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    76% of Companies Improved Their Cyber Defenses to Qualify for Cyber Insurance, Sophos Survey Finds

    2024-06-26

    GlobeNewswire: Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released findings from its survey, “Cyber Insurance and Cyber Defenses 2024: Lessons from IT and Cybersecurity Leaders.”

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    Central Banks Must Prepare for Profound Impact of AI, BIS Says

    2024-06-25

    U.S. News: Central banks should embrace the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)has said, but stressed the technology should not replace humans when it comes to setting interest rates.

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    Breaking Down the Numbers: Q2 2024 Cybersecurity Funding Activity Recap

    2024-06-25

    Help Net Security: Alethea closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by GV, with participation from Ballistic Ventures, who led Alethea’s Series A funding in 2022. Also participating in the round is Hakluyt Capital, which invests alongside leading venture capital funds, targeting companies with high growth potential and international ambitions.

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    Hackers Steal Over $2 Million in Cryptocurrency From CoinStats Wallets

    2024-06-25

    SecurityWeek: Cryptocurrency portfolio manager CoinStats resumed activity recently after hackers drained over $2 million in virtual assets from 1,590 wallets. The incident prompted CoinStats to shut down its application to mitigate the attack.

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    Cybersecurity Market Sees Surge with 13.38% CAGR Through 2031 Due to Increasing Threats

    2024-06-24

    PR Newswire: As per SkyQuest, the Global Cyber Security Market was valued at USD 150.02 Billion in 2022 and is poised to grow from USD 168.04 Billion in 2023 to USD 452.08 Billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 13.38% during the forecast period (2024-2031).

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    Multiple Car Dealers Report Disruptions to SEC Due to Cyberattack on Software Company

    2024-06-24

    The Record: Several large car-dealership companies in the U.S. filed notices with regulators in relation to a ransomware attack on CDK Global that has stymied work at thousands of dealers across North America over the last week. 

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    Know Your Breach: Keytronic

    The Target: Printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) manufacturing firm Keytronic.

    The Take: The cybergang claimed to have stolen financial documents, engineering data, human resources information, corporate data, and other types of data.

    The Vector: The investigation into the attack, Keytronic said, has determined that limited data was accessed and exfiltrated from its environment, including personally identifiable information. The incident, the company said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, occurred on May 6, and resulted in network disruptions.

    This breach highlights the extreme importance of timely software updates for known software vulnerabilities, not only in systems directly under a firm’s control, but in third-party systems the firm relies upon as well. The longer a firm, or its vendors, hold out on deploying the most up-to-date software for their systems, the greater the chance an attacker will exploit the issue.

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    Key Steps for PE Firms to Mitigate Cyber Risks in Portfolio Companies

    2024-06-19

    FinTech Global: According to ACA Group, companies with fewer than 1,000 employees bear the brunt of up to 82% of ransomware attacks, painting a target on PortCos due to their typically nascent cybersecurity measures and constrained resources to combat breaches.

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    Huntress Captures $150M Series D At $1.5B-Plus Valuation

    2024-06-18

    Crunchbase: Maryland-based Huntress became the newest cybersecurity unicorn after it raised a $150 million Series D at a $1.5 billion-plus valuation. The new round was led by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital and existing investor Sapphire Ventures.

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    Non-Human Identity Lifecycle Firm Entro Security Raises $18 Million

    2024-06-18

    SecurityWeek: Non-human Identity (NHI) lifecycle firm Entro Security has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Dell Technologies Capital and including angel investors. The funds will be used to scale the firm’s global operations. 

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