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Israel-based Fig Security, which makes tools for companies to monitor their security stack, raised $38M in seed and Series A funding (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/fig-security-emerges-from-stealth…

Fig Security emerges from stealth with $38M to help security teams deal with change | TechCrunch
Fig traces data flows in the security stack and then alerts security teams when changes at any point affect detection or response capabilities.

Googles ungeschützte API-Keys wegen Gemini-KI ein Sicherheits- und Kostenrisiko
Sicherheitsforscher haben fast 3000 öffentlich sichtbare API-Keys von Google gefunden, die Gemini autorisieren. Das ermöglicht missbräuchlichen Zugriff.

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-work-with-mercor-after-data-breach-puts-ai-industry-secrets-at-risk/

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.

Mac- und iPhone-Sicherheit: Objective-See-Konferenz kommt nach Berlin
Patrick Wardle gehört zu den renommiertesten Sicherheitsforschern im Apple-Bereich. Seine Non-Profit-Organisation Objective-See macht in Deutschland Station.

Mac- und iPhone-Sicherheit: Objective-See-Konferenz kommt nach Berlin
Patrick Wardle gehört zu den renommiertesten Sicherheitsforschern im Apple-Bereich. Seine Non-Profit-Organisation Objective-See macht in Deutschland Station.

Chef einer Videoüberwachungsfirma: „Sicherheit braucht kontrollierbare Systeme“
„Wir müssen die Technologie selbst beherrschen“. Carsten Simons von LivEye & NSTR.security über Reshoring und technologische Souveränität.

Sources: Meta has paused its work with Mercor while it investigates a security breach at the data vendor; OpenAI says it is investigating the security incident (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-work-with-mercor-after-…

Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.

IBM security executive emerges as possible contender to lead CISA
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/05/ibm-security-executive-emerges-possible-contender-lead-cisa/413291/

IBM security executive emerges as possible contender to lead CISA
Tom Parker doesn’t have prior government experience, characteristics the Trump administration may be seeking in its next pick to lead the cyber agency, a person familiar said.

Externer Radarsensor soll Sicherheit beim autonomen Fahren erhöhen
Ein extern an Straßenlaternen oder Ampeln montierter Radarsensor soll selbstfahrenden Autos zu einem besseren Blick auf die Verkehrssituation verhelfen.

Instructure reported a data breach on April 30; ShinyHunters added Instructure to its victims list and claims it has 3.65TB of data from ~9K institutions (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)
https://www.securityweek.com/edtech-firm-instructure-discloses-data-breach/

Edtech Firm Instructure Discloses Data Breach Amid Hacker Leak Threats
Edtech company Instructure says names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages were stolen in a cyberattack.

Former Trump and Biden AI advisers Dean Ball and Ben Buchanan urge bipartisan action on AI security risks, including tighter export controls and safety audits (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/opinion

Opinion | A.I. Is a National Security Risk. We Aren’t Doing Nearly Enough.
Both parties can agree to do a whole lot on A.I., but they have to move faster.