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    CrowdStrike Says It Will Lay Off 500 Workers

    2025-05-07

    TechCrunch: Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike said that it would lay off 5% of its global workforce, which amounts to about 500 workers. 

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    Spyware Maker NSO Ordered to Pay $167 Million Over WhatsApp Hack

    2025-05-07

    SecurityWeek: The lawsuit against NSO was filed in 2019, after it came to light that a zero-day vulnerability had been exploited to deliver NSO-made spyware to roughly 1,400 WhatsApp users.

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    Identity Security Funding Soars Amid Rise Of AI Agents

    2025-05-06

    Crunchbase: Identity management is a hot area for investment of late. That was particularly obvious in the past few weeks, as two startups in the space secured over $300 million and a major eyeball-scanning initiative made its U.S. debut. 

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    Cybersecurity Investors Bet Big on Early-Stage Startups

    2025-05-06

    Bank Info Security: Cybersecurity attracted $13 billion in investments in 2024, a 40% jump in funding compared to 2023, with nearly half going to early-stage startups.

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    Cybersecurity Firms Raise Over $1.7 Billion Ahead of RSA Conference 2025

    2025-04-29

    SecurityWeek: According to SecurityWeek’s analysis, more than 30 cybersecurity firms collectively raised more than $1.7 billion in funding in the month of April, underscoring the sector’s robust growth and investor confidence in cyber defense technologies.

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    DoJ Data Security Program Highlights Data-Sharing Challenges

    2025-04-28

    Dark Reading: In a sign of how pervasive data sharing has become, businesses may face challenges complying with a new government rule restricting data use outside the US.

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    Veza Banks $108 Million Series D at $808 Million Valuation

    2025-04-28

    SecurityWeek: The new financing includes equity stakes for existing backers Accel and GV (Google’s venture fund), True Ventures, Norwest, Ballistic Ventures, J.P. Morgan, and Blackstone Innovations Investments.

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    Coinbase Fixes 2FA Log Error Making People Think They Were Hacked

    2025-04-27

    Bleeping Computer: Coinbase has fixed a confusing bug in its account activity logs that caused users to think their credentials were compromised.

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    Cybersecurity Startup Chainguard Almost Triples Valuation To $3.5 Billion After Fundraise

    2025-04-24

    MSN/Reuters: Computer and cloud security startup Chainguard said its latest funding round valued it at $3.5 billion, almost tripling in less than a year, underscoring sustained investor appetite for robust digital infrastructure.

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    FBI: Cybercrime Losses Surpassed $16.6 Billion in 2024

    2025-04-24

    SecurityWeek: The reported losses increased 33% compared to 2023, but the number of complaints received by the IC3 was slightly lower in 2024, at nearly 860,000 (compared to over 880,000 the year before). 

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