Army Combat Veteran to Take Over Key Election Security Role Working With State, Local Officials
An Army combat veteran with extensive cybersecurity and counterterrorism experience is taking over as one of the nation’s top election...
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In Other News: Hospital Infected via USB Drive, EU Cybersecurity Rules, Free Security Tools
SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under...
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200,000 WordPress Sites Exposed to Attacks Exploiting Flaw in ‘Ultimate Member’ Plugin
More than 200,000 WordPress websites are exposed to ongoing attacks targeting a critical vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin. Designed...
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Samsung Phone Flaws Added to CISA ‘Must Patch’ List Likely Exploited by Spyware Vendor
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added half a dozen flaws affecting Samsung smartphones to its Known...
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MITRE Updates CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses
The MITRE Corporation has published an updated Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list to reflect...
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TSMC Says Supplier Hacked After Ransomware Group Claims Attack on Chip Giant
The LockBit ransomware group claims to have hacked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), but the chip giant says only one...
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Proton Launches Open Source Password Manager
Internet privacy company Proton this week announced the global launch of its open source password manager, Proton Pass. The password...
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Nokod Snags $8M to Secure Low Code/No-Code Custom Apps
An Israeli company called Nokod Security has raised $8 million in early stage capital to work on technology to secure...
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Cyware Snags $30M for Threat Intel Infrastructure Tech
Threat intelligence infrastructure startup Cyware on Thursday announced it had secured $30 million in new financing alongside plans to take...
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DOE CIO Talks to SecurityWeek About Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation
Ann Dunkin is CIO at the US Department of Energy (DOE). Among her responsibilities, she heads IT and oversees cybersecurity....
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IP Fabric Raises $25 Million in Series B Funding
Network assurance company IP Fabric on Thursday announced that it had secured $25 million in a Series B funding round...
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Rapid7: Japan Threat Landscape Takes on Global Significance
Japan is the world’s third largest economy. It attracts both criminal and nation-state cyberattacks. The effects of these attacks can...
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