Tag: startup
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How the CyberArk Deal Is Different From Past Palo Alto M&A
Gartner’s Charlie Winckless on Why Palo Alto Is Breaking With Past M&A Tradition. Palo Alto Networks aims to acquire CyberArk for $25 billion, marking a major shift from its startup-focused M&A approach. Gartner VP Analyst Charlie Winckless says the deal highlights how AI and machine identity are reshaping what platform security vendors need to deliver.…
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Tonic Security Harnesses AI to Combat Remediation Challenges
Attackers are becoming faster at exploiting vulnerabilities but this startup seeks to stop threats before they lead to breaches. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/tonic-security-turns-to-ai-to-combat-remediation-challenges
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BSidesSF 2025: Not Every Groundbreaking Idea Needs To Become A Billion-Dollar Startup
Creator/Author/Presenter: Ross Haleliuk Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators/Authors/Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube channel. Additionally, the organization is welcoming…
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Why Palo Alto Networks Is Eyeing a $20B+ Buy of CyberArk
Palo Alto Has Always Shied Away From Identity and Expensive M&A. What Changed? Less than five months after Google agreed to spend $32 billion on red-hot cloud security startup Wiz, Palo Alto Networks is on the precipice of paying more than $20 billion for PAM goliath CyberArk, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Here’s why…
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Root Evidence Bets on New Concept for Vulnerability Patch Management
The number of concerning vulnerabilities may be much smaller than organizations think, and this cybersecurity startup aims to narrow down the list to the most critical ones. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/root-evidence-bets-on-new-concept-for-vulnerability-patch-management
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Dropzone AI Gets $37M to Build Out Cyber AI Agent Ecosystem
Startup Targets Next-Gen Security Opportunities Beyond Autonomous SOC Agents. Dropzone AI raised $37 million to scale its flagship AI SOC analyst and build new agentic AI tools for cybersecurity operations. CEO Edward Wu says the funding supports demand surges as enterprises shift toward human-augmenting AI to handle alert fatigue and security tool sprawl. First seen…
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Chrome’s AI Challenger Has Landed: Meet Comet
Perplexity’s Comet Blends Familiarity With Agentic AI to Reshape the Web. Perplexity, the fast-rising AI search engine startup backed by the likes of Nvidia and Jeff Bezos, is riding on a cosmic high with the launch of Comet – a full-featured AI-native web browser that claims to browse at the speed of thought. First seen…
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Amazon kauft KI-Armband Bee: Geräte zeichnen alles auf, was wir sagen!
Amazon kauft das KI-Armband Bee, ein junges Startup aus Kalifornien. Vor allem der Sprachassistent Alexa soll wohl davon profitieren. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/datenschutz/amazon-kauft-ki-armband-bee-geraete-zeichnen-alles-auf-was-wir-sagen-318472.html
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National security meets next-gen tech at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s AI Defense panel
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 runs October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Join 10,000+ startup and VC leaders for three days of conversations and connections that define what’s next. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/national-security-meets-next-gen-tech-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025s-ai-defense-panel/
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Darktrace Buys Network Traffic Visibility Firm Mira Security
Startup Mira Security Will Offer Insights on Encrypted Network Traffic, Decryption. Darktrace purchased a network traffic visibility startup to get insights from encrypted network traffic and decryption for customers in regulated industries. Mira Security will provide organizations with deeper, more comprehensive visibility across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Don’t miss your chance to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is just around the corner, and with more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders heading to Moscone West in San Francisco this October 27 to 29, the Expo Hall is where connections get made and business gets done. If you’ve been thinking about showcasing your company, consider this your nudge, exhibitor […]…
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Clément Domingo: “We are not using AI correctly to defend ourselves”
Tags: access, ai, attack, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, finance, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, malicious, malware, office, password, programming, ransom, startup, threat, tool, trainingstartup, but dedicated to cybercrime in a very efficient way,” Domingo tells via email. “Most have what we call affiliates, which allows them to operate worldwide and attack any organization or entity. In most cases, the startup keeps 20% of the ransom and the accomplice takes 80%.”These are companies that, as he details, offer all…
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Ransomware actors target patched SonicWall SMA devices with rootkit
Tags: access, attack, backdoor, control, credentials, exploit, flaw, incident response, malware, mandiant, network, password, ransomware, security-incident, startup, vpn, vulnerabilitytemp.db and persist.db, that store sensitive information, including user account credentials, session tokens, and OTP seed values.Although the flaw has been publicly documented and analyzed in detail by researchers as potentially leading to the exposure of admin credentials, GTIG and Mandiant don’t have evidence this is the flaw that was exploited. It is also possible…
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iCounter Debuts With Mission to Defeat AI-Enabled Threats
Startup Raises $30M, Uses Risk Intelligence to Preempt Reconnaissance Attacks. Former FireEye and Mandiant leader John Watters unveils iCounter, a new cyber risk intelligence startup focused on targeted attacks and AI-enabled adversaries. Backed by Syn Ventures, the firm aims to transform threat detection with deeper visibility into attacker reconnaissance. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Unpacking the $5 Billion Power Struggle for a Tiny AI Firm
How OpenAI Lost, Google Hedged and Cognition AI Bought AI Coding Start-Up Windsurf As with any story about AI start-ups, the acquisition of Windsurf AI happened at lightning speed. In just a couple of weeks, major Silicon Valley players took a close look at the four-year-old AI-assisted coding vendor, and ultimately Google and Cognition AI…
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Trump gefährdet deutsche Wirtschaft – Startups distanzieren sich von den USA
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/deutsche-tech-startups-skeptisch-gegenueber-us-investoren-a-a4bc275866a9119d4ebb534c620bf913/
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China-Built SafeLine WAF Gains Global Popularity Among Startups Homelabs
Beijing, China, 14th July 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/china-built-safeline-waf-gains-global-popularity-among-startups-homelabs/
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Where policy meets profit: Navigating the new frontier of defense tech startups
In this Help Net Security interview, Thijs Povel, Managing Partner at Ventures.eu, discusses how the firm evaluates emerging technologies through the lens of defense and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/11/thijs-povel-ventures-eu-dual-use-tech/
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Government funding to help SMEs protect their IP
Scheme will see SMEs and innovative startups working in sensitive sectors receive advice on enhancing cyber and physical security measures to protect their valuable intellectual property First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366627131/Government-funding-to-help-SMEs-protect-their-IP
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AirMDR Tackles Security Burdens for SMBs With AI
This security startup provides managed detection and response services for small-to-midsized businesses to detect and address modern threats such as ransomware, phishing attacks, and malicious insiders. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/airmdr-tackles-smb-security-burdens-with-ai
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Cloudbasierte KI-Anwendungen und die Gefahr der Schatten-KI
Die rasante Verbreitung cloudbasierter KI revolutioniert Unternehmen, birgt aber eine unterschätzte Gefahr: die »Schatten-KI«. Die unkontrollierte Nutzung von cloudbasierten KI-Tools erhöht die Komplexität der Cybersicherheit und stellt neue Herausforderungen für den Schutz sensibler Daten und Prozesse dar. Der von Elon Musks xAI-Start-up entwickelte KI-Chatbot Grok ist seit Ende Mai auf Microsofts Azure-Cloud-Plattform verfügbar. Die… First…
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Get your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Tags: startupTime is running out to secure your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27-29, at Moscone West in San Francisco. This is your chance to get your startup in front of 10,000+ startup pioneers, VC leaders, and tech enthusiasts. Learn more and grab your table here before your competitor does. Maximum exposure for your…
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AI Trust Score Ranks LLM Security
Startup Tumeryk’s AI Trust scorecard finds Google Gemini Pro 2.5 as the most trustworthy, with OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini a close second and DeepSeek and Alibaba Qwen scoring lowest. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ai-trust-score-ranks-llm-security
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Has CISO become the least desirable role in business?
Tags: advisory, ai, business, cio, ciso, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, dora, finance, governance, international, jobs, network, office, regulation, resilience, risk, sap, skills, startup, threatGeorge Gerchow, CSO, Bedrock Security George Gerchow / Bedrock Security”I’ll never report to a CTO or CFO again. I have to have seat at the table,” he says emphatically. Otherwise, he says, you become frustrated “because you’re not in control of your own destiny. You’re parsing everything to this other person who’s a leader in…
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Athene SpeedUpSecure – Athene bringt fünf innovative Security-Startups auf die Bühne
Tags: startupFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/athene-speedupsecure-accelerator-top-cybersecurity-startups-a-147e485e58bc84b546272bfb79e2fdf3/
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Ransomware Group Hunters International Announces Exit
Cybercrime Experts Greet Announcement With Skepticism. Hunters International said Thursday it closed shop, provoking skepticism among cybercrime experts who said it’s more likely the Russian-speaking hackers behind the ransomware group will start up again under a new brand name. Ransomware groups often rebrand themselves. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ransomware-group-hunters-international-announces-exit-a-28894
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Concentric AI Expands Data Security Ambitions With Swift Security, Acante Acquisitions
Data security governance provider Concentric AI announced its acquisition of Swift Security and Acante, two AI-driven security startups, in a move Concentric AI founder and CEO Karthik Krishnan hopes will reshape enterprise data protection. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/concentric-ai-expands-data-security-ambitions-with-swift-security-acante-acquisitions/