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Access Management

JumpCloud Grows Presence in Brazil With MSP MacSolution Buy

Michael Novinson  •  January 8, 2026

JumpCloud has acquired MacSolution, a longtime partner and its largest MSP in the Americas, to enhance global service delivery and deepen its IT modernization capabilities. The move positions Sao Paulo, Brazil, as a strategic hub and strengthens support for partners and customers in Latin America.

Encryption & Key Management

Why 47-Day TLS and SSL Certificate Renewal Cycles Alarm CIOs

Sandhya Michu  •  January 2, 2026

Moving to 47-day TLS and SSL certificate renewal cycles by 2029 will turn certificate management into an enterprise risk. "Automation and crypto-governance are now board-level imperatives. Enterprises can prepare for continuous renewal cycles without losing resilience," says Sectigo CEO Kevin Weiss.

Cybercrime

2025 in Health Data Breaches and Predictions for 2026

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee  •  December 30, 2025

If 2025 lacked a signature attack, hundreds of hospitals, health systems, clinics, physician practices, business associates and other vendors nonetheless experienced breaches in 2025 that cumulatively affected tens of millions of Americans. Hackers will try again harder in 2026.

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Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Regulators Focused Mostly on Fraud Prevention in 2025

Suparna Goswami  •  December 26, 2025

Financial scams and synthetic identity fraud showed no signs of slowing in 2025, as regulators focused on fraud prevention over reimbursement for victims. But some countries joined the United Kingdom in advancing new anti-scam measures that focus on prevention and industry accountability.

Cryptocurrency Fraud

Cryptohack Roundup: FCA Outlines UK Crypto Rules

Rashmi Ramesh  •  December 25, 2025

This week, the U.K. FCA mapped a path to U.K. crypto regulation, iComTech promoter sentenced in Ponzi case, the U.S. SEC sought public company bans for former FTX and Alameda executives, a trader lost $50M in USDT in an address poisoning scam and a Brooklyn man indicted over $16M Coinbase phishing scam.

Identity & Access Management

Cyderes Bets on Lucidum to Drive AI-Backed Identity Security

Michael Novinson  •  December 16, 2025

Cyderes has acquired Lucidum to expand its identity threat detection capabilities. Lucidum’s unique tagging and data integration will strengthen Cyderes' AI engine, enabling earlier detection of threats and human risk-based response by unifying off-SIEM telemetry with identity data.

Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development

Silent Push Buy of Hyas Unlocks Traffic Origin Detection

Michael Novinson  •  December 15, 2025

Silent Push has acquired threat intelligence firm Hyas to strengthen its reach into government cybersecurity markets and improve visibility into adversary infrastructure. The deal includes all Hyas staff and enables the January launch of a tool for tracing proxy traffic back to its true source.

Advanced SOC Operations / CSOC

Harness Nets $240M at $5.5B Valuation to Advance DevSecOps

Michael Novinson  •  December 11, 2025

With $200 million in Series E funding and a new $5.5 billion valuation, Harness will scale its AI-powered platform for security, compliance and reliability in software development. The investment will support R&D into AI agents, testing, cost optimization and security for AI workloads.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Checkmarx Purchases Tromzo to Boost AI Security Automation

Michael Novinson  •  December 9, 2025

Checkmarx acquired AI security startup Tromzo to jumpstart its roadmap for agentic application security. The deal gives Checkmarx a ready-built platform and team focused on enterprise-grade triage and remediation agents designed to streamline vulnerability management.

Iran Hackers Take Inspiration From Snake Video Game

David Perera  •  December 2, 2025

Iranian nation-state hackers took inspiration from a mobile phone time-killing mainstay, say security researchers who spotted hackers downloading malware masquerading as the Snake video game. A callback to the game isn't nostalgia, say researchers at Eset.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Ads Without Eyeballs: Online Shopping's AI Agent Problem

Rashmi Ramesh  •  December 1, 2025

The online retail industry spent decades honing how to nudge people into clicking the buy button. Now it faces a customer who doesn't want anything at all: the artificial intelligence shopping agent. Agentic commerce could hollow out retail media and force a shift in how platforms monetize.

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Cryptohack Roundup: WLF Scrambles to Secure User Funds

Rashmi Ramesh  •  November 27, 2025

This week, World Liberty Financial scrambles to secure user funds, the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office arrests two people over a $28M Basis Markets rug-pull probe, a Gana Payment hack drains $3.1M and Crypto Dispensers weighs a $100M sale following money-laundering charges against its CEO.