Former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan Found Guilty Over Breach Cover-Up

A San Francisco jury on Wednesday found former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan guilty of covering up a 2016 data breach and concealing information on a felony from law enforcement.
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KKR Boosts NetSPI Stake with $410 Million Investment

Private equity giant KKR is expanding its big bet on penetration testing and attack surface management firm NetSPI with a new $410 million investment round.
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US Government Details Tools Used by APTs in Defense Organization Attack

The NSA, FBI and CISA have issued an alert describing the tools and techniques used by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors in an attack aimed at an unnamed defense industrial base organization in the United States.
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LayerX Raises $7.5M Seed Funding to Tackle Secure Web Browsing

Israeli startup LayerX has joined the list of companies scoring investor interest in the tricky enterprise browser market.
LayerX, based in Tel Aviv, came out of the shadows Monday with $7.5 million in seed funding and ambitious plans to build technolo… Continue reading LayerX Raises $7.5M Seed Funding to Tackle Secure Web Browsing

What’s Going on With Cybersecurity VC Investments?

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Chinese Cyberespionage Group ‘Witchetty’ Updates Toolset in Recent Attacks

Chinese cyberespionage group Witchetty has been observed updating its toolset in recent attacks targeting entities in the Middle East and Africa, Symantec reports.
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North Korean Gov Hackers Caught Rigging Legit Software

Threat hunters at Microsoft have intercepted a notorious North Korean government hacking group lacing legitimate open source software with custom malware capable of data theft, espionage, financial gain and network destruction.
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Investors Bet on Ox Security to Guard Software Supply Chains

The funding frenzy in the software supply chain space now includes Ox Security, an early-stage Israeli startup that just raised a whopping $34 million in seed-stage financing.
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