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    Optiv Report Shows Nearly 60% Increase in Security Budgets as Most Organizations Report Cyber Breaches and Incidents

    2024-06-26

    Dark Reading: Optiv, the cyber advisory and solutions leader, has published its 2024 Threat and Risk Management Report, which examines how organizations’ cybersecurity investments and governance priorities are keeping up with the evolving threat landscape. 

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    Central Banks Must Prepare for Profound Impact of AI, BIS Says

    2024-06-25

    U.S. News: Central banks should embrace the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)has said, but stressed the technology should not replace humans when it comes to setting interest rates.

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    Breaking Down the Numbers: Q2 2024 Cybersecurity Funding Activity Recap

    2024-06-25

    Help Net Security: Alethea closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by GV, with participation from Ballistic Ventures, who led Alethea’s Series A funding in 2022. Also participating in the round is Hakluyt Capital, which invests alongside leading venture capital funds, targeting companies with high growth potential and international ambitions.

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    Hackers Steal Over $2 Million in Cryptocurrency From CoinStats Wallets

    2024-06-25

    SecurityWeek: Cryptocurrency portfolio manager CoinStats resumed activity recently after hackers drained over $2 million in virtual assets from 1,590 wallets. The incident prompted CoinStats to shut down its application to mitigate the attack.

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    Multiple Car Dealers Report Disruptions to SEC Due to Cyberattack on Software Company

    2024-06-24

    The Record: Several large car-dealership companies in the U.S. filed notices with regulators in relation to a ransomware attack on CDK Global that has stymied work at thousands of dealers across North America over the last week. 

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    Key Steps for PE Firms to Mitigate Cyber Risks in Portfolio Companies

    2024-06-19

    FinTech Global: According to ACA Group, companies with fewer than 1,000 employees bear the brunt of up to 82% of ransomware attacks, painting a target on PortCos due to their typically nascent cybersecurity measures and constrained resources to combat breaches.

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    Huntress Captures $150M Series D At $1.5B-Plus Valuation

    2024-06-18

    Crunchbase: Maryland-based Huntress became the newest cybersecurity unicorn after it raised a $150 million Series D at a $1.5 billion-plus valuation. The new round was led by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital and existing investor Sapphire Ventures.

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    Non-Human Identity Lifecycle Firm Entro Security Raises $18 Million

    2024-06-18

    SecurityWeek: Non-human Identity (NHI) lifecycle firm Entro Security has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Dell Technologies Capital and including angel investors. The funds will be used to scale the firm’s global operations. 

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    SEC Charges R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. with Cybersecurity-Related Controls Violations

    2024-06-18

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), a global provider of business communication and marketing services, agreed to pay over $2.1 million to settle disclosure and internal control failure charges relating to cybersecurity incidents and alerts in late 2021.

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    Federal Contractors Pay Multimillion-Dollar Settlements Over Cybersecurity Lapses

    2024-06-18

    The Record: Two federal contractors have paid a total of $11.3 million in civil penalties to the U.S. government after admitting they failed to properly test the cybersecurity of a system for providing financial assistance to low-income people in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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