Articles about cybersecurity

Portland cybersecurity risk assessment startup DeepSurface acquired

Portland cybersecurity startup DeepSurface was acquired this week by AttackIQ, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that helps customers evaluate security… Read More

Cybersecurity startup Eclypsium raises $45M to help companies secure their infrastructure

Eclypsium, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that helps Fortune 500 companies and government agencies strengthen the cybersecurity of their technical infrastructure,… Read More

Seattle software startup led by cybersecurity vet lands $5.7M to create virtual security engineers

Staris, a new Seattle-based application security startup founded by technology industry veterans, raised $5.7 million in a seed round led… Read More

Seattle cybersecurity company WatchGuard snaps up threat analysis startup ActZero

Seattle cybersecurity company WatchGuard Technologies has acquired ActZero for an undisclosed sum, the parties announced this week. WatchGuard has bought… Read More

Washington AG sues T-Mobile over data breach that impacted more than 2M residents

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless… Read More

Washington state getting $57M to boost digital equity initiatives, add zero-emission school buses

A number of grants announced this week by the Washington State Dept. of Commerce and Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office total… Read More

‘Embrace the red’: Microsoft puts up another $4M for cloud and AI bugs in broader security push

If security is really more important than everything else, will it be in the keynote? Microsoft, under intense pressure to… Read More

Microsoft details ‘largest cybersecurity engineering effort in history’ — securing its own code

Microsoft gave new details about its security initiatives on Monday morning, less than five months after CEO Satya Nadella and… Read More

‘They’re attractive targets’: Cybersecurity attacks on schools are becoming more frequent and severe

The frequency and severity of cyberattacks against K-12 schools are increasing, with a new incident affecting a school district south… Read More

Seattle Public Library recovers from ransomware attack, makes moves to strengthen tech security

All tech-enabled systems and services are back up and running at Seattle Public Library this week, roughly three months after… Read More

Seattle Public Library says personal information of some staff compromised in cyberattack

In its latest update about the ransomware attack that took out its tech systems and services last month, the Seattle… Read More

Podcast

Cybersecurity in the age of AI: A conversation with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: It was a big week for cybersecurity for Seattle’s cloud giants, albeit in very… Read More

Congressional hearing pits Microsoft’s actions vs. words in public grilling over security failures

Updated below with details from hearing. Microsoft President Brad Smith previewed his approach in prepared written testimony for his appearance… Read More

Checkout with the tech out: Amid cyberattack, here’s a read on life at the library in Seattle

For a place that’s traditionally supposed to be quiet, the Broadview branch of the Seattle Public Library was exceptionally so… Read More

Why did ransomware hackers target Seattle Public Library?

The ransomware attack on Seattle Public Library this past weekend isn’t the first to target public library systems. Libraries in… Read More

Cybersecurity attack on Seattle Public Library impacts multiple tech systems and online services

The Seattle Public Library was dealing with what it called a “ransomware event” impacting its technology systems on Tuesday, causing… Read More

Former Microsoft engineers raise $3M for cybersecurity startup StepSecurity

StepSecurity, a Seattle-area startup aiming to help developers secure their projects, raised a $3 million seed round led by Runtime… Read More

Generative AI is a dual concern for cybersecurity industry — and will drive increased labor demand

Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword when it comes to cybersecurity — and will be a core driver of demand… Read More

Haunted by breaches, Microsoft is ‘putting security above all else,’ vows CEO Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella has made a habit of touting the revenue growth in the company’s security technology business on Microsoft’s earnings… Read More

Cybersecurity startup that helps companies secure industrial systems opens Seattle office

Josh Steinman spent four years working as a senior director inside the National Security Council at the White House. One… Read More

Cyber Safety Review Board finds Microsoft security culture ‘inadequate,’ calls for accountability

Microsoft comes under intense scrutiny and pointed criticism in a 34-page report released Tuesday by the Cyber Safety Review Board… Read More

Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M, names new execs

Cybersecurity company ExtraHop announced $100 million in new funding from existing investors, as well as the hiring of two C-suite… Read More

Microsoft targets CAPTCHA-cracking bot ring allegedly responsible for 750M fake accounts

Microsoft secured a court order to seize and take down websites used by a group that it describes as the… Read More

‘Passwordless’ security startup SecureW2 lands $80M from Insight Partners

SecureW2 announced $80 million in its first funding round to boost the company’s security software that automates and authorizes access… Read More

Event Calendar

Open Confidential Computing Conference (OC3)

OC3 is the conference for the open-source confidential computing community. Join core committers and contributors, new and advanced users, as… Read More

Seattle startup that helps companies protect their AI and machine learning code raises $35M

Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI landed $35 million to boost the rollout of its platform that helps enterprises shore up… Read More

Microsoft says critical U.S. infrastructure targeted by Chinese hackers

Microsoft warned on Wednesday that it has uncovered “stealthy and targeted malicious activity” by a state-sponsored actor in China aimed… Read More

Heptio founder leads Stacklok, a new software supply chain startup that just raised $17.5M

Cloud computing vets Craig McLuckie and Luke Hinds are leading a new startup that helps enterprises vet software supply chains… Read More

Seattle startup SpecterOps, which helps companies detect cyberattacks, raises $25M

Cybersecurity company SpecterOps nabbed $25 million in new funding to support the rollout of its tools that analyze cyberattack paths… Read More

Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery

Can a chatbot help Pentagon planners find the satellite data they need to understand what’s happening in a global hotspot?… Read More