Supply Chain Startup Chainguard Scores $61 Million Series B

Washington startup Chainguard banks $61 million in new financing as investors make hefty wagers on software supply chain security companies.
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Censys Banks $75M for Attack Surface Management Technology

Michigan startup raises $75 million in new funding as venture capital investors bet big on attack surface management technologies.
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Strategies to overcome cybersecurity misconceptions

Many CISOs may believe their cybersecurity defenses are robust enough to repel any attack, but there are critical misconceptions they may be harboring. In this Help Net Security video, Kevin Kirkwood, Deputy CISO at LogRhythm, stresses that one of the … Continue reading Strategies to overcome cybersecurity misconceptions

Google Play Protect takes on malicious apps with code-level scanning

Google is enhancing Google Play Protect’s real-time scanning to include code-level scanning, to keep Android devices safe from malicious and unwanted apps, especially those downloaded (or sideloaded) from outside of the Google Play app store &#82… Continue reading Google Play Protect takes on malicious apps with code-level scanning

Microsoft Fixes Exploited Zero-Days in WordPad, Skype for Business

Microsoft patches more than 100 vulnerabilities across the Windows ecosystem and warned that three are already being exploited in the wild.
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Critically Close to Zero(Day): Exploiting Microsoft Kernel Streaming Service

Last month Microsoft patched a vulnerability in the Microsoft Kernel Streaming Server, a Windows kernel component used in the virtualization and sharing of camera devices. The vulnerability, CVE-2023-36802, allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. This blog post details my process of exploring a new attack surface in the Windows kernel, finding a […]

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Atlassian Ships Urgent Patch for Exploited Confluence Zero-Day

Atlassian confirms that “a handful of customers” were hit by exploits targeting a remotely exploitable flaw in its Confluence Data Center and Server products.
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