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CrowdStrike to Buy AI Security Company Pangea

By Kim S. Nash

 

Hello. Cybersecurity providers are bulking up on AI acquisitions amid concerns about the security of generative AI, agentic AI and other platforms proliferating at companies across various industries.

CrowdStrike said Tuesday it plans to acquire Pangea Cyber for about $260 million. Pangea monitors the interactions within corporate networks that take place between AI systems and users or software and specializes in protecting companies from prompt injection. Read our full story.

AI spurred a couple of other new business events in the cyber sector. Scroll down for details. 

More news below. 

 

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More Cyber News

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Factories down: Jaguar Land Rover has extended a production shutdown into next week as it continues to grapple with the fallout from a late-August cyberattack. The British automaker, owned by India’s Tata Motors, said Tuesday that production will remain halted until Sept. 24, extending the stoppage to more than three weeks. (WSJ)

Microsoft as law enforcer: The company, with a court order from federal court in New York, seized 338 domains linked to a phishing service in Nigeria that has allegedly stolen at least 5,000 Microsoft user credentials in 94 countries.

  • RaccoonO365, which emerged in the summer of 2024, offers subscription phishing kits, some of which have been deployed against 20 U.S. healthcare groups, Microsoft said. 

Too close for comfort: House lawmakers John Moolenaar, a Republican, and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi want to know why a Huawei subsidiary called Futurewei shared buildings at U.S. chipmaker Nvidia’s headquarters campus in Santa Clara, Calif. In a letter to Futurewei, the lawmakers ask for documents related to Nvidia and the selection of the buildings. (Bloomberg)

U.S. government cyber officials issued warnings Tuesday about flaws in eight industrial control systems from Siemens, Hitachi and other manufacturers. 

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Number of arrests by the FBI's cyber branch so far this year, up 42% from the same period in 2024, FBI Director Kash Patel said during a Senate hearing Tuesday. (CyberScoop)

 

Cyber Business

  • Check Point Software Technologies plans to buy startup Lakera, which makes tools for protecting agentic AI applications. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. 
  • Israeli startup Vega has raised $65 million in seed and Series A funding. The company, established in 2024, builds AI products for analyzing threat activity detected by security operations centers. (SecurityWeek)
 

About Us

The WSJ Pro Cybersecurity team is Deputy Bureau Chief Kim S. Nash and reporters Angus Loten, James Rundle and Catherine Stupp. Follow us on X @WSJCyber. Reach the team by replying to any newsletter you receive or by emailing Kim at kim.nash@wsj.com.

 
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