Content Moderation Tech Startup Trust Lab Snags $15M Investment
Trust Lab, a Silicon Valley startup founded by Google’s former head of Trust and Safety, has bagged $15 million in venture capital funding to build…
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OT Security Firm Shift5 Adds $33 Million in Funding
Arlington, VA-based OT security firm Shift5 has raised an additional $33 million in its Series B financing. $50 million was announced in February 2022. The…
XSS Vulnerabilities in Azure Led to Unauthorized Access to User Sessions
Two cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Azure Bastion and Azure Container Registry (ACR) could have led to unauthorized access to user sessions, data tampering, and…
US Organizations Paid $91 Million to LockBit Ransomware Gang
The LockBit ransomware gang has launched roughly 1,700 attacks in the United States and received approximately $91 million in ransom payments, the US government says.…
Barracuda Zero-Day Attacks Attributed to Chinese Cyberespionage Group
The recent attacks exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in a Barracuda Networks email security appliance have been attributed by Mandiant to a Chinese cyberespionage group. The…
SquareX Launches Bug Bounty Program for Browser Security Product
Hot on the heels of a $6 million seed funding round, cybersecurity startup SquareX today announced a six-week bug bounty program focused on its new…
Fake Security Researcher Accounts Pushing Malware Disguised as Zero-Day Exploits
Exploit and vulnerability intelligence provider VulnCheck has issued a warning over fake security researcher accounts distributing malware disguised as zero-day exploits for popular software. The…
Four Things to Consider as You Mature Your Threat Intel Program
When ESG recently asked security professionals to identify the attributes of a mature threat intelligence program, the top response was “information dissemination with reports customized…
How Europe is Leading the World in the Push to Regulate AI
Lawmakers in Europe signed off Wednesday on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence, clearing a key hurdle as authorities across the…
Microsoft Outs New Russian APT Linked to Wiper Attacks in Ukraine
Security researchers at Microsoft are publicly outing a new APT group linked to Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), warning that the threat actor…
CISA Instructs Federal Agencies to Secure Internet-Exposed Devices
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is requiring federal agencies to secure the network management interfaces of certain classes of devices. CISA’s ‘Binding…
Threat Intelligence Firm Silent Push Launches With $10 Million in Seed Funding
Silent Push, a startup that describes itself as a detection-focused threat intelligence company, launched on Wednesday with $10 million in seed funding. The Reston, Virginia-based…