Company

Varonis

Varonis is a data security company that provides software to help organizations protect sensitive data and detect insider threats.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news as a potential acquisition target for Proofpoint and for its research on vulnerabilities in AI-powered chat tools.

Latest on Varonis

  • Why Proofpoint Is Eyeing a Buy of Data Security Firm Varonis
  • Thoma Bravo-Owned Proofpoint in Advanced Talks to Buy Varonis
  • The CoSnitch vulnerability exploited an LLM's inability to distinguish between data in a query and an instruction, allowing potential one-click attacks.
  • At DEF CON 34, researchers from Varonis demonstrated an attack that used Rovo’s rovoChatPrompt parameter to place attacker-controlled instructions directly into Rovo Chat.

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