Limitless said it shares Meta's vision of bringing personal superintelligence to everyone.

Netflix’s $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery reshapes Hollywood, uniting HBO, DC, and major film libraries under one streaming giant.

The post Why Netflix’s 72B Warner Bros. Deal Could Change How You Watch TV appeared first on TechRepublic.

Netflix’s $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery reshapes Hollywood, uniting HBO, DC, and major film libraries under one streaming giant.

The post Why Netflix’s 72B Warner Bros. Deal Could Change How You Watch TV appeared first on TechRepublic.

In one of the most groundbreaking deals the streaming world has ever seen, Netflix acquires Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion. 

Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Arctic Wolf, Bugcrowd, Huntress, Palo Alto Networks, and Zscaler.

The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 30 Deals Announced in November 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.

The acquisition price for the events marketplace is a fraction of the $1.76 billion valuation it achieved during its 2018 IPO.

Adobe said it would offer $12 per share for Semrush, almost double the latter's closing price of $6.89 on Tuesday, before news of the deal.

Seattle’s Parse Biosciences is teed up for an acquisition by Qiagen, a Netherlands-based holding company, in a $225 million cash deal announced this week.

The transaction is expected to close in December.

Parse was co-founded in 2018 by Alex Rosenberg, who was a University of Washington postdoctoral fellow at the time, and Charles Roco, who was a UW graduate student. The company was an early entrant in the nascent field of single-cell RNA sequencing.

Rosenberg and his colleagues discovered a new way to profile RNAs while working in the lab of UW synthetic biology professor Georg Seelig. The business initially launched as Split Biosciences, later changing its name and growing to 110 employees.

Parse has raised more than $50 million from investors, including a $41.5 million Series B round announced in 2022.

Parse launched its first products in 2021 and currently serves 3,000 customers in more than 40 countries. The company is expected to add about $40 million in sales to Qiagen’s 2026 fiscal year.

Parse stated on its website that it will operate as a Qiagen subsidiary and “will maintain full operations in our Seattle headquarters and all other locations around the world.”

There’s a vast range of research questions that RNA profiling can help answer. Understanding which RNAs are present in a cell gives scientists a read-out of active genes. That helps distinguish different cell types, for instance in a blood sample or a petri dish of stem cells turning into heart cells.

Parse touts the accessibility of its technology, which does not require specialized lab equipment to use.

“As our team joins Qiagen, we want to accelerate that mission and extend the reach of our technology to more customers around the world,” said CEO Rosenberg in a statement, adding that Qiagen’s global infrastructure makes it “an ideal partner for our next stage of growth.”

Qiagen has developed technologies to isolate and analyze DNA, RNA and proteins from sources including blood, tissue and other materials. The company has about 5,700 employees in 35 locations. It serves 500,000 customers globally.

The acquisition is subject to clearance under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and other conditions.

Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Jamf, LevelBlue, Ping Identity, Twilio, and Veeam Software.

The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 45 Deals Announced in October 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

More consolidation is afoot in the world of cybersecurity. Bitsight, a cybersecurity startup last valued at $2.4 billion when ratings firm Moody’s took a stake in the business and became its largest shareholder in 2021, is acquiring Cybersixgill for $115 million. Boston-based Bitsight’s focus is cyber risk management. It works with enterprises to assess their […]

What You Should Consider Before Launching a Security Test for Your Third Parties and Vendor

A paradox of cybersecurity’s function in business is that businesses provide value by creatively sharing and using information, but cybersecurity benefits from less sharing and access to data. 

This holds doubly true in the area of third-party security for large organizations that must adhere to stricter regulations, such as banks and government agencies. It is nearly impossible to conduct business without frequently and openly sharing valuable information with, or via, third parties. 

Drug developers rely on clinical research partners for essential data. Banks exchange information with credit agencies, other banks, regulators and more. All of this drives software development and infrastructure changes constantly, and some percentage of those changes introduce security vulnerabilities that are detected late in the process, which poses risk for the organizations. 

Many feel that they get more security “bang-for-the-buck” through third-party testing—testing the software of others. A 2022 study by the Ponemon Institute found that while 75% of respondents are concerned about the risk of ransomware linked to third parties, only 36% of organizations evaluate their own security and privacy practices. An earlier 2019 Ponemon study found that if it were a third party that caused a data breach, the cost increased by more than $370,000 (raising it to $4.3 million). Shoring up third-party defenses clearly has benefits for multiple parties (and your customers).

How Synack Customers Test Third Parties

Synack has seen customers try different approaches for testing third parties. Tests are either 1) encouraged, 2) required or 3) coordinated. 

In the first model, third parties are strongly encouraged to get a security test from Synack and share the results with their partner, usually the larger of the two companies. It’s not forced; ultimately, it’s up to the third party to decide if their relationship benefits from a security test. 

In the second model, security testing is a requirement for a relationship to be contractually completed. Finally, the Coordinated Testing model is the one Synack sees growing the fastest. In this model, the larger company with several third parties to test purchases tests on behalf of other companies and mandates testing. Usually, they specify the testing intensity as well, by choosing a basic Synack test or a more comprehensive offering. This secures testing resources and makes it easier to share data via a testing platform built for it. 

Issues to Consider when Testing Third Parties

Whichever model you prefer, there are several things to consider. First, what is the chargeback model, if any, for security tests? Does the third party pay, the first party or someone else? Does the payment happen up front or in a later, internal accounting?  The latter helps execute testing faster, which is ultimately what many companies want to reduce risk earlier.

Next, what legal agreements need to be in place? All Synack customers have clear contracts with Synack that cover testing. In some cases, an identical contract is needed with a third party, but more frequently, it’s a simpler agreement. Consult with your legal team to find the simplest but most effective way to expand testing on your assets, regardless of where they reside. 

Finally, there is information sharing. Do vulnerabilities found on a third party get reported to the primary party? In most cases, the primary party simply wants to know that vulnerabilities are not present, which can be done with patch verification reports. Synack’s robust role-based access control system and reporting allow for any choice along this spectrum to be securely shared according to the wishes of the companies. Information can be shared via a final report, access to the Synack Portal (with real-time information about testing efforts and results) or both.

Whatever you choose, third-party security testing to clean up potential vulnerabilities advances the ultimate goal for many companies: safer users and data. 

The post 3 Approaches to Security Testing for Third Parties appeared first on Synack.

You can begin intelligence-driven investigation and evaluation much earlier without needing network access or information sharing.