Expert Insights Cybersecurity Industry News Recap: November 28 – December 5, 2024

Last updated on Jun 6, 2025 1 Minute To Read
Joel Witts Written by Joel Witts
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Expert Insights Cybersecurity Industry News Recap: November 28 – December 5, 2024

🚨Vendor News & Announcements

  • AWS hosted re:Invent 2024 this week, during which they announced several new products, including an incident response service and extended threat detection capabilities for Amazon GuardDuty. (SecurityWeek)

  • Wiz announced ‘Wiz Defend’ a new platform for AI and cloud threat detection and response, build on their acquisition of Gem Security in April.

  • Thales has launched a data risk intelligence solution which unifies Imperva’s Data Security Fabric’s risk and threat identification solution with the Thales CipherTrust Data Security Platform. (SecurityInfoWatch)

  • Tuskira, an AI powered threat defense start-up, has closed a $28.5 million funding round co-led by Intel Capital and SYN Ventures. The company aims to unify and optimize standalone cybersecurity tools. (TechCrunch)

  • CrowdStrike has reportedly avoided a customer exodus following the Flacon software update error back in July that cased a global IT network outage. CrowdStrike’s earnings call showed that customer retention was at 97%.

  • Magna5, an IT and cybersecurity services provider has acquired ThreatAdvice, an MSSP providing breach prevention and other cybersecurity services. (MSSPAlert)

📟 Product Releases & Patches

  • Veeam has issued a patch for two vulnerabilities, including an RCE bug that could enable threat actors to execute code on its web-based management console for MSPs. (CSO Online)

  • Google has shared December’s Android security fixes, which include patches for 14 high-severity vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution flaw. (SecurityWeek)

  • Microsoft this week released patches for vulnerabilities affecting Azure, Copilot Studio and its Partner Network website. Customers do not need to take any action. (SecurityWeek)

🎣 Threats, Bugs & Hacks

  • 15 ‘SpyLoan’ Android malware apps have been found on the Google Play store with over 8 million downloads, according to McAfee Threat Researchers. They have now been removed from the Android app store. (BleepingComputer)

  • Any.Run, a malware hunting firm, has detailed a new phishing attack involving sending corrupted Microsoft Word documents as attachments to evade antivirus software and spam filters. (X)

  • Threat researchers at Fortra have found that Cloudflare developer domains are being abused by cybercriminals to create phishing sites and redirects. (Cybersecuritynews)

🎙️ Expert Insights: Interviews

Don’t miss this week’s round of interviews with cybersecurity experts and thought leaders.

💡 We’ll be back next week with another roundup of the biggest cybersecurity vendor stories. Until then!

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Joel Witts
Joel Witts Content Director

Joel is the Director of Content and a co-founder at Expert Insights; a rapidly growing media company focussed on covering cybersecurity solutions.

He’s an experienced journalist and editor with 8 years’ experience covering the cybersecurity space. He’s reviewed hundreds of cybersecurity solutions, interviewed hundreds of industry experts and produced dozens of industry reports read by thousands of CISOs and security professionals in topics like IAM, MFA, zero trust, email security, DevSecOps and more.

He also hosts the Expert Insights Podcast and co-writes the weekly newsletter, Decrypted. Joel is driven to share his team’s expertise with cybersecurity leaders to help them create more secure business foundations.

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Laura Iannini
Laura Iannini Cybersecurity Analyst

Laura Iannini is a Cybersecurity Analyst at Expert Insights. With deep cybersecurity knowledge and strong research skills, she leads Expert Insights’ product testing team, conducting thorough tests of product features and in-depth industry analysis to ensure that Expert Insights’ product reviews are definitive and insightful.

Laura also carries out wider analysis of vendor landscapes and industry trends to inform Expert Insights’ enterprise cybersecurity buyers’ guides, covering topics such as security awareness training, cloud backup and recovery, email security, and network monitoring. Prior to working at Expert Insights, Laura worked as a Senior Information Security Engineer at Constant Edge, where she tested cybersecurity solutions, carried out product demos, and provided high-quality ongoing technical support.

Laura holds a Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity from the University of West Florida.