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Cloud security giant Wiz will stick to its original plan and pursue an IPO, walking away from a $23 billion deal with Google.

New York startup with roots in Israel banks a hefty $33 million early stage funding round.

Safety equipment product maker Cadre Holdings was hit by a cyberattack that has impacted some of the company’s operations.

A Russian national and a dual Canadian and Russian national pleaded guilty in the US for roles in LockBit ransomware attacks.

US has announced sanctions against two CARR hacktivists for roles in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure.

Heeler Security has raised $8.5 million in seed funding for its ProductDNA application security technology.

UK authorities have arrested a 17-year-old suspected of being a member of the Scattered Spider cybercrime gang.

The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the largest trial court in the US, has been the victim of a ransomware attack.

The major IT outage caused by CrowdStrike is being leveraged by threat actors for phishing, scams, and malware delivery.

Microsoft says roughly 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by the faulty software update from CrowdStrike, and published a tool to help admins through the recovery process.

CrowdStrike on Saturday provided technical information and remediation guidance to help organizations impacted by the faulty software update that trigged massive IT outages across the globe on Friday.  

CrowdStrike says a routine sensor configuration update pushed to Windows OS triggered a logic error that blue-screened computers worldwide.

Judge dismissed SEC lawsuit charging SolarWinds and CISO Timothy Brown with hiding security problems before and after the SUNBURST supply chain compromise.

SonicWall warns that a simple GET request is enough to exploit a recent Splunk Enterprise vulnerability.

Over a dozen tech and cloud companies have created a new coalition for advancing security measures for AI.

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: threats and risks to 2024 Summer Olympics, cybersecurity funding soars, Cellebrite hacked Trump shooter’s phone. 

The personal and health information of 12.9 million was stolen in a ransomware attack at Australian digital prescription services provider MediSecure.

SolarWinds has released patches for 13 vulnerabilities in Access Rights Manager, including eight critical bugs.

Organizations worldwide are reporting major outages due to Windows system crashes caused by a bad CrowdStrike update.

The Pwn2Own hacking competition is moving to Ireland and $300,000 is being offered for a zero-click exploit against WhatsApp.