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Harmonizing Security Across IoT Infrastructures that are Connected to Both Brownfield and Greenfield Systems is Easier Said Than Done

Sonrai, a company that offers data and identity control solutions for cloud environments, on Tuesday emerged from stealth mode with $18.5 million raised in a Series A funding round.

Schneider Electric has teamed up with industrial cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks to offer anomaly detection, vulnerability assessment, and other services to customers in the critical infrastructure and other industrial sectors.

Researchers can earn up to $300,000 and a car if they manage to hack a Tesla Model 3 at this year’s Pwn2Own competition, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced on Monday.

Enterprise cybersecurity solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies on Monday announced that it has acquired ForceNock, an Israel-based company specializing in securing web applications and APIs.

Digital transformation is increasing the need for enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to allow organizations to manage the entirety of their business in a coordinated manner. Globalization is forcing organizations to consider cloud solutions to prevent disjointed business operation across multiple global locations -- and even smaller companies are simply attracted by the economies and potential security of cloud operations.

Mozilla will soon disable Adobe Flash by default in Firefox, the first step toward completely removing support for the plugin in the browser. The change will be initially made in Firefox 69 Nightly, and will then get through the entire release cycle, the Internet organization says. 

Researchers discovered that a popular building access control system made by IDenticard contains vulnerabilities that can be exploited to create fake badges, disable door locks, and obtain or modify user data.

United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Friday expressed concerns that the federal government shutdown could expose taxpayers to various risks. 

A business risk intelligence (BRI) program requires many components about which I’ve written previously: the right intelligence requirements, collection strategy, KPIs, vendors,

Montreal-based digital workplace solutions provider WorkJam has acquired the Canadian secure communications provider Peerio Technologies together with its entire team.

EVlink Parking electric vehicle charging stations made by Schneider Electric are affected by vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely to take control of the devices.EVlink Parking charging stations are present in office buildings, hotels, apartment complexes, private parking areas, and municipal parking locations in various countries.

In October 2018, Mondelez International filed suit against Zurich American Insurance Company. At stake is a $100 million insurance claim for damage caused by NotPetya.

The Chinese tech company Huawei on Saturday announced it has fired a sales director who was arrested in Poland and charged with spying for China, saying he has brought the firm’s reputation “into disrepute.”

The threat actor responsible for large Dridex and Locky distribution campaigns in the past has been using a brand new backdoor in attacks over the past couple of months, Proofpoint reports. 

A recently addressed vulnerability in Office 365 allowed attackers to bypass existing phishing protections and deliver malicious messages to victims’ inboxes. 

A British computer hacker has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for a cyberattack that knocked out telecommunications services in Liberia.Daniel Kaye was paid by an employee of a rival firm to launch a distributed denial of service attack on Liberian phone and internet provider Lonestar.

People across the world are expecting major cyber-attacks against their own country.

Rapid7 on Friday announced the release of Metasploit 5.0. The latest major version of the popular penetration testing framework introduces several new important features, improved performance, and its developers say it should be easier to use.

Ryuk Ransomware’s Attribution to North Korea Likely Incorrect, Multiple Security Firms Believe