Virtru secures $50 million investment to advance data-centric security standards
Virtru, a Washington, D.C.-based data security company that developed technology now used by U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, has raised...
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French police arrest Russian pro basketball player on behalf of US over ransomware suspicions
At the request of the United States, French police arrested a professional Russian basketball player who had a brief tenure...
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UK arrests four for cyberattacks on major British retailers
Three teenagers and a 20-year-old woman were arrested Thursday by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency for their alleged role in...
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Trump bill will have major impact on health care cybersecurity, experts warn Congress
At the outset of a Senate hearing Wednesday on cybersecurity in the health care sector, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., took...
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 130 vulnerabilities, none actively exploited
Microsoft addressed 130 vulnerabilities across its products and underlying Windows systems, but none have been actively exploited in the wild,...
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Appeals court clears path for El Salvadoran journos to sue spyware maker
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit that El Salvadoran journalists had brought against leading spyware maker NSO...
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Treasury slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes
The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced it has sanctioned a North Korean man participating in the widespread IT worker scheme,...
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Italian authorities arrest Chinese man over Microsoft Exchange Server hack, targeting of COVID-19 researchers
The Justice Department said Tuesday that Italian authorities arrested a Chinese national whom DOJ said was involved in the massive...
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Oligo Security strives to fill application-layer gaps in MITRE ATT&CK framework
Applications are a common intrusion point, but the way attackers gain access, maneuver and create mayhem within and across applications...
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Call of Duty takes PC game offline after multiple reports of RCE attacks on players
The makers of Call of Duty: World War 2 took the PC version of the game offline over the weekend...
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Scattered Spider weaves web of social-engineered destruction
In an underworld fueled by infamy and money that leaves a trail of human misery in its wake, the unbound...
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GOP domestic policy bill includes hundreds of millions for military cyber
The tax and spending bill Congress sent to President Donald Trump and that he signed into law over the holiday...
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