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SonicWall is urging organizations to address as soon as possible a series of recently patched vulnerabilities affecting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances.

Chinese hackers, likely state-sponsored, have been broadly targeting government and private-sector organizations across Southeast Asia, including those closely involved with Beijing on infrastructure development projects, according to a report released Wednesday by a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company.

A pair of German security researchers have publicly documented the discovery of a drive-by code execution vulnerability in Windows 10 and criticized Microsoft for botching its response to the still-unfixed security problem.

The lockdowns of 2020 led to an increase in online activity. This in turn led to an increase in online identity theft and fraud. The question asked for 2021 is whether 2020 was a temporary spike, or an ongoing change in fraudulent activity.

A Canadian national is facing cybercrime-related charges in the United States and Canada, with authorities saying that he was involved in ransomware attacks.

Mimecast on Tuesday announced that private equity firm Permira wants to acquire it in an all-cash transaction that values the email security company at roughly $5.8 billion.Permira, which plans on taking Mimecast private, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of its outstanding ordinary shares for $80 per share.

When someone leaves their job to pursue other opportunities, we often receive an email about their departure. Many times, the departure email praises the person who has given notice. This would seem to be a courteous tradition when someone leaves.

Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance manufacturer QNAP Systems has sounded the alarm on a new wave of attacks targeting NAS devices with a cryptocurrency miner.

Industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty on Wednesday announced that it has raised $400 million in a Series E funding round, and revealed that it has entered an agreement to acquire healthcare IoT security company Medigate.

Potentially serious vulnerabilities identified in a library developed by Eltima affected multiple cloud services, according to endpoint security company SentinelOne.

The new investment, which comes seven months after the company’s Series A funding, has boosted Incode’s valuation to $1.25 billion.

Google on Tuesday announced that it has taken action to disrupt a botnet named Glupteba and it has filed a lawsuit against its alleged operators in Russia.

The December 2021 security updates for Android have started rolling out to users with patches for 46 vulnerabilities, including several considered critical severity.

LogDNA, a late-stage startup that helps DevOps teams scour logs for signs of problems, has secured a new $50 million investment led by Dave DeWalt’s NightDragon venture capital firm.In addition to NightDragon, Emergence Capital and Initialized Capital also participated in the latest financing.

Three hundred Spar convenience stores in the north of England have been affected by a cyberattack against wholesaler James Hall and Co. James Hall supplies produce to the stores, but also operates the IT and till systems.

Grip Security, an Israeli startup that helps organizations securely adopt software-as-a-service (SaaS), on Tuesday announced the closing of a $19 million Series A funding round led by Intel Capital.

The latest funding round was led by Eurazeo, with participation from Sapphire, Balderton, BPI and Fly Ventures.

Microsoft says it has seized control of domains that China-linked threat actor Nickel has been employing in malicious attacks targeting organizations in the United States and worldwide.