Author Archives: Kevin Townsend
Black Basta Ransomware Becomes Major Threat in Two Months
From Basecamp to Icefall: Secure by Design OT Makes Little Headway
OT:Icefall: 56 vulnerabilities plague OT devices from 10 different major industrial manufacturers
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Do Privacy and Data Protection Regulations Create as Many Problems as They Solve?
Divergent goals often result in data protection laws that are fundamentally flawed
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Researchers Discover Way to Attack SharePoint and OneDrive Files With Ransomware
Ransomware can attack data in the cloud and launch attacks on cloud infrastructure
Researchers have discovered a functionality within Office 365 that could allow attackers to ransom files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive. On disclosure to Microsoft, t… Continue reading Researchers Discover Way to Attack SharePoint and OneDrive Files With Ransomware
Koverse Launches Zero Trust Data Platform
New attribute-based access controls (ABAC) protect sensitive data to power demanding analytics, data science, and AI use cases
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It Doesn’t Pay to Pay: Study Finds Eighty Percent of Ransomware Victims Attacked Again
It doesn’t pay to pay. This advice on ransomware payment is often given, but rarely enumerated. Now it has been. A new study finds that 80% of companies that paid a ransom were hit a second time, with 40% paying again. Seventy percent of these paid a h… Continue reading It Doesn’t Pay to Pay: Study Finds Eighty Percent of Ransomware Victims Attacked Again
OSINT Authentication Firm 443ID Emerges From Stealth with $8 Million Seed Funding
Austin, Texas-based identity and access management firm 443ID has emerged from stealth with $8 million seed funding in a round led by Bill Wood Ventures and Silverton Partners. 443ID focuses on open source intelligence (OSINT) for authentication and au… Continue reading OSINT Authentication Firm 443ID Emerges From Stealth with $8 Million Seed Funding
Cloud Data Access Firm Immuta Raises $100 Million
Boston-based cloud data access and security firm Immuta has raised $100 million in a Series E round led by NightDragon, and joined by new investor Snowflake Ventures (the VC arm of Snowflake), with participation from existing investors. The new funding… Continue reading Cloud Data Access Firm Immuta Raises $100 Million
Threat Awareness Firm HackNotice Raises $7 Million
Threat awareness startup HackNotice has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Strategic Cyber Ventures and Lytical Ventures. The funding will primarily be used to build the team around an already mature product.
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