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Source Defense, a provider of web application client-side protection, says it pocketed $27 million in Series B funding, bringing the total investment raised by the company to $47 million.
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Security researchers have found fresh evidence linking a pair of mercenary Israeli hacking companies to mobile malware attacks on members of Catalan civil society.
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Continue reading Citizen Lab Documents Israeli Surveillance Spyware Infections in Spain
Adobe’s security update engine revved into overdrive this month with the release of patches for at least 78 documented software vulnerabilities, some serious enough to expose corporate customers to remote code execution attacks.
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Continue reading Adobe Patches Gaping Security Holes in Acrobat, Reader, Photoshop
Scope Security has announced the sudden passing of its founder and CEO Mike Murray, a longtime practitioner and executive who was deeply embedded in the cybersecurity industry.
The healthcare security startup said Murray passed away on April 6. H… Continue reading Scope Security CEO Mike Murray Passes Away
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo’s deep push into the cybersecurity market continued Monday with the announcement of plans to spend $6.9 billion to acquire identity and access management powerhouse SailPoint.
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Continue reading Thoma Bravo to Take SailPoint Private in $6.9B All-Cash Deal
Apple is being called to task for neglecting to patch two “actively exploited” zero-day vulnerabilities on older versions of its flagship macOS platform.
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Continue reading Apple Leaves Big Sur, Catalina Exposed to Critical Flaws: Intego
A pair of security researchers at SentinelLabs have intercepted a piece of destructive wiper malware hitting routers and modems and found digital breadcrumbs suggesting a link to the devastating Viasat hack that took down wind turbines in Germany.
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Researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK and Switzerland’s Armasuisse federal agency have identified a new attack method that can be used to remotely interrupt the charging of electric vehicles.
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Continue reading Remote ‘Brokenwire’ Hack Prevents Charging of Electric Vehicles
An early-stage startup building a security-themed enterprise browser has raised $115 million at a $1.3 billion valuation, becoming a cybersecurity unicorn less than two months after emerging from stealth with $100 million in funding.
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Continue reading Enterprise Browser Startup Island Snags Massive Funding Round