Incident Response DHS Publishes New Recommendations on Cyber Incident Reporting DHS has published a new set of recommendations to help federal agencies better report cyber incidents and protect critical infrastructure. Ionut ArghireSeptember 20, 2023
Cybercrime Clorox Blames Damaging Cyberattack for Product Shortage Clorox says the recent cyberattack has been contained, but production is still not fully restored and there is a short supply of products. Eduard KovacsSeptember 19, 2023
Data Breaches Caesars Confirms Ransomware Hack, Stolen Loyalty Program Database The hijacked data includes driver’s license numbers and/or social security numbers from a Caesars Entertainment loyalty database. Ryan NaraineSeptember 14, 2023
Cybersecurity Funding DFIR Company Binalyze Raises $19 Million in Series A Funding Estonian DFIR company Binalyze has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round to grow and improve its product. Eduard KovacsSeptember 12, 2023
Incident Response United Airlines Says the Outage That Held Up Departing Flights Was Not a Cybersecurity Issue United Airlines flights were halted nationwide on Sept. 5, because of an “equipment outage,” according to the FAA. Associated PressSeptember 5, 2023
Incident Response Apple Ships Urgent iOS Patch for WebKit Zero-Day Apple rolls out urgent iOS and iPadOS software updates and warned that zero-day exploitation has already been detected. Ryan NaraineJuly 10, 2023
Funding/M&A Cyware Snags $30M for Threat Intel Infrastructure Tech New York startup $30 million in new financing to fuel plans to take advantage of the demand for AI-powered threat-intel security tools. Ryan NaraineJune 29, 2023
Government CISA Tells US Agencies to Patch Exploited Roundcube, VMware Flaws The US government's cybersecurity agency adds VMware and Roundcube server flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Ionut ArghireJune 23, 2023
Incident Response Ransomware Attack Played Major Role in Shutdown of Illinois Hospital St. Margaret’s Health in Illinois is shutting down hospitals partly due to a 2021 ransomware attack that caused serious payment system disruptions. Ionut ArghireJune 13, 2023
Incident Response Security Pros: Before You Do Anything, Understand Your Threat Landscape Regardless of the use case your security organization is focused on, you’ll likely waste time and resources and make poor decisions if you don’t... Marc SolomonMay 25, 2023
Funding/M&A Huntress Closes $60M Series C for MDR Expansion Huntress closes a $60 million Series C financing round led by Sapphire Ventures. The company has now raised $118 million. Ryan NaraineMay 16, 2023
ICS/OT Dragos Says Ransomware Gang Accessed Limited Data but Failed at Extortion Scheme ICS cybersecurity vendor Dragos discloses breach and data theft but says ransomware group failed at elaborate extortion scheme. Ryan NaraineMay 10, 2023