
TechCrunch: Deepwatch, a cybersecurity firm that makes an AI-powered detection and response platform, laid off dozens of employees, citing AI as one of the reasons.
CSO Online: Google is asking to a US court for help in dismantling the infrastructure behind the Lighthouse phishing-as-a-service operation, the latest effort by a technology company to use the legal system to put a dent in cybercrime.
CSO Online: Two cybersecurity laws that lapsed during the government shutdown moved closer to restoration after the Senate voted 60-40 to advance legislation extending them through January 2026.
Business Wire: Armis, the cyber exposure management and security company, announced a pre-IPO funding round of $435 million, bringing the company’s valuation to $6.1 billion.
SecurityWeek: The investment round was led by Shasta Ventures, with additional support from Fusion Fund and an unnamed venture. Founded in 2019, California-based Portal26 has built a platform that provides organizations with comprehensive visibility into their gen-AI consumption.
Yahoo Finance/Reuters: Cybersecurity company Wiz has cleared a U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) antitrust review of its acquisition by Google-parent Alphabet, Wiz CEO said in a Wall Street Journal event.
CSO Online: An October decision of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia has — yet again — altered the risk calculus of data breaches by easing litigants’ ability to successfully sue breached companies in limited situations.
Yahoo Finance/Reuters: Prosecutors said three American cybersecurity professionals secretly ran a ransomware operation aimed at shaking down companies across the United States.
Yahoo News: The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether to eliminate cybersecurity requirements for telecom carriers that the commission enacted under its previous leadership following sweeping Chinese government cyberattacks on telecoms.
SecurityWeek: The funding round was led by Allegis Capital, with participation from Alumni Ventures, DataPower VC, Domino Ventures and others. In addition to enabling Polygraf AI to improve its product, the new investment will be used for go-to-market efforts.
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