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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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Toshiba has rolled out a new technology for its self-encrypting hard disks that provides additional security features to prevent data leakage. The Japan based company said that Wipe technology for its SED models was capable of automatically deleting sensitive user information stored on the HDDs when the system is turned-off or the hard drive is removed from the system.

Cybercrime Trends for 2010 - 2010 Mid-Year Report from SonicWALLSonicWALL has released its mid-year 'top cybercrime trends for 2010' report which details the current and future security threats faced by organizations the world over.The report, compiled from the data collected by the company's Global Response Intelligence Defense (GRID) network servers, suggests that trends in social networking, cloud computing and remote use of smartphones pose a major threat to organizations.

Foxit Reader Updated to Address Security Issues Caused by iPhone & iPad Jailbreak ProgramFoxit has released Foxit Reader 4.1.1.0805 to address a vulnerability associated with the improper rendering of PDF documents.The Foxit Reader update fixes the crash issue caused by the new iPhone/iPad jailbreak program, which can be exploited to inject arbitrary code into a system and execute it there. Exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Microsoft has released the advanced notification for its upcoming Patch Tuesday security update release, in which the company will be issuing 14 security bulletins that cover 34 vulnerabilities found in Windows, Office and Silverlight software.The upcoming Patch Tuesday release is one of the biggest patch releases made by Microsoft for a long time. However, the company denied it to be its largest ever.

IntraLinks IPO - Cloud Security Provider Goes Public on New York Stock Exchange, Raises $143 MillionIntraLinks Holdings (NYSE:IL), a provider of cloud-based solutions that help enterprises securely manage content, exchange business information and collaborate within and among organizations, went public today (its third attempt) and started trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Data security vendor Imperva and data masking solutions provider ActiveBase, are partnering to offer a comprehensive protection solution for sensitive data.The partnership, announced this week, will allow joint customers to protect sensitive data from those who don't need to see it. The solution, for example, will allow personal data to be shielded from IT personnel such as outsourced support teams and protect personal information in training and development environments.

Securing the Extended EnterpriseAs corporations expand their reliance on the Internet and technology to conduct business, most work diligently to reduce their exposure to attack. Their efforts are focused primarily on protecting their enterprise assets, but could they be missing a very important aspect of their attack surface…. the extended enterprise?

Signature Based Anti-Virus Test Results - Vendors Struggle to Keep up with ThreatsThe most popular signature-based antivirus (AV) solutions detect on average less than 19% of malware threats, according to a new report released today by IT security vendor Cyveillance. However, that detection rate increases to 61.7% after 30 days, although even this rate could hardly be seen as comforting.

Security solutions provider Rapid7 has launched the latest version of its vulnerability management solution, NeXpose, which will help local governments and private enterprises adhere to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Certification requirements.

Jailbroken iPhones - a Risk in the EnterpriseLast week’s ruling by the Library of Congress's Copyright Office giving a legal green light to iPhone and iPad users who want to download non-Apple-approved apps may make corporate security managers nervous if these Apple products are part of their mobile device portfolio – but a smartphone security company has come up with a counter-measure that will at least bring the risk level down to what it was before the ruling.

Solace Systems and Layer 7 Technologies Team Up on Scalable Messaging for SOA and Cloud EnvironmentsSolace Systems and Layer 7 Technologies have announced a joint venture in which the companies will integrate their technologies to offer scalable and secure SOA and cloud based solutions to their customers.

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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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