In October, key tech investments included Microsoft spending $3.2bn in Australia for AI and cloud computing, while Censys secured $75m to further threat hunting and Exposure Management. Prove Identity raised $40m and fraud prevention firm Fingerprint raised $33m. There was also a higher number of tech acquisitions, the largest being Emerson’s $8.2bn purchase of software provider NI. Trustwave was sold for $205m and Versent for $267.5m, while security firm MNEMO Mexico and AI firm Nod.ai were acquired.

Sonatype reports rise in open source malware to 17,954
The 1Q 2025 Open Source Malware Index from Sonatype revealed that open source malware packages doubled compared to the same period last year, with 56%