Q2 2023 Sees Surge in Cybersecurity Deal Volume as Total Venture Spending Declines
The total amount of cybersecurity venture investments in Q2 2023 dropped by 21% compared to Q1 but the number of deals spiked to 115, up 31% over Q1 2023 levels
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US feds seize two top botnet sites in Operation Moonlander
Florida encryption backdoor bill fails, Suspect in ransomware attack on Dutch research institute detained, College website iClicker was compromised, Google to pay Texas $1.4b for privacy violations, Wikimedia challenges UK Online Safety Act, Ledger Discord server was hacked, so much more
Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 5/3/25
How Riot Games is battling game cheats, How personalized ads make young teens hate themselves, The UN Cybercrime Convention v. the Budapest Convention, How a millennial coder became a saint, The short lifetime of digital apps
Microsoft banned employee use of Deepseek on security, propaganda grounds
Sexual abuse victims' data in NYC and Baltimore Catholic archdioceses likely compromised, DOGE engineer compromised by malware, Japanese hacked brokerage accounts lost $2b in first four months of 2025, Ed giant Pearson hacked, FBI warns of EoL routers, Robot dog exposed to hacking, much more
PowerSchool hackers are extorting schools despite the company's ransom payment
DOGE violates privacy and security to build centralized database, LockBit hit by data breach, TeleMessage app was rejected by some US agencies, Google discovers new Cold River malware, Europol busts four DDoS'ers, Ransomware hits German beer giant, Feds warn oil and gas sectors, much more