Application Security Startup Aikido Security Raises €5 Million
Application security startup Aikido Security on Tuesday announced that it has raised €5 million (approximately $5.4 million) in seed funding. The investment round was co-led…
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CISA Outlines AI-Related Cybersecurity Efforts
The US cybersecurity agency CISA on Tuesday published a new document detailing its efforts in promoting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve security…
US Announces IPStorm Botnet Takedown and Its Creator’s Guilty Plea
The US government on Tuesday announced the takedown of the IPStorm botnet and the guilty plea of a man who created and operated the cybercrime…
SAP Patches Critical Vulnerability in Business One Product
Enterprise software maker SAP this week announced the release of three new and three updated security notes as part of its November 2023 Security Patch…
Addressing the State of AI’s Impact on Cyber Disinformation/Misinformation
With the recent presidential Executive Order, and the AI Safety Summit being held at Bletchley Park in the UK, developments in artificial intelligence continue to…
RADICL Adds $9 Million in Funding to Fortify Cyber Defenses of SMBs in Defense Industrial Base
RADICL, a cybersecurity startup specializing in providing threat protection to small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has secured an additional $9 million in early-stage funding, adding to $3…
State-Backed Hackers a Threat to Australia, Agency Warns
Australia faces a “persistent threat” from state-backed hackers, the country’s signals intelligence agency said Wednesday, highlighting the particular danger of Russian and Chinese cyberattacks on…
Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD Address Over 130 Vulnerabilities
Chipmakers Intel and AMD both released security advisories this Patch Tuesday, informing customers about a total of more than 130 vulnerabilities found in their products. …
New Intel CPU Vulnerability ‘Reptar’ Can Allow DoS Attacks, Privilege Escalation
Exploitation of a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting some Intel processors could lead to a crash and possibly to privilege escalation and information disclosure. Tracked as…
Critical Authentication Bypass Flaw in VMware Cloud Director Appliance
Cloud computing and virtualization technology giant VMware on Tuesday rushed out an urgent patch for a gaping authentication bypass bug affecting its Cloud Director Appliance…
Microsoft Warns of Critical Bugs Being Exploited in the Wild
The world’s largest software maker Microsoft on Tuesday released patches with cover for at least 59 documented security vulnerabilities, including a pair of critical-severity zero-days…
Protected Virtual Machines Exposed to New ‘CacheWarp’ AMD CPU Attack
A team of researchers has disclosed the details of a new attack method affecting a security feature present in AMD processors, demonstrating the risk it…