Administrator of Darkode Hacking Forum Sentenced to Prison
The US Justice Department announced on Wednesday that a man who admitted being an administrator of a now-defunct cybercrime forum named Darkode has been sentenced…
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Threat Intel: To Share or Not to Share is Not the Question
From its inception, the discipline of cyber threat intelligence has been about sharing. Informing cybersecurity teams, tools and best practices about threat actors and their…
Ransomware Group Files SEC Complaint Over Victim’s Failure to Disclose Data Breach
A notorious ransomware group has filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the failure of a victim to disclose an…
Microsoft Patches Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Azure CLI
Microsoft on Tuesday released patches and guidance for addressing a high-severity vulnerability in Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) that could result in the exposure of sensitive…
Data Security Firm ALTR Banks $25M Series C
Late-stage data security startup ALTR on Wednesday announced the closing of a $25 million funding round to continue building and marketing its SaaS-based data access…
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…
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…