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In a signal move for the cybersecurity sector, identity and access management (IAM) vendor SailPoint has made its return to public markets.

The chief deputy attorney general of the agency sent an email on Wednesday that said nearly all of is computer systems were offline.

Former RNC official Sean Cairncross has been nominated for the post of National Cyber Director to streamline the US cybersecurity strategy.

In the latest edition of “Rising Tides” we talk with Lesley Carhart, Technical Director of Incident Response at Dragos.

Meta received close to 10,000 vulnerability reports and paid out over $2.3 million in bug bounty rewards in 2024.

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Google pays $10,000 bug bounty for YouTube vulnerability, Cybereason CEO sues two investors, Otorio launches new OT security tool.

The exploitation of a recent SonicWall vulnerability has started shortly after proof-of-concept (PoC) code was published.

China-linked APT Salt Typhoon has been exploiting known vulnerabilities in Cisco devices in attacks on telecom providers in the US and abroad.

ClearSky Cyber Security says it has seen a new Windows zero-day being exploited by a Chinese APT named Mustang Panda. 

Identity management provider SGNL has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Brightmind Partners.

Attempts to exploit CVE-2024-0108, an authentication bypass vulnerability in Palo Alto firewalls, started one day after disclosure. 

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The US arm of networking giant TP-Link has appointed Adam Robertson as Director of Information and Security.

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.

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ClearSky Cyber Security says it has seen a new Windows zero-day being exploited by a Chinese APT named Mustang Panda. 

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Rapid7 finds a new zero-day vulnerability in PostgreSQL and links it to chain of attacks against a BeyondTrust Remote Support product.

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An analysis conducted by SecurityWeek shows that 405 cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions were announced in 2024.

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

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

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

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Oracle Critical Patch Update for October, 2010 to fix 81 VulnerabilitiesOracle issued a Pre-Release Announcement this week, providing advance information about the Oracle Critical Patch Update to be released on Tuesday, October 12, 2010.

Google Account Security ChecklistGoogle today pushed a “Security Checklist,” primarily designed for Gmail users but something useful for all Google Accounts and Google Apps users. Several of the tips are obvious, but some tips and features that Google references may not be commonly used or paid attention to.

New Information Security Resource Provides Guidance that Addresses the People, Process, Organization and Technology Aspects of Information Security. The ISACA this week published the Business Model for Information Security (BMIS), as an educational resource for security professionals and to provide comprehensive guidance that addresses the people, process, organization and technology aspects of information security.

Symantec's New LogoSymantec today officially launched its new company logo. The company says that the new logo “symbolizes the company's focus on enabling confidence and ensuring customers have simple and secure access to their information from anywhere, seamlessly moving between their personal and professional lives.”

Situation Management Solution for Electric Utilities Improves Security Operations and ComplianceOne of the main challenges being faced by electric utilities in the United States today is ensuring effective security operations that can handle incidents in real time, with limited resources across hundreds of sites that are often equipped with thousands of monitored sensors and multiple disparate security and safety systems.

McAfee and Citrix Systems have delivered the first product of a joint collaboration announced earlier this year to make virtual desktop security simpler and more scalable for large enterprise deployments. Released today at the Citrix Synergy conference in Berlin, McAfee Management for Optimized Virtualized Environments AntiVirus (MOVE AV) has been specifically designed for Citrix XenDesktop, helping customers secure corporate data and applications delivered to virtual desktops running on servers in the datacenter.

Cisco ASA 5585-X Adaptive Security Appliance and AnyConnect 3.0 Bring Enhanced Security and Performance Features to the EnterpriseCisco announced new products and services this week across several elements of its “Borderless Network Architecture,” Cisco’s vision of connecting anyone, anywhere, on any device -- securely, reliably, and seamlessly.

A new report issued by Verizon this week on compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) reveals that only 22 percent of the organizations assessed were PCI compliant at the time of their initial examination. But compliance is worth the trouble. According to the report, organizations that suffer credit card data breaches are 50 percent less likely to be PCI compliant.

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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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