Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Threat hunters at Microsoft have caught a Chinese government-backed APT actor hacking into organizations in Taiwan with minimal use of...
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Thoma Bravo Merges ForgeRock with Ping Identity – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Private equity powerhouse Thoma Bravo on Wednesday announced plans to merge the just-acquired ForgeRock with Ping Identity, combining two of...
Grip Security Lands $41 Million Series B Financing – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Israeli cloud data security startup Grip Security has banked $41 million in new financing from a group of investors led...
Ivanti Ships Urgent Patch for API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Ivanti’s problems with security defects in its enterprise-facing products are starting to pile up. The IT software company on Monday...
ProjectDiscovery Lands $25M Investment for Cloud Security Tech – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine San Francisco cloud security startup ProjectDiscovery has banked $25 million in early-stage financing as investors continue to place bets on...
Google Brings AI Magic to Fuzz Testing With Eye-Opening Results – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Google has sprinkled the magic of artificial intelligence into its open source fuzz testing infrastructure and the results suggest LLM...
Black Hat Preview: The Business of Cyber Takes Center Stage – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine LAS VEGAS — Once the undisputed hub for the most groundbreaking technical security research, the Black Hat conference no longer...
CISA Calls Urgent Attention to UEFI Attack Surfaces – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine The US government’s cybersecurity agency CISA is calling attention to under-researched attack surfaces in UEFI, warning that the dominant firmware...
Software Supply Chain Startup Endor Labs Scores Massive $70M Series A Round – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Just ten months after securing an abnormally large seed-stage funding round, software supply chain startup Endor Labs has attracted renewed...
Microsoft Catches Russian Government Hackers Phishing with Teams Chat App – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Software giant Microsoft on Wednesday sounded an alarm after catching a known Russian government-linked hacking group using its Microsoft Teams...
Forgepoint Capital Places $15M Series A Bet on Converge Insurance – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Venture capital outfit Forgepoint Capital has placed another bet in the cyber-insurance sector, leading a $15 million funding round for...
Socket Scores $20M as Investors Bet on Software Supply Chain Security Startups – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Socket, an early-stage startup tackling software supply chain security, has snagged $20 million in new financing as investors continue to...
Reddit Taps Fredrick ‘Flee’ Lee for CISO Job – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Reddit has upvoted Fredrick Lee into the CISO office. The San Francisco company on Monday announced the hiring of Lee...
US Senator Wyden Accuses Microsoft of ‘Cybersecurity Negligence’ – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Oregon senator Ron Wyden wants the U.S. government to hold Microsoft responsible for what he describes as “negligent cybersecurity practices”...
Wiz Says 62% of AWS Environments Exposed to Zenbleed Exploitation – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Researchers at cloud security startup Wiz are reporting that a whopping 62 percent of AWS environments may be exposed to...
Ex-NSA Official Harry Coker Tapped for National Cyber Director Job – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Former Navy commander and senior official in the NSA and CIA Harry Coker has been formally tapped to replace the...
Apple Patches Another Kernel Flaw Exploited in ‘Operation Triangulation’ Attacks – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Apple on Monday pushed out major security-themed updates to its flagship iOS, macOS and iPadOS platforms, warning that at least...
Microsoft Cloud Hack Exposed More Than Exchange, Outlook Emails – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Researchers at cloud security startup Wiz have an urgent warning for organizations running Microsoft’s M365 platform: That stolen Microsoft Azure...
Microsoft Bows to Pressure to Free Up Cloud Security Logs – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Facing intense pressure to free up access to cloud security logs, Microsoft on Wednesday said it would expand logging defaults...
US Gov Mercenary Spyware Clampdown Hits Cytrox, Intellexa – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine The U.S. government’s clampdown on commercial spyware and mercenary hacking companies ramped up this week with the addition of Cytrox...
Netcraft Raises $100M, Hires New CEO for Global Expansion – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Netcraft, the British company known for its anti-phishing and cybercrime disruption tools, has raised a whopping $100 million in funding...
Adobe Patch Tuesday: Critical Flaws Haunt InDesign, ColdFusion – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Software maker Adobe on Tuesday called attention to critical security flaws in its InDesign and ColdFusion products, warning that the...
Apple Ships Urgent iOS Patch for WebKit Zero-Day – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Apple on Monday rolled out an urgent software update to its iOS and iPadOS mobile operating systems and warned that...
Exploit Code Published for Remote Root Flaw in VMware Logging Software – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Virtualization technology giant VMware on Monday warned that exploit code has been publicly released for a pre-authentication remote code execution...
TPG to Acquire Forcepoint’s Government Cybersecurity Business Unit – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Private equity giant TPG on Monday announced plans to acquire Forcepoint’s Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure (G2CI) business unit in...
After Zero-Day Attacks, MOVEit Turns to Security Service Packs – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Faced with a barrage of ransomware attacks hitting zero-days in its MOVEit product line, Progress Software late Thursday announced plans...
Truebot Hackers Exploiting Netwrix Auditor Flaw: CISA, FBI Alert – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA on Thursday warned hackers linked to the Truebot malware operation are exploiting a known...
Infisical Snags $2.8M Seed Funding for Secrets Sprawl Security Tech – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Infisical, a San Francisco startup working on open-source technology to help organizations manage secrets sprawl, has banked $2.8 million in...
Cyware Snags $30M for Threat Intel Infrastructure Tech – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine Threat intelligence infrastructure startup Cyware on Thursday announced it had secured $30 million in new financing alongside plans to take...
Nokod Snags $8M to Secure Low Code/No-Code Custom Apps – Source: www.securityweek.com
Source: www.securityweek.com – Author: Ryan Naraine An Israeli company called Nokod Security has raised $8 million in early stage capital to work on technology to secure...