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A subgroup of the Russia-linked Seashell Blizzard is tasked with broad initial access operations to sustain long-term persistence.

Security and compliance automation firm Drata has acquired trust center platform SafeBase in a quarter billion dollar deal.

Ivanti and Fortinet on Tuesday released patches for multiple critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities in their products.

A new GAO report assesses that the Coast Guard needs to improve Maritime Transportation System (MTS) cybersecurity.

Chipmakers Intel, AMD and Nvidia on Tuesday published new security advisories to inform customers about vulnerabilities found in their products. 

A fresh post on the Kraken ransomware group’s leak website refers to data stolen in a 2022 cyberattack, Cisco says.

Industrial giants Schneider Electric and Siemens have released February 2025 Patch Tuesday ICS security advisories.

On the eve of the Munich Security Conference, Google argues that the cybercriminal threat should be treated as a national security threat like state-backed hacking groups.

The Microsoft Patch Tuesday machine hummed loudly this month with urgent fixes for a pair of already-exploited Windows zero-days.

Patch Tuesday: Adobe patches 45 vulnerabilities across multiple products and warns of remote code execution exploitation risks.

Russia-based bulletproof hosting services provider Zservers was sanctioned for providing services to support LockBit ransomware operations.

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Cyber exposure management firm Armis has promoted Alex Mosher to President.

Software giant Atlassian has named David Cross as its new CISO.

Dan Pagel has been named the new CEO of risk management and remediation firm Brinqa.

The City of Phoenix has promoted Mitch Kohlbecker to the role of Chief Information Security Officer.

Gigamon has promoted Tony Jarjoura to CFO and Ram Bhide has been hired as Senior VP of engineering.

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The Microsoft Patch Tuesday machine hummed loudly this month with urgent fixes for a pair of already-exploited Windows zero-days.

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Intel says roughly 100 of the 374 vulnerabilities it patched last year were firmware and hardware security defects.

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Cupertino’s security response team said the flaw was used in “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” 

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News analysis: The big AI platforms are emerging as frontline early warning systems, detecting nation-state hackers at the outset of their campaigns. Can this help save the threat intel industry?

SolarWinds will become a privately held company following its acquisition by Turn/River Capital for $4.4 billion in cash. 

Hospital Sisters Health System says the personal information of 883,000 individuals was compromised in a 2023 crippling cyberattack.

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Varonis Systems, a provider of data governance software, today announced it has extended its DatAdvantage for UNIX now supports AIX servers, allowing AIX system administrators the ability to perform automated data access and usage audits, fix and maintain access controls, identify sensitive data and find data owners.

Novell, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Attachmate Corporation would acquire Novell for $6.10 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion. Attachmate Corporation is owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo.

Mobile Threats a Top Concern in 2011 According to Several Industry ReportsThreats targeting the fast growing smartphone and tablet markets top the list of cyber concerns in 2011 according to a report released today by M86 Security Labs and echoed by several other firms and recent reports.

Anonymizer has released a beta version of Nevercookie, the recently announced Firefox plugin designed to protect against the Evercookie, a javascript API built and made available by Samy Kamkar (same guy who brought you the Samy Worm and XSS Hacking to Determine Physica

Malaysian National Allegedly Hacked Federal Reserve Bank, Department of Defense Contractor and MoreAfter arriving at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in late October, Lin Mun Poo, a 32 year-old resident of Malaysia traveling to the US on a business trip was greeted by Secret Service Agents who arrested him and seized his laptop computer.

The United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Michigan announced today that former Ford employee Xiang Dong Yu, aka Mike Yu, 49, of Beijing, China, pleaded guilty today in federal court to two counts of theft of trade secrets.

Adobe this week announced the availability of its new Acrobat X Family of products, including Adobe Reader X as well as Acrobat X Suite, Acrobat X Pro, and Acrobat X Standard. In the new release, Adobe added an entirely new security strategy with a new “Protected Mode” for Acrobat Reader.

Majority of Americans Have Abandoned an Online Purchase Due to Security Concerns, Poll FindsAccording to a national poll released today by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), 64 percent of Americans said they have not made an online purchase from a specific website because of security concerns.

Cisco and VMware to Deliver Integrated Virtual Desktop Solution Cisco and VMware this week announced a desktop virtualization solution based on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and VMware View 4.5.The solution is aimed at helping customers deploy virtual desktop solutions that scale to meet business needs and regulatory requirements while reducing risk and total cost of ownership.

Dell today announced an encryption solution designed to help companies protect endpoint devices that contain sensitive information. The “Dell Data Protection | Encryption,” solution is a manageable and auditable solution aimed at helping customers simplify data protection and comply with security regulations.

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Stack Provides Toolkit for Key Stakeholders to Implement and Assess Security of Cloud EnvironmentsToday at the CSA Congress in Orlando, Florida, The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the availability of its Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) Stack, an integrated suite of initiative for GRC in the cloud.

Report Lists Top Applications With Security Vulnerabilities But Doesn't Provide a True Representation of Which are Really The Most DangerousA report released this week serves a wake-up call to users and companies, and shows the need to start paying more attention to what software is on (and what versions!) computers and other devices such as smartphones and removable storage devices.

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San Francisco application security startup raises $100 million in a Series D funding round led by Menlo Ventures. 

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APIs are easy to develop, simple to implement, and frequently attacked. They are  prime and lucrative targets for cybercriminals. 

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