Cybersecurity Venture Capital Investments Took a Stiff Dip in Q2 22
Q2 22 VC investment levels across the cybersecurity landscape slipped to $3.4 billion, a quarterly drop of nearly 40%, exceeding the 23% drop in the global venture ecosystem
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China orders domestic companies to stop using US cybersecurity software
White House renominates Plankey as CISA Director, Whistleblower leaks sensitive data on ICE and Border Patrol workers, Man to plead guilty for hacking Supreme Court system, Microsoft issues fixes for 114 flaws, Belgian hospital forced to cancel procedures after cyberattack, much more
Hackers claim to be selling Target's internal source code
Poland thwarted power system cyberattack, Hackers accessed the systems of Spanish energy provider Endesa and Energía XXI, Personal finance platform Betterment was hacked through third-party, Dutch national sentenced to seven years for hacking, Korea's Kyowon Group hit with ransomware, much more
Meta denies widespread reports of an Instagram breach
Authorities bust 34 alleged members of the Black Axe cyber fraud group, BreachForums user database exposed in breach, Fancy Bear has launched credential harvesting attacks, NIST seeks agentic AI security input, MuddyWater launches spearphishing campaign in Middle East, much more
Best infosec-related long reads for the weeks of 12/13/25, 12/30/25, and 1/3/26
Kids turn from cybercrime to real-world violent thefts, How retailers profit from crypto ATM scams, Integrated web browsers are insecure out of the box, An MIT railroad club led to modern-day hackers, AI coding tools are susceptible to attacks, LLM guardrails are inherently exploitable