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CyberArk agreed to acquire machine identity management Venafi from Thoma Bravo for $1.54 billion.

CISA executive assistant director for cybersecurity Eric Goldstein is leaving the agency after more than three years.

Health insurance firm WebTPA says the personal information of 2.4 million individuals was compromised in a data breach.

Roundup of the cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals announced in the first half of May 2024.

These strategies can help cybersecurity startups navigate the current market dynamics, focusing on modern buyer behavior, updated KPIs, brand awareness, and effective sales and marketing alignment.

MediSecure says data related to prescriptions distributed until November 2023 was compromised in a ransomware attack.

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has been targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in disruption and possibly a data breach.

Jan Leike, who ran OpenAI’s “Super Alignment” team, believes there should be more focus on preparing for the next generation of AI models, including on things like safety.

Slack reveals it has been training AI/ML models on customer data, including messages, files and usage information. It’s opt-in by default.

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: FBI is targeting Scattered Spider, Australia’s MediSecure hacked, new Wi-Fi attack.

CISA has added two vulnerabilities in discontinued D-Link products to its KEV catalog, including a decade-old flaw.

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CISA executive assistant director for cybersecurity Eric Goldstein is leaving the agency after more than three years.

OT zero trust access and control company Dispel has appointed Dean Macris as its CISO.

Cloud identity and security solutions firm Saviynt has hired former Gartner Analyst Henrique Teixeira as Senior Vice President of Strategy.

PR and marketing firm FleishmanHillard named Scott Radcliffe as the agency’s global director of cybersecurity.

Portnox, a provider of zero trust access control solutions, announced that Joseph Rodriguez has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer.

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Slack reveals it has been training AI/ML models on customer data, including messages, files and usage information. It’s opt-in by default.

Microsoft Quick Assist Tool Abused for Ransomware Delivery

The Black Basta group abuses remote connection tool Quick Assist in vishing attacks leading to ransomware deployment.

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Palo Alto Networks and IBM announced a significant partnership to jointly provide cybersecurity solutions.

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CyberArk agreed to acquire machine identity management Venafi from Thoma Bravo for $1.54 billion.

CISA executive assistant director for cybersecurity Eric Goldstein is leaving the agency after more than three years.

Health insurance firm WebTPA says the personal information of 2.4 million individuals was compromised in a data breach.

Roundup of the cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals announced in the first half of May 2024.

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Solution Combines Tokenization and Encryption to Help Protect Sensitive Application Data RSA this week announced its RSA Data Protection Manager product, which combines tokenization and application encryption, two popular application-based controls, with token and key management to deliver end-to-end data security.

Late last week, the University of Hawaii West O‘ahu (UHWO) notified approximately 40,000 individuals that their personal information may have been compromised, after being tipped off by the Liberty Coalition, a non-profit group based in Washington D.C. The Liberty Coalition is a good group (not hackers or cybercriminals) and has been actively assisting the University and the FBI in their investigation.

Email retention management is about managing email data according to prescribed corporate policy and legal requirementsEnterprises that treat their large and increasing volumes of email data as a technology issue to be handled by their IT departments rather than managing it as the business asset and risk it truly are putting themselves in a dangerous position, according to experts at C2C, a provider of email, file and messaging management solutions.

Larry Ellison has pulled out his wallet again. eCommerce software provider Art Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Oracle for $1.0 billion in cash.Cambridge, MA based ATG provides high end eCommerce software that is used by more than 1,000 customers globally. By combining forces, Oracle and ATG expect to help businesses grow revenue, strengthen customer loyalty, improve brand value, achieve better operating results, and increase business agility across online and traditional commerce...

After Bloomberg published an article this morning saying that Fortinet Inc. was in acquisition discussions with IBM, Fortinet responded with a formal statement denying the report.Late Monday afternoon Fortinet issued the following statement:

Data Protection Fears Result in Organizations Avoiding Virtual Machines for Mission-Critical ApplicationsFears around data protection are slowing mass adoption of virtualization, according to a recent survey of 500 chief information officers. The survey showed that 44 percent of CIOs say they are avoiding using virtualization for certain mission-critical workloads due to concerns about backup and recovery.

A few days ago I got back from an AMTSO workshop in Munich. AMTSO is the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, and I also wrote about it back in June. It’s essentially a coalition of organizations with an interest in improving anti-malware testing, and as you might expect, its current membership largely consists of security vendors and testers. Why would you expect that?

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A critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-34359 and dubbed Llama Drama can allow hackers to target AI product developers.

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Financial terms were not released but the price tag is expected to be hefty with Exabeam’s most recent valuation pegged at $2.5 billion.