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September 13, 2021

Rezilion raises $30M help security operations teams with tools to automate their busywork

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Security operations teams face a daunting task these days, fending off malicious hackers and their increasingly sophisticated approaches to cracking into networks. That also

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August 11, 2021

Cybersecurity giants NortonLifeLock and Avast merge in $8.1B deal

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US cybersecurity firm NortonLifeLock has confirmed it is acquiring British rival Avast in order to create a global consumer security powerhouse. The agreement, which comes

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October 12, 2020

Microsoft helped disrupt the infamous Trickbot botnet

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It’s not just the US government racing to disrupt the Trickbot botnet ahead of elections. Microsoft has revealed that it and multiple partners (including

April 27, 2020

Multiple antivirus apps are vulnerable to common security flaws

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Some antivirus tools are more resilient than others, but it appears that many of them had weaknesses in common. Rack911 Labs has revealed (via

February 19, 2020

SentinelOne raises $200M at a $1.1B valuation to expand its AI-based endpoint security platform

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As cybercrime continues to evolve and expand, a startup that is building a business focused on endpoint security has raised a big round of

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February 12, 2020

Israel’s maturing cybersecurity startup ecosystem

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It often feels like half of the new security startups that receive funding are from Israel. As YL Ventures’ Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber

January 20, 2020

Israel’s cybersecurity startup scene spawned new entrants in 2019

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Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor Yoav Leitersdorf is the Silicon Valley-based Managing Partner at YL Ventures, where he accelerates cybersecurity startups in the U.S. market. More