Money

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• Akira
• BianLian
• botnet
• business email compromise (BEC)
• critical infrastructure
• crypto
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breach
• data breaches
• extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Financial services
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• PLAY
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• Tech support scams
• Threats

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025

Cyber Scoop April 7, 2026

Cybercrime losses jumped 26% to $20.9 billion in 2025...

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• Bennie Thompson
• budget
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• misinformation
• Money
• Policy

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA

Cyber Scoop April 3, 2026

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more...

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• Agentic AI
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Koi Security
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money
• Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks’ Koi acquisition is all about keeping AI agents in check

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Palo Alto Networks to acquire Koi for agentic AI...

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• Agentic AI
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• mergers and acquisitions
• model context protocol (MCP)
• Money
• prompt injection
• Proofpoint

Proofpoint acquires Acuvity to tackle the security risks of agentic AI

Cyber Scoop February 12, 2026

Proofpoint acquires Acuvity to tackle the security risks of...

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• Fortra
• LevelBlue
• managed detection and response
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money

LevelBlue scoops up Alert Logic’s managed services from Fortra

Cyber Scoop January 27, 2026

LevelBlue acquires Fortra’s Alert Logic managed services to scale...

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• budget
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• EI-ISAC
• election security
• Government
• House Appropriations Committee
• information sharing
• Money
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
• Technology Modernization Fund
• workforce

Congressional appropriators move to extend information-sharing law, fund CISA

Cyber Scoop January 20, 2026

Congressional appropriators move to extend information-sharing law, fund CISA...

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• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money
• Seraphic security
• web br

CrowdStrike is buying Seraphic Security to lock down the browser, where work actually happens

Cyber Scoop January 13, 2026

CrowdStrike is buying Seraphic Security to lock down the...

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• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity
• identity management
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money

CrowdStrike to buy identity startup SGNL for nearly $740M

Cyber Scoop January 8, 2026

CrowdStrike to buy identity startup SGNL for nearly $740M...

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• Bitfinex
• Bureau of Prisons
• cryptocurrency
• cybercrime
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Financial
• Government
• Heather Morgan
• Ilya Lichtenstein
• Money
• money laundering
• U.S. courts

Convicted Bitfinex bitcoin launderer freed from prison, thanks Trump law

Cyber Scoop January 5, 2026

Convicted Bitfinex bitcoin launderer freed from prison, thanks Trump...

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• Agentic AI
• AI
• Armis
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money
• operational technology
• servicenow
• Technology

ServiceNow agrees to buy cyber firm Armis for $7.75B

Cyber Scoop December 23, 2025

ServiceNow agrees to buy cyber firm Armis for $7.75B...

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