UK Court Concludes Teenager Behind Huge Hacking Campaign
A UK court on Wednesday found a teenager responsible for a hacking campaign that included one of the biggest breaches in the history of the…
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Digital Identity Protection Firm SpyCloud Raises $110 Million
Account takeover and fraud prevention company SpyCloud on Wednesday announced that it has raised $110 million in a funding round led by Riverwood Capital. Previously,…
Traders Targeted by Cybercriminals in Attack Exploiting WinRAR Zero-Day
A financially motivated cybercrime group has exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the popular file archiving utility WinRAR to deliver malware to traders and steal their…
Hosting Provider CloudNordic Loses All Customer Data in Ransomware Attack
Danish cloud hosting services provider CloudNordic has announced that all its systems were rendered unusable following a ransomware attack. The attack, the company explains in…
3,000 Openfire Servers Exposed to Attacks Targeting Recent Vulnerability
More than 3,000 Openfire servers have not been patched against a recent vulnerability and remain exposed to attacks relying on a new exploit, vulnerability intelligence…
Thoma Bravo Merges ForgeRock with Ping Identity
Private equity powerhouse Thoma Bravo on Wednesday announced plans to merge the just-acquired ForgeRock with Ping Identity, combining two of the biggest names in enterprise…
FBI Finds 1,580 Bitcoin in Crypto Wallets Linked to North Korean Hackers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has published information on six cryptocurrency wallets operated by North Korean hackers and believed to be holding stolen funds. The…
Cybersecurity Companies Report Surge in Ransomware Attacks
Cybersecurity companies have released a dozen ransomware reports in recent weeks and most of them show a significant increase in attacks. Ransomware attacks continue to…
The End of “Groundhog Day” for the Security in the Boardroom Discussion?
It’s been eight and half years since I first wrote about the need for security leadership representation in the boardroom. I then revisited the topic…
First Weekly Chrome Security Update Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Google this week announced a Chrome 116 security update that patches five memory safety vulnerabilities reported by external researchers, including four issues rated ‘high severity’.…
US Government Publishes Guidance on Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published new guidance…
Exploitation of Ivanti Sentry Zero-Day Confirmed
Ivanti has confirmed that a recently discovered vulnerability affecting its Sentry mobile gateway has been exploited in attacks. The existence of the vulnerability, tracked as…