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| April 2025 |
Citizen
Axon announced a partnership integrating Citizen with the Axon Fusus real-time crime-center platform, enabling law enforcement to view live Citizen videos and push verified alerts to app users.
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| 2025 |
Managed detection and response
Two significant trends emerge in the MDR market: detection engineering and security posture management.
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| March 24 2025 |
Security Onion
Version 2.4.140 of Security Onion was released, continuing the project's ongoing development and improvement.
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| 2025 |
Managed detection and response
Gartner predicts that 50% of enterprises will have adopted Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services for their cybersecurity.
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| March 2025 |
Cryptography libraries
Intel Cryptography Primitives Library released version 2025.1.0 / 1.1.0.
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| 2024 | Clario Tech expanded its company vision, broadening its focus from cybersecurity to creating AI-powered apps addressing a wider range of user needs across iOS and Android mobile platforms. |
| June 20 2024 |
Kaspersky Internet Security
The Bureau of Industry and Security banned the sale of Kaspersky software in the U.S., requiring users to switch to alternative software, citing the company as a national threat due to being based in Russia. The ban is scheduled to take effect on July 20, with updates for existing customers allowed until September 29.
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| 2023 |
Identity threat detection and response
Gartner highlights the increasing importance of Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), noting that traditional Identity and Access Management (IAM) hygiene practices are no longer sufficient to protect against evolving cybersecurity threats.
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| 2023 |
Kaspersky Internet Security
Kaspersky moved to a subscription model, replacing Kaspersky Internet Security with Kaspersky Plus in their product lineup.
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| September 13 2023 |
Cryptography libraries
libsodium released version 1.0.19, continuing development of its cryptography library.
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| September 13 2023 |
Cryptography libraries
libsodium cryptography library released version 1.0.19 by Frank Denis.
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| August 3 2023 |
ProMED-mail
21 out of 38 paid moderators and editors went on strike, citing lack of support from ISID.
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| May 2023 |
Online backup services
Google Drive implemented new Enterprise account storage limitations, reducing storage to 5 TB per paid user and requiring at least 5 users to request additional storage in 25 TB increments every 90 days.
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| March 16 2023 |
Antivirus software
ESET ends support for File Security and Endpoint Antivirus for Linux.
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| January 2023 |
Citizen
Citizen announced a temporary reduction in coverage in the Seattle Metropolitan Area, with notifications significantly dropping, though video broadcasting remained unaffected.
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| January 2023 | LifeLock sent notifications to users about the December 2022 data breach. |
| January 10 2023 |
Cryptography libraries
Crypto++ library released version 8.9.0.
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| 2022 |
Citizen
Citizen planned to trial a private security service in Chicago with assistance from Securitas.
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| 2022 |
Identity threat detection and response
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) emerged as a distinct cybersecurity segment, with the term officially coined by research firm Gartner.
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| 2022 | The company was further renamed to Gen Digital Inc. and began offering Norton 360 subscription services with LifeLock included. |
| 2022 |
TLS implementations
DTLS 1.3 was specified in RFC 9147, building on TLS 1.3 and obsoleting DTLS 1.2.
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| December 16 2022 | LifeLock servers suffered a data breach through credential stuffing, exposing over 6,000 user accounts with personal details including names, addresses, and phone numbers. The attack used credentials from previous unrelated breaches, resulting in numerous failed login attempts. |
| October 2022 |
Noonlight
Alarm.com acquired a majority stake in Noonlight, marking a significant milestone in the company's growth and strategic positioning in the personal safety technology market.
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| July 2022 | SmartLocksGuide.com acquired Guardly, marking a significant ownership transition for the Canadian security company. |
| April 10 2022 |
Password managers
Myki password manager was discontinued on this date.
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| March 25 2022 |
Kaspersky Internet Security
The FCC added Kaspersky software to its list of equipment and software that pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security and the safety of U.S. persons.
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| January 2022 |
Citizen
Citizen made its first acquisition by purchasing Harbor, a disaster-prep app, with plans to incorporate its weather mapping and risk prediction features into the Citizen app.
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| 2021 |
Antivirus software
FRISK Software International ends of life (EOL) for their F-PROT Antivirus product after over three decades of operation.
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| 2021 |
Kaspersky Internet Security
Kaspersky launched Version 2021 (21.0) of their Internet Security software for Windows, continuing their annual software update cycle
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| 2021 |
TLS implementations
IETF published RFC 8996, forbidding negotiation of TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and DTLS 1.0 due to known vulnerabilities.
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| 2021 |
TLS implementations
QUIC protocol was specified in RFC 9000, building upon TLS 1.3.
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| 2021 | Clario Tech released 'Cybercrime Hotspots' research, identifying and mapping key regions with high cybercrime activity. |
| October 5 2021 |
TLS implementations
Microsoft released Schannel for Windows 11
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| August 2021 |
Citizen
Citizen launched Protect, its first paid subscription security feature, which allows users to contact virtual agents for help when feeling endangered. The feature had been beta-tested on 100,000 users and quickly gained over 100,000 subscribers.
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| May 2021 |
Citizen
Citizen broadcasted a livestream about the Palisades Fire, offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to an alleged arsonist's arrest. The livestream garnered over 1 million views, but the person targeted was later found to be innocent.
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| May 2021 |
Citizen
Citizen deployed a vehicle and private security personnel in Los Angeles to provide on-demand private security services.
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| April 2021 |
Citizen
Citizen launched OnAir, a cable news-style livestream platform where hosts discuss ongoing events and conduct on-scene interviews.
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| March 2021 |
Citizen
Citizen added new features including activity notifications, private messaging, friend-adding capabilities, and reintroduced a feature allowing users to create their own incident alerts.
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| January 2021 |
Citizen
Citizen raised $73 million in new funding, with Greycroft joining as a new investor, complementing a previous $20 million investment from Goodwater Capital in March 2020.
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| January 2021 |
Mailfence
Launched a progressive web application for mobile devices.
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| January 2021 |
Mailfence
Mailfence launched a progressive web application for mobile devices.
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| 2020 |
Antivirus software
ESET releases Endpoint Antivirus for Linux.
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| 2020 |
Kaspersky Internet Security
Kaspersky released Version 2020 (20.0) of their Internet Security software for Windows, representing a major update to their cybersecurity product line
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| 2020 | Clario Tech conducted research on 'Which Company Uses the Most of Your Data?', investigating data usage practices by companies. |
| 2020 | The company published research on 'The State of Cybercrime in US and UK', analyzing cybercrime trends in these two countries. |
| 2020 | Clario launched a 24/7 IT support hotline in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing technology support for people experiencing issues during lockdown, with their 600+ team ready to respond to reported problems. |
| 2020 | MacUpdate was acquired by Clario Tech. |
| December 2020 | Clario received the AV-TEST certification and was featured in the honorable mentions list for the Privacy Focused tool nomination in Product Hunt's Golden Kitty Award Winners. |
| September 2020 |
Citizen
Los Angeles County, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Pasadena, announced a partnership with SafePass to enhance contact tracing, with about 1 million of the county's 10 million citizens already using Citizen.
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