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Google this week announced adding new security features to its Google Workspace collaboration and productivity solution, to provide administrators with more capabilities and controls for protecting users and organizations.

American industrial giant Emerson this week informed customers that it has released firmware updates for its Rosemount X-STREAM gas analyzers to address half a dozen vulnerabilities, including ones that have been rated high severity.

More than a dozen U.S. lawmakers led by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) have reintroduced the Pipeline Security Act, whose goal is to aid the DHS’s efforts to protect pipeline infrastructure against cyberattacks, terrorist attacks and other threats.

Biden's Executive Order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity is a good first step, but it is unlikely to materially change the defensive posture of the nation

Cloud-native authorization provider Styra on Tuesday announced that it closed a $40 million Series B funding round. To date, the company has raised more than $54 million.

Following an eight-month audit of the code in the latest infotainment system in Mercedes-Benz cars, security researchers with Tencent Security Keen Lab identified five vulnerabilities, four of which could be exploited for remote code execution.

Machine data solutions firm Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire TruSTAR, a San Francisco-based company that provides a threat intelligence platform designed to integrate various threat data sources and improve detection and response times.

Apple this week updated its Platform Security Guide to provide more details on a couple of recently announced authentication features.

A researcher has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently patched Windows vulnerability that could allow remote code execution and which has been described by Microsoft as wormable.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than one million cybercrime complaints over the past 14 months.

Argentina has ordered Facebook to suspend its data use policy allowing it to collect information from users of its WhatsApp messaging app, the government announced on Monday.The suspension will last at least six months and aims to prevent "the abuse of a dominant position," said a resolution published in the official bulletin.

The European Council this week announced its decision to extend for one year the framework for sanctions against cyberattacks that threaten the European Union and its member states.

The 2021 edition of the RSA Conference started on Monday, May 17, and this year the event is fully virtual.

An ongoing campaign abuses the Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) platform for the fileless delivery of malware, security researchers with threat intelligence firm Anomali reveal.

Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) was hit by a ransomware attack late last week, forcing the organization to shut down its IT system (reported as more than 80,000 computers) on Friday. Green Party Minister of State for Communications Ossian Smyth said the attack was “possibly the most significant cybercrime attack on the Irish State”.

Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance manufacturer QNAP Systems says it is investigating reports of malicious attacks targeting NAS devices.

France-based insurance giant AXA has confirmed that some of its operations in Asia have been impacted by a ransomware attack.A cybercrime gang that uses a piece of ransomware named Avaddon appears to be behind the attack.

Ireland's High Court on Friday rejected Facebook's bid to block an investigation that could potentially stop data transfers from the European Union to the United States.