Collaborate Disseminate
The takedown of the REvil ransomware gang by the Russian FSB on January 14, 2022, took the world by surprise. Before this, the unwritten rule was that hackers would be safe in Russia provided they did not attack Russia.
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Continue reading Dark Web Chatter: What Other Russian Hackers Are Saying About the REvil Arrests
2021 can be described as the year of the software supply chain attack – the year in which SolarWinds opened the world’s eyes, and the extent of the threat became apparent.
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Continue reading Software Supply Chain Attacks Tripled in 2021: Study
Tel Aviv, Israel-based cloud security firm Polar Security has emerged from stealth with $8.5 million seed funding in a round led by Glilot Capital Partners with participation from IBI Tech Fund.
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Cloud infrastructure identity detection and response firm Permiso has emerged from stealth with $10 million seed funding. The company identifies and tracks human, machine, vendor and service provider identities in IaaS and PaaS infrastructures.
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Chronicle’s VirusTotal (VT) is a boon to security researchers and a gift to potential criminals. Apart from virus samples it contains likely millions of user credentials readily available to anyone who knows where and how to look.
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Continue reading VirusTotal Hacking Offers a Supercharged Version of Google Hacking
Despite the current ‘buzz’ cliché phrase that ‘security is top of mind’ with business leadership, a new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) highlights the continuing gap between business and security leaders.
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Continue reading World Economic Forum Highlights Continued Gap Between Security and Business Leaders
A new ruling from the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) traps EU/U.S. data transfers between a rock and hard place. The rock is GDPR. The hard place is FISA. And the two are fundamentally incompatible.
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Continue reading Austrian Regulator Says Google Analytics Contravenes GDPR
Automated security validation firm has now raised nearly $190 million in funding
Boston, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel-based automated security validation (ASV) firm Pentera has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round led by K1 Investment Management… Continue reading Security Validation Firm Pentera Raises $150 Million at $1 Billion Valuation