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Armis Raises $200M at $4.2B Valuation, Eyes IPO

Armis raised an additional $200 million in funding at valuation of $4.2 billion as the company aims for an IPO. The post Armis Raises $200M at $4.2B Valuation, Eyes IPO appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from…

Google Invests in Alternative Neutral Atom Quantum Technology

Google invested in QuEra Computing, which is developing a very different and potentially rival quantum computer technology. The post Google Invests in Alternative Neutral Atom Quantum Technology appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…

Filigran Secures $35M Investment to Disrupt Threat Intel

French startup scores investments from Insight Partners, Accel and Moonfire, bringing the total raised to $56 million. The post Filigran Secures $35M Investment to Disrupt Threat Intel appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…

Abstract Security Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding

Abstract Security has raised $15 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by Munich Re Ventures. The post Abstract Security Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…

Cyber Guru Raises $25 Million for Training Platform

Cybersecurity training provider Cyber Guru has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by Riverside Acceleration Capital. The post Cyber Guru Raises $25 Million for Training Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from…

Over $1 Million Paid Out at Pwn2Own Ireland 2024

Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 participants have earned over $1 million for camera, printer, NAS device, smart speaker and smartphone exploits. The post Over $1 Million Paid Out at Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from…

US, Australia Release New Security Guide for Software Makers

CISA, FBI, and ACSC have published guidance to help software manufacturers establish secure deployment processes. The post US, Australia Release New Security Guide for Software Makers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original…

Landmark Admin Discloses Data Breach Impacting 800,000 People

Insurance administrator Landmark Admin says personal information stolen in a ransomware attack earlier this year. The post Landmark Admin Discloses Data Breach Impacting 800,000 People appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article:…

AWS Seizes Domains Used by Russia’s APT29

AWS announced the seizure of domains used by Russian hacker group APT29 in phishing attacks targeting Ukraine and other countries. The post AWS Seizes Domains Used by Russia’s APT29 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…

New Fortinet Zero-Day Exploited for Months Before Patch

A Fortinet zero-day tracked as CVE-2024-47575 and named FortiJump has been exploited since at least June 2024. The post New Fortinet Zero-Day Exploited for Months Before Patch appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…

Samsung Galaxy S24 Hacked at Pwn2Own Ireland 2024

Over $350,000 was paid out on day 2 of Pwn2Own Ireland 2024, including $50,000 for an exploit targeting the Samsung Galaxy S24.  The post Samsung Galaxy S24 Hacked at Pwn2Own Ireland 2024  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been…

Fortinet Confirms Zero-Day Exploit Targeting FortiManager Systems

Fortinet confirms zero-day exploits hitting remote code execution bug in the FortiManager platform. CVSS severity score 9.8/10. The post Fortinet Confirms Zero-Day Exploit Targeting FortiManager Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original…

US Police Detective Charged With Purchasing Stolen Credentials

Terrance Michael Ciszek is charged with buying stolen account credentials from the Genesis Market dark web marketplace. The post US Police Detective Charged With Purchasing Stolen Credentials appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…

Stream.Security Secures $30 Million Series B

Stream.Security (formerly Lightlytics) has raised a total of $55 million since launching in 2020 with a cloud data security product. The post Stream.Security Secures $30 Million Series B  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read…

BlackCat Ransomware Successor Cicada3301 Emerges

The Cicada3301 ransomware shows multiple similarities with BlackCat and is believed to mark the reemergence of the threat. The post BlackCat Ransomware Successor Cicada3301 Emerges appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article:…

Latrodectus Malware Increasingly Used by Cybercriminals

Latrodectus malware has been increasingly used by cybercriminals, with recent campaigns targeting the financial, automotive and healthcare sectors.  The post Latrodectus Malware Increasingly Used by Cybercriminals appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original…

Pharma Giant Johnson & Johnson Discloses Data Breach

Johnson & Johnson has disclosed a data breach impacting the personal information of thousands of people. The post Pharma Giant Johnson & Johnson Discloses Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original…

Apple Offering Hackable iPhones to Universities

Apple expands its Security Research Device Program to put hackable iPhones in the hands of select educators at the university level. The post Apple Offering Hackable iPhones to Universities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…

Sophos to Acquire SecureWorks in $859 Million All-Cash Deal

Sophos plans to integrate Secureworks Taegis XDR platform into its MDR services across small, mid-sized, and enterprise segments.  The post Sophos to Acquire SecureWorks in $859 Million All-Cash Deal appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…

ESET Distributor’s Systems Abused to Deliver Wiper Malware

ESET has launched an investigation after a product distributor in Israel sent out emails delivering wiper malware. The post ESET Distributor’s Systems Abused to Deliver Wiper Malware  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…

Atlassian Patches Vulnerabilities in Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira

Atlassian has released patches for high-severity vulnerabilities in Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jira Service Management. The post Atlassian Patches Vulnerabilities in Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article: Atlassian Patches…

AI and Hardware Hacking on the Rise

Bugcrowd’s Inside the Mind of a Hacker report surveys the thoughts of one of the world’s largest hacker communities. The post AI and Hardware Hacking on the Rise appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read…

Roundcube Webmail Vulnerability Exploited in Government Attack

An XSS vulnerability in Roundcube Webmail has been targeted for code execution against a governmental organization in a CIS country. The post Roundcube Webmail Vulnerability Exploited in Government Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…

Omni Family Health Data Breach Impacts 470,000 Individuals

Omni Family Health has disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 470,000 current and former patients and employees. The post Omni Family Health Data Breach Impacts 470,000 Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…

Be Aware of These Eight Underrated Phishing Techniques

There are a number of lesser-known phishing techniques that are often overlooked or underestimated yet increasingly being employed by attackers. The post Be Aware of These Eight Underrated Phishing Techniques appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from…

Brazilian Police Arrest Notorious Hacker USDoD

Brazil’s Federal Police announced the arrest of a hacker whose description matches that of the notorious leaker USDoD. The post Brazilian Police Arrest Notorious Hacker USDoD appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original…

VMware Patches High-Severity SQL Injection Flaw in HCX Platform

VMware patches CVE-2024-38814 and warns that attackers with non-administrator privileges can execute remote code on the HCX manager. The post VMware Patches High-Severity SQL Injection Flaw in HCX Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…

OT Risk Management Firm DeNexus Raises $17.5 Million

DeRisk is an AI and ML-driven data analytics platform that focuses on managing the cyber risk to the underserved operational technology of critical industries. The post OT Risk Management Firm DeNexus Raises $17.5 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article…

Microsoft Patches Vulnerabilities in Power Platform, Imagine Cup Site

Microsoft has patched ‘critical’ privilege escalation and information disclosure vulnerabilities in Power Platform, Dataverse and the Imagine Cup website.  The post Microsoft Patches Vulnerabilities in Power Platform, Imagine Cup Site appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from…

Google Pays Out $36,000 for Severe Chrome Vulnerability

Google has released Chrome 130 in the stable channel to resolve 17 vulnerabilities, including 13 reported by external researchers. The post Google Pays Out $36,000 for Severe Chrome Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek…

AI Models in Cybersecurity: From Misuse to Abuse

Exploring differences in AI models on security measures and unveiling threat actor tactics. The post AI Models in Cybersecurity: From Misuse to Abuse appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article: AI Models…

GitHub Patches Critical Vulnerability in Enterprise Server

A critical-severity flaw in GitHub Enterprise Server could lead to unauthorized access to the vulnerable instances. The post GitHub Patches Critical Vulnerability in Enterprise Server appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article:…

Juniper Networks Patches Dozens of Vulnerabilities

Juniper Networks has announced patches for dozens of vulnerabilities in Junos OS, Junos OS Evolved, and third-party components. The post Juniper Networks Patches Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original…

Chinese Hackers Adopting Open Source ‘SparkRAT’ Tool

Chinese threat actor DragonSpark has been using the SparkRAT open source backdoor in attacks targeting East Asian organizations. The post Chinese Hackers Adopting Open Source ‘SparkRAT’ Tool appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…

Malicious Prompt Engineering With ChatGPT

The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022 has demonstrated the potential of AI for both good and bad. The post Malicious Prompt Engineering With ChatGPT appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original…

Security Update for Chrome 109 Patches 6 Vulnerabilities

Google has awarded more than $25,000 to the researchers who reported the vulnerabilities patched with the release of the latest Chrome update. The post Security Update for Chrome 109 Patches 6 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been…

North Korean APT Expands Its Attack Repertoire

The North Korean APT tracked as TA444 is either moonlighting from its previous primary purpose, expanding its attack repertoire, or is being impersonated by other hackers. The post North Korean APT Expands Its Attack Repertoire appeared first on SecurityWeek. This…

CISA Provides Resources for Securing K-12 Education System

CISA has published a report detailing the cybersecurity risks to the K-12 education system and recommendations on how to secure it. The post CISA Provides Resources for Securing K-12 Education System appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed…