Infisical Snags $2.8M Seed Funding for Secrets Sprawl Security Tech
Infisical, a San Francisco startup working on open-source technology to help organizations manage secrets sprawl, has banked $2.8 million in seed funding as investors continue…
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Exploited Solar Power Product Vulnerability Could Expose Energy Organizations to Attacks
Hundreds of energy organizations could be exposed to attacks due to an actively exploited vulnerability affecting a solar power monitoring product made by Contec, vulnerability…
Japan’s Nagoya Port Suspends Cargo Operations Following Ransomware Attack
The Port of Nagoya, Japan’s largest port in terms of cargo capacity, has suspended loading and unloading following a ransomware attack. Located in central Japan,…
Sweden Orders Four Companies to Stop Using Google Tool
Sweden on Monday ordered four companies to stop using a Google tool that measures and analyses web traffic as doing so transfers personal data to…
Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive…
Firefox 115 Patches High-Severity Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities
Mozilla on Tuesday announced the release of Firefox 115 to the stable channel with patches for a dozen vulnerabilities, including two high-severity use-after-free bugs. Tracked…
EU Court Deals Blow to Meta in German Data Case
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp may need to overhaul how they collect the data of users in Europe after the top EU court ruled against parent…
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…
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…