Tech giants Intel and VMware joined the security patch parade this week, rolling out fixes for flaws that expose users to malicious hacker attacks.

Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group announced the merger of McAfee Enterprise and the newly acquired FireEye Products into a single pure-play cybersecurity company.

F5 has agreed to acquire threat detection firm Threat Stack for $68 million in cash.

TrueFort, which provides an application visibility and protection platform, has closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by Shasta Ventures.

NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ: NLOK) and Prague-based Avast announced that the two firms have agreed to a merger in a deal valued between roughly $8.1-$8.6 billion.

SecurityWeek is covering all the new information on the Kaseya ransomware attack and here you can find a summary of all articles on this topic, as well as other useful resources.

Google has finally enabled end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for the Messages app in Android but the privacy-enhancing tool remains somewhat limited.

Passengers planning to make their way over to the islands of Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket on Wednesday could see delays, The Steamship Authority, which operates a fleet of vessels, said Wednesday, thanks to a ransomware attack.

Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) has agreed to acquire TruSTAR, a San Francisco-based company that provides a threat intelligence platform that collects and enriches internal and external data sources

NetSPI, a provider of enterprise penetration tools and services, has raised $90 million in growth funding led by private equity giant KKR, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures.

ThreatQuotient, a threat intelligence and security operations platform provider, has closed $22.5 million in new financing through a combination of equity and debt financing.