Palo Alto to Acquire Israeli Software Supply Chain Startup

Cybersecurity powerhouse Palo Alto Networks on Thursday announced plans to spend $195 million in cash to acquire Israeli startup Cider Security, a deal that adds software supply chain security capabilities to its Prisma Cloud platform.
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US Gov Warning: Start Hunting for Iranian APTs That Exploited Log4j

The U.S. government on Wednesday issued a blunt recommendation for organizations running VMWare Horizon servers: Initiate threat-hunting activities to find and expel Iranian APT actors that used the Log4j crisis to slip undetected into corporate networ… Continue reading US Gov Warning: Start Hunting for Iranian APTs That Exploited Log4j

Akeyless Raises $65 Million for Secrets Management Tech

Israeli early-stage startup Akeyless has banked a whopping $65 million in venture capital funding to build technology to help businesses manage credentials, certificates, keys and other secrets flowing through multi-cloud environments.
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Bishop Fox Adds $46 Million to Series B Funding Round

Continuous attack surface management pioneer Bishop Fox continues to attract the attention of investors with the banking of another $46 million in growth funding led by WestCap.
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Microsoft Patches MotW Zero-Day Exploited for Malware Delivery

Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday updates address six zero-day vulnerabilities, including one related to the Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) security feature that has been exploited by cybercriminals to deliver malware.
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Gaping Authentication Bypass Holes in VMWare Workspace One

Virtualization technology giant VMware joined the Patch Tuesday train this week to deliver urgent security patches to its VMWare Workspace One product.
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Microsoft Scrambles to Thwart New Zero-Day Attacks

The zero-day attacks against Microsoft’s software products are showing no signs of slowing down.
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Microsoft: China Flaw Disclosure Law Part of Zero-Day Exploit Surge

The world’s largest software maker is warning that China-based nation state threat actors are taking advantage of a one-year-old law to “stockpile” zero-days for use in sustained malware attacks.
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