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Synopsys is selling its Software Integrity Group to private equity firms Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners in a $2.1 billion deal. 

Iranian state-sponsored group APT42 is targeting NGOs, government, and intergovernmental organizations with two new backdoors.

CyberNut has emerged from stealth mode with a K-12-focused security awareness training solution and $800k in pre-seed funding.

Identity management startup Anetac has emerged from stealth mode with a $16 million investment led by Liberty Global.

United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has named Ms. Morgan M. Adamski as Executive Director effective June 2024.

Thirty-three cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in April 2024.

The City of Wichita, Kansas, has shut down its network after falling victim to a file-encrypting ransomware attack.

Permira has agreed to acquire a majority of BioCatch shares, primarily from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities and Maverick Ventures.

Vincent Strubel, who heads France’s national cybersecurity agency, called the cyberthreats level facing the Olympic Games unprecedented.

Germany accused Russian military agents of hacking the top echelons of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party and other government and industrial targets.

Microsoft security chief Charlie Bell pledges significant reforms and a strategic shift to prioritize security above all other product features.

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Morgan M. Adamski has been named the Executive Director of USCYBERCOM.

Passwordless authentication firm Hawcx has appointed Lakshmi Sharma as Chief Product Officer.

Matt Hartley has been named Chief Revenue Officer at autonomous security solutions provider Horizon3.ai.

Trustwave has announced the appointment of Keith Ibarguen as Senior Vice President of Engineering.

Lital Asher–Dotan has been hired as Chief Marketing Officer at Beyond Identity.

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Microsoft security chief Charlie Bell pledges significant reforms and a strategic shift to prioritize security above all other product features.

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The US government warns of a North Korean threat actor abusing weak email DMARC settings to hide spear-phishing attacks.

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Synopsys is selling its Software Integrity Group to private equity firms Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners in a $2.1 billion deal. 

Iranian state-sponsored group APT42 is targeting NGOs, government, and intergovernmental organizations with two new backdoors.

CyberNut has emerged from stealth mode with a K-12-focused security awareness training solution and $800k in pre-seed funding.

Identity management startup Anetac has emerged from stealth mode with a $16 million investment led by Liberty Global.

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On demand IT security risk and compliance solutions provider, Qualys, and RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), have expanded their technology partnership to make QualysGuard vulnerability management and IT policy compliance data available to RSA’s client base.

Top 10 Malware Threats for AprilSunbelt Software has announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of April 2010. With nine of ten detections from March still on the list for April, it shows continued prevalence of Trojan horse programs circulating on the Internet. A new loader for a rogue security product making it into the top 10.

IT security and data protection firm Sophos announced that it has reached an agreement to sell a majority interest in the company to private equity group Apax Partners. The transaction will value the company at $830 million. Following the transaction, the founders of Sophos will retain a significant minority shareholding.

SecurityWeek staff has confirmed that portable storage, authentication, and trusted virtual computing solutions provider, IronKey, has raised $22 million in venture capital funding.

Managed information security services provider, SecureWorks, Inc., announced today the hire of Colonel Barry R. Hensley, former Director of the Army's Global Network Operations and Security Center. Hensley will be joining as Vice President of SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit.

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. McAfee generated $502.7 million in revenue, a first quarter record and marking their 17th consecutive quarter of double-digit, year-over-year revenue growth along with record operating cash flow. With the rapid growth, executives admit they continue to have finance and operations issues.

IT management software provider, CA (NASDAQ: CA), today announced the results of a European IT Security study revealing that organizations across several European countries are not utilizing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology.The survey revealed that 64% of organizations in the UK are not using Data Loss Prevention technology and other countries such as France (23%), Ireland (50%), and Italy (60%) report low utilization.

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Adobe is providing incentives for bug bounty hackers to report security flaws in its implementation of Content Credentials and Adobe Firefly.

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Microsoft security chief Charlie Bell pledges significant reforms and a strategic shift to prioritize security above all other product features.