An early-stage startup building a security-themed enterprise browser has raised $115 million at a $1.3 billion valuation, becoming a cybersecurity unicorn less than two months after emerging from stealth with $100 million in funding.
Theta Lake Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding Round
Theta Lake, a company that specializes in compliance and security solutions for collaboration platforms, on Wednesday announced raising $50 million in a Series B funding round.
Ransomware, Malware-as-a-Service Dominate Threat Landscape
Ransomware continues to expand with double-extortion now the standard; the malware-as-a-service model is now common; and criminals are increasingly ‘living off the land’, according to data from Red Canary.
‘Secrets Sprawl’ Haunts Software Supply Chain Security
A cybersecurity startup is warning of a major, unattended weak link in the software supply chain: the vexing problem of valuable corporate secrets — API keys, usernames and passwords, and security certificates — publicly exposed in corporate repositories.
‘Serpent’ Backdoor Used in Malware Attacks on French Entities
French organizations in the construction, government, and real estate sectors have been targeted with a new backdoor in a string of malware attacks, according to a warning from Proofpoint.
SSE Company Skyhigh Security Emerges From McAfee Enterprise
Private equity giant Symphony Technology Group (STG) on Tuesday announced the launch of a new security service edge (SSE) company named Skyhigh Security.
High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in BIND Server
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released security updates to fix multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in the widely deployed Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) server software.
Todyl Banks $28M Series A Investment
Security and networking platform start-up Todyl on Thursday announced the closing of a $28 million Series A funding round.
The new investment round was led by Anthos Capital with participation from previous investors Blu Ventures, StoneMill Ventures, and Tech Operators.
Software Supply Chain Weakness: Snyk Warns of ‘Deliberate Sabotage’ of NPM Ecosystem
Software supply chain security fears escalated again this week with the discovery of what’s being described as “deliberate sabotage” of code in the open-source npm package manager ecosystem.
SentinelOne to Acquire Attivo Networks for $616M
Enterprise cybersecurity powerhouse SentinelOne on Tuesday announced plans to spend $616 million to acquire Attivo Networks, a Silicon Valley startup that sells breach detection technology.











