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Hacking Spree Hits UK Retail Giants

Plus: France blames Russia for a series of cyberattacks, the US is taking steps to crack down on a gray market allegedly used by scammers, and Microsoft pushes the password one step closer to death.

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Iranian Hackers Maintain 2-Year Access to Middle East CNI via VPN Flaws and Malware

An Iranian state-sponsored threat group has been attributed to a long-term cyber intrusion aimed at a critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the Middle East that lasted nearly two years.
The activity, which lasted from at least May 2023 to February 2025, entailed “extensive espionage operations and suspected network prepositioning – a tactic often used to maintain persistent access for future

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