Apple, Civil Liberty Groups Condemn UK Online Safety Bill
The latest variant of the crypto wars is happening now, with the UK and EU governments attempting to force backdoors into end-to-end encryption (E2EE). The…
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VMware, Other Tech Giants Announce Push for Confidential Computing Standards
In conjunction with the 2023 Confidential Computing Summit last week, VMware announced a partnership with tech giants to accelerate the development of confidential computing applications.…
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 security officials, the director of…
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 the radar. We provide a…
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 to make it easy for…
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 Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, and they…
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 the latest trends in the…
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 of its suppliers was breached.…
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 manager is now available as…
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 low-code and no-code custom applications.…
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 advantage of the demand for…
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. This week she spoke at…