QIZ Security Raises $17 Million for Cryptographic Governance Platform

2026-07-10T01:24:11Z84e4efdbf60d00ebba723f29ccfc89615a937a342147459ad96174ff1ab2a84b
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What happened

SecurityWeek roundup: Israeli startup QIZ raised $17M for a cryptographic and post-quantum governance platform while Spanish startup 8Layers closed $2.9M for identity security. Major security incidents and fixes reported: Palo Alto Networks patched 13 PAN-OS vulnerabilities (buffer overflow, DoS, command injection, SSRF, auth bypass); a zero-day in a third-party system led to a KDDI breach impacting ~12 million; a 15-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability dubbed “GhostLock” could lead to root access; Microsoft patched Defender privilege escalation CVE-2026-50656 (“RoguePlanet”); Chrome 150 fixes

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