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CISA has laid out the FOCAL plan, which aligns the collective operational defense capabilities across federal agencies.

Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden’s campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump’s campaign.

Serial entrepreneur Sinan Eren is back with Opnova, a startup working on automating security workflows with limited human supervision.

CISA is warning organizations that two Oracle vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2022-21445 and CVE-2020-14644 are being exploited in the wild. 

Attack simulation firm has raised $45 million in growth funding, bringing the total amount raised to $80 million.

Atlassian’s September 2024 monthly security bulletin details multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in four products.

Microsoft has observed the threat actor Vanilla Tempest targeting US healthcare organizations with INC ransomware.

The Port of Seattle, which owns and runs the airport, has decided not to pay, the official said.

Threats have become more complex as the threat surface has expanded and it is now about the evolution of protecting a business and its ecosystem.

The US government has announced the disruption of Raptor Train, a Flax Typhoon botnet powered by hacked consumer devices.

People on the Move

Bob Turner has been named CISO at Penn State University.

V2X has appointed Christopher Carter as CISO.

Andrew McLaughlin has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at SandboxAQ.

Credential management firm Axiad has appointed Brian Szeto as CFO and Lynne Boyd as VP of sales.

Secure infrastructure access firm Teleport has named a new CRO and CMO.

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The US government has announced the disruption of Raptor Train, a Flax Typhoon botnet powered by hacked consumer devices.

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Between 3 to 5 grams of a highly explosive material were concealed inside pagers prior to their delivery to Hezbollah, and then remotely triggered simultaneously.

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Two recently patched Progress Software WhatsUp Gold vulnerabilities may have been exploited in the wild, possibly in ransomware attacks.

Apple said there’s “too significant a risk” of exposing the anti-exploit work needed to fend off the very adversaries involved in the case.

Microsoft is revamping how anti-malware tools interact with the Windows kernel to avoid another CrowdStrike faulty update catastrophe. 

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On Thursday, Rapid7 announced that a new Metasploit module, designed to target the GE D20 PLC, was ready for use. The SCADA focused addition is part of Project Basecamp, which seeks to prove the flexibility of the Metasploit framework.

I am a millionaire. Actually, I’m a multi-millionaire. Or rather I could be if I helped the honorable Mr. Nagumba get his money out of Nigeria, or helped Barbara get her money out of Brazil, or picked up my unclaimed lottery winnings, or helped another half dozen people in the last month.

Anonymous Launches #OpMegaupload, Launches Massive DDoS Attacks Against Multiple Targets in Retaliation for Action Against Megaupload.ComThe Anonymous collective moved swiftly today, in response to actions taken by the Justice Department against operators of Megaupload.com, a wildly popular file sharing and online storage service.

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security and compliance solutions provider Qualys, this week launched an updated version of its FreeScan service aimed at helping small and medium businesses (SMBs) perform a scan on company web sites or publicly facing IP addresses, and letting them know where they may be at risk.

General Dynamics opened a new Cyber Intelligence and Solutions Center located in Annapolis Junction, Maryland today.The 28,000 square foot facility will house experts working cyber threat detection and mitigation solutions.

An Endpoint Protection Best Practices survey from Symantec, which was conducted last October by Applied Research, shows that organizations following best practices for protecting endpoints are doing a better job protecting critical assets and information. However, when those protections fail, it’s still a costly situation. In short, Symantec is proving that nothing is truly secure.

Klocwork, a company known for its Insight software that performs source code analysis on-the-fly, has released a new version of its flagship product that offers C/C++ developers the same tools that web application developers have been using for some time.

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RunSafe Security has raised $12 million in a Series B funding round for a solution designed to help companies develop secure software.

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