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Second big cyber acquisition yesterday after CrowdStrike's purchase of SGNL.
Exclusive: Invictus-backed cybersecurity company ThreatModeler acquires competitor IriusRisk for over $100 million
https://fortune.com/2026/01/08/invictu

Exclusive: Invictus-backed cybersecurity company ThreatModeler acquires competitor IriusRisk for over $100 million
As AI coding increases, so does the need for robust cybersecurity practices, CEO Matt Jones told Fortune.

amazon_copurchases: Amazon co-purchasing network (2003)
Network of items for sale on amazon.com in 2003 and the items they "recommend" (via the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" feature). If one item is frequently co-purchased with another, then the first item recommends the second.
This network has 410236 nodes and 3356824 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Unweighted

Very happy to see Trump’s illegal block on wind farm development thrown out by a judge, along with the Orwellian justification given for it—a classic inversion of the truth. Every accusation is a confession, etc. (“The government argued that the states’ claims amount to nothing more than a policy disagreement over preferences for wind versus fossil fuel energy development that is outside the federal court’s jurisdiction.”)

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law. Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order. Saris ruled in favor of a coalition of state attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., led by New York's attor…

Reliaquest has a post on attacker’s use of .SCR files to install remote access software. SCR (screensaver) files _are_ executable files. If you don’t already, please block .scr files from being emailed to your end users. #cybersecurity

amazon_copurchases: Amazon co-purchasing network (2003)
Network of items for sale on amazon.com in 2003 and the items they "recommend" (via the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" feature). If one item is frequently co-purchased with another, then the first item recommends the second.
This network has 410236 nodes and 3356824 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Unweighted

Perplexity asks a US judge to force Dow Jones and the New York Post to hand over the queries they made to "fish" for a basis to sue for copyright infringement (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/p

Perplexity claims News Corp tried to 'entrap' chatbot to make copyright case
Perplexity has accused News Corp's Dow Jones and the New York Post of carrying out a fishing exercise for their AI copyright claim.

RE: https://journa.host/@fulelo/116189301736227046
In times of crisis, I am always keenly interested in hearing the messy and complex individual voices of the people who live at the epicenter — even realizing that those voices get filtered through the process of news coverage.

Check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--Man pleads guilty in the first successful US prosecution of a stalkerware operator,
--Korea warns of hacking forum that steals and sells data,
--NZ High court enjoins publication of stolen medical data,
--UK government launches $282m cyber action plan,
--Threat actor stole and threatens to leak data from insurer Prosura,
--Command injection flaw fou…

Man pleads guilty in the first successful US prosecution of a stalkerware operator
Korea warns of hacking forum that steals and sells data, NZ High court enjoins publication of stolen medical data, UK government launches $282m cyber action plan, Threat actor stole and threatens to leak data from insurer Prosura, Command injection flaw found in D-Link DSL routers, much more

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amazon_copurchases: Amazon co-purchasing network (2003)
Network of items for sale on amazon.com in 2003 and the items they "recommend" (via the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" feature). If one item is frequently co-purchased with another, then the first item recommends the second.
This network has 400727 nodes and 3200440 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Unweighted