Former Navy IT Manager Sentenced to Prison for Hacking, Selling PII
A former US Navy IT manager was sentenced to five years and five months in prison for hacking into a database, stealing personally identifiable information…
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Darwinium Raises $18 Million for Edge-based Fraud Prevention Tech
Darwinium, a San Francisco startup in the fraud prevention space, has nabbed $18 million in new capital to build technology to help businesses deal with…
Tens of Thousands of Cisco Devices Hacked via Zero-Day Vulnerability
Tens of thousands of Cisco devices have reportedly been hacked through the exploitation of the newly disclosed IOS XE zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20198. Cisco…
D-Link Says Hacker Exaggerated Data Breach Claims
D-Link has launched an investigation after a hacker offered to sell information allegedly stolen from one of its networks and has determined that the claims…
Lost and Stolen Devices: A Gateway to Data Breaches and Leaks
In our digital age, data is king. It drives businesses, informs decision-making, and plays an essential role in our everyday lives. However, with the convenience…
Fraud Prevention Firm Fingerprint Raises $33 Million
Fraud prevention provider Fingerprint on Tuesday announced that it has raised $33 million in a Series C funding round that brings the total raised by…
Oracle Patches 185 Vulnerabilities With October 2023 CPU
Oracle on Tuesday announced the release of 387 new security patches as part of the October 2023 CPU, to resolve vulnerabilities affecting its own code…
Recent NetScaler Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day Since August
A recently patched critical-severity vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway had been exploited as a zero-day since August, Google’s Mandiant…
Prove Identity Snags $40M Funding for ID Verification Tech
Prove Identity, a late-stage startup with roots in the ecommerce mobile payments space, on Tuesday closed a $40 million funding round as it continues a…
Beyond Quantum: MemComputing ASICs Could Shatter 2048-bit RSA Encryption
San Diego-based MemComputing is researching the use of in-memory processing ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) to potentially crack 2048 bit RSA in real time. MemComputing…
Anonybit Raises $3 Million for Biometric Authentication Platform
Biometric authentication and data protection solutions provider Anonybit today announced that it has raised $3 million in a seed extension round, which brings the total…
Critical Vulnerabilities Expose Weintek HMIs to Attacks
The US cybersecurity agency CISA last week warned organizations about critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities discovered by researchers in a human-machine interface (HMI) product made by…