Acuvity Raises $9 Million Seed Funding for Gen-AI Governance and In-house Development

Activity emerged from stealth with $9 million seed funding to provide solutions for enterprises to safely adopt GenAI.
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When Convenience Costs: CISOs Struggle With SaaS Security Oversight

SaaS applications are so easy to use, the decision, and the deployment, is sometimes undertaken by the business unit user with little reference to, nor oversight from, the security team.
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China-Linked ‘Velvet Ant’ Hackers Exploited Zero-Day to Deploy Malware on Cisco Nexus Switches

Hackers gained access to the switch using valid administrator credentials, and then ‘jailbroke’ from the application level into the OS level.
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Why LinkedIn Developed Its Own AI-Powered Security Platform

An inside look at how LinkedIn developed an internal AI-assisted vulnerability management system to protect its massive infrastructure and user base.
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National Public Data Says Breach Impacts 1.3 Million People

National Public Data (NPD) has confirmed suffering a data breach, but the company says the incident only affects 1.3 million people in the US.
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Unconfirmed Hack of 2.9 Billion Records at National Public Data Sparks Media Frenzy Amid Lawsuits

National Public Data (NPD) is at the center of controversy with allegations of a massive data breach involving 2.9 billion records. Despite media coverage and a class action lawsuit, verifiable proof remains scarce
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Unlocking the Front Door: Phishing Emails Remain a Top Cyber Threat Despite MFA

SecurityWeek spoke with Mike Britton, CISO at Abnormal Security, to understand what the company has learned about current social engineering and phishing attacks.
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