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Sophos completes Secureworks acquisition

Published in M&A Security + Compliance

Sophos and Secureworks have announced the completion of Sophos’ acquisition of Secureworks. The all-cash transaction values Secureworks at approximately $859 million. With the completion of the acquisition, Secureworks’ common stock has ceased trading on Nasdaq. Sophos is backed by Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm.

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2024 breaks records with highest ever ransomware attacks

Published in Security + Compliance Tech & Trends

2024 saw the highest volume of annual ransomware cases since NCC Group started monitoring ransomware activity in 2021, with 5263 attacks.

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JumpCloud acquires Stack Identity

Published in M&A Security + Compliance

JumpCloud is continuing its identity-first momentum by acquiring Stack Identity. Stack Identity is a next-generation identity security and access visibility platform. This acquisition strengthens JumpCloud’s identity-first access management solution.

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VIPRE releases its 2024 Email Threat Analysis

Published in Security + Compliance Tech & Trends

Annual email threat research predicts infostealer, BEC attacks, and AI-driven phishing and social engineering as persistent threats in 2025, alongside the use of QR codes, deepfakes, and synthetic media for email security strikes,

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Searchlight Cyber acquires Assetnote

Published in M&A Security + Compliance

ASM functionality will enhance Searchlight customers’ ability to identify and respond to the highest-priority threats.

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FireMon introduces FireMon Insights

Published in Networks + Telecoms Security + Compliance Vendor

Turning complexity into clarity for reduced network security risk with AI-powered insights, benchmarks, and trending of network security posture.

Research reveals a rise in novel social engineering attacks

Darktrace research reveals 135% increase in ‘novel social engineering’ attacks in 2023 amidst...

Enhancing real-time threat intelligence reporting capabilities

Avast has formed a partnership with one of the world’s largest providers of intelligence for...

Passing the buck to the Cloud providers

Alarming majority of organisations (69%) export full responsibility for data protection, privacy...

Exabeam and Armis partner

Partnership enables security teams to identify unmanaged assets connecting to the corporate...

Cradlepoint acquires Ericom

Cradlepoint has acquired Ericom Software and their advanced enterprise cloud security platform to...

Cybaverse.ai launches to streamline cyber security management

New platform launched to offer organisations with a unified view across their entire cyber security...

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Case Study: @nifty Delivering IT Security to Their Customers with Kaspersky

NIFTY Corporation is one of the leading Telecoms and Internet Service Providers in Japan, supplying high-speed broadband connectivity to more than 1.39 million broadband users. Providing robust security for the many subscribers to its online services is very important because repeated security breaches or loss of service may result in customers suffering damage or losses - and ultimately leaving NIFTY and moving to competitors' services.

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