Cybersecurity M&A Roundup for December 13-19, 2021
U.S. Government Launches ‘Hack DHS’ Bug Bounty Program
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week announced the launch of a bug bounty program focused on identifying vulnerabilities in its systems.
Industry Reactions to Log4Shell Vulnerability
The widely used Log4j logging tool is affected by a critical remote code execution vulnerability that has been increasingly exploited by malicious actors, including profit-driven cybercriminals and state-sponsored groups.
Facebook Will Reward Researchers for Reporting Scraping Bugs
Facebook Paid Out $2.3 Million in Bug Bounties in 2021
Social media giant Facebook today announced that it is expanding its bug bounty and data bounty programs to reward security researchers for reporting scraping vulnerabilities and databases.
CISA Calls for Improved Critical Infrastructure Security
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday called on critical infrastructure owners and operators to improve their security stance against malicious cyberattacks.
Noname Security Raises $135 Million at ‘Unicorn’ Valuation
API security platform Noname Security on Wednesday announced that it has become a cybersecurity unicorn after closing a $135 million Series C funding round.
GitGuardian Raises $44 Million to Create Code Security Platform
Code security company GitGuardian on Tuesday announced raising $44 million in a Series B funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $56 million.
The latest funding round was led by Eurazeo, with participation from Sapphire, Balderton, BPI and Fly Ventures.
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New Quantum Computing Giant Quantinuum to Launch Cybersecurity Product
Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum on Tuesday announced that they have merged to create Quantinuum, which they have described as the “world’s largest integrated quantum computing company.”
Panasonic Investigating Data Breach
Panasonic last week disclosed a network breach that resulted in a file server reportedly storing potentially sensitive information getting accessed.
