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Analysis of threat trends from last quarter reveals attackers ramped up their use of fileless malware, and zero-day malware accounted for almost two-thirds of all detections.

In other acquisition news today, Arctic Wolf announced it will acquire Habitu8, a managed security awareness platform, for an undisclosed amount.

Theft of intellectual property, sabotage, exposure of sensitive data and more were caused by malicious behavior and negligence at these organizations

The combined company will have 5,000 employees, more than 40,000 customers, and nearly $2 billion in revenue, officials report.

That's not admitting defeat. It's preparing for success.

Companies now commonly collect security metrics from their software development life cycle, implement basic security measures, and define their obligations to protect user data as part of a basic security strategy.

Tactical threat intelligence feeds directly into security operations and helps tighten existing security controls and improve incident response times.

Oversubscribed round led by SYN Ventures, with participation from MassMutual Ventures and existing investors ClearSky and Rally Ventures.

Malware contains similarities that suggest a possible link to malware that Russia's DarkHalo group used in its massive supply chain attack, researchers say.

The announcement comes two weeks after Microsoft gave users the option to fully remove passwords from their accounts.