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Bundesnetzagentur verschärft Sicherheitsanforderungen für TK-Anbieter
Der neue Security-Katalog für Betreiber von Telekommunikationssystemen führt "Gefährdungspotenziale" ein. Strenge Regeln gelten bei hoher Gemeinwohlbedeutung.

Security researcher fumes at low macOS bug bounty awards
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/12/02/security-researcher-fumes-at-low-macos-bug-bounty-awards

Security researcher fumes at low macOS bug bounty awards | AppleInsider
A security researcher has complained about reduced payments from discovered macOS flaws by Apple's bug bounty program, despite Apple raising the maximum for more high-profile rewards.

IoT security device maker Verkada hit a $5.8B valuation after new funding, source says totaling $100M, led by CapitalG; it passed $1B in annualized bookings (Jaures Yip/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/verkada-capitalg-valuation-security.html

Security startup Verkada hits $5.8 billion valuation in latest funding round led by CapitalG
In September, Verkada rolled out over 60 new AI features and platform updates, including tools like "AI-Powered Unified Timeline."

The Speaker of the House and his son monitor each other's porn usage (no, I'm not kidding) which poses a very real cyber threat to national security.
Faith-based content filers mean very real diminished digital security for those who use them.
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/securing

Securing Faith, Sacrificing Safety
Digital Risks of Faith-Based Content Filters Centralized filtering systems often collect user data to function, raising real privacy and security issues as they are often not properly secured or anonymized. It is a one-stop shop to comprise the security and safety of an entire religious community, and each member of

European national security advisors arrive in Kyiv, Coalition of the Willing talks to be held later in the day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/03/european-national-security-advisors-arrive.html

Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary,
has advocated for a new travel ban on visitors from an unspecified number of countries
following the shooting death in Washington DC of a national guard member by an Afghan national.
Noem posted to X her proposal on Monday night after she said she had spoken with Donald Trump,
whose first term travel ban on seven Muslim countries faced widespread criticism and followed a rocky legal path before it was eventually upheld …

Indien widerruft Anordnung zur Vorinstallation einer Sicherheits-App
Nach viel Kritik nimmt die Regierung in Neu-Delhi eine Bestimmung zur Vorinstallation einer nicht löschbaren Cybersicherheits-App auf Smartphones zurück.

NY-based Teleskope, which offers smaller LLMs fine-tuned for specific security problems, raised a $25M Series A led by M13, taking its total funding to $32.2M (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/03/former-airbnb-engin…

Former Airbnb engineer raises $25 million for AI security platform Teleskope
M13 led the Series A for the New York-based startup with participation from M13 and Lerer Hippeau.

Israeli startup Zafran, an AI-native threat exposure management service, raised a $60M Series C led by Menlo Ventures, bringing its total funding to $130M (Globes)
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-startup-zafran-security-raises-60m-100152808…

Israeli startup Zafran Security raises $60m
Zafran has also launched its agentic exposure management suite, positioning it to complete the entire end-to-end lifecycle across asset inventory, vulnerability detection, risk assessment, and autonomous remediation workflows.

39C3: Rollstuhl-Security – Wenn ein QR-Code alle Schutzmechanismen aushebelt
Eine IT-Sicherheitsforscherin deckt auf, wie der QR-Code eines Rollstuhls zum Generalschlüssel für alle Komfortfunktionen wird.