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UK Firm Think Cyber Raises $3.8 Million for Staff Security Nudging

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 12:32pm

Startup says simple awareness training is not sufficient – users need to practice ‘good’ behavior beyond simply acknowledging poor behavior and bad intent.

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Airbus to Buy German Cybersecurity Firm Infodas

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 12:08pm

Airbus Defence and Space is set to acquire Infodas, a Germany-based company that boasts €50 million revenue.

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UK Court Says Assange Can’t be Extradited on Espionage Charges Until US Rules Out Death Penalty

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 11:53am

UK Judges said the U.S. must guarantee that Assange, who is Australian, “is afforded the same First Amendment protections as a United States citizen, and that the death penalty is not imposed.”

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Webinar Today: How to Reduce Cloud Identity Risk

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 10:56am

Please the fireside chat as Phil Bues, Cloud Research Manager at IDC, discusses the challenges and best practices for cybersecurity leaders managing cloud identities.

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Suspicious NuGet Package Harvesting Information From Industrial Systems

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 9:55am

A suspicious NuGet package likely targets developers working with technology from Chinese firm Bozhon.

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ZenHammer Attack Targets DRAM on Systems With AMD CPUs

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 9:40am

A new Rowhammer attack named ZenHammer has been demonstrated against DRAM on systems with AMD CPUs, including DDR5.

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Greylock Makes $10M Bet on Bedrock Security

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 9:33am

Silicon Valley startup deposits $10 million in seed-stage funding to help organizations manage risk from cloud and gen-AI technologies.

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Apple Patches Code Execution Vulnerability in iOS, macOS

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 8:14am

Apple has released iOS 17.4.1 and macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 with patches for an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.

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US Government Urges Software Makers to Eliminate SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 6:46am

CISA and the FBI issue a secure-by-design alert on eliminating SQL injection vulnerabilities from software.

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Recent Fortinet FortiClient EMS Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 5:55am

CVE-2023-48788, a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS product, is being exploited in the wild.

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UK, New Zealand Accuse China of Cyberattacks on Government Entities

Security Week - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 5:30am

Australia and New Zealand support the UK in condemning Chinese hackers for targeting UK institutions and parliamentarians.

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US Treasury Slaps Sanctions on China-Linked APT31 Hackers

Security Week - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 2:50pm

The US Treasury Department sanctions a pair of Chinese hackers linked to “malicious cyber operations targeting US critical infrastructure sectors.”

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Leen Banks Early Stage Funding for Data Security Technology

Security Week - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 2:29pm

Leen Security, a new startup building technology to help reduce chaos in the data security space, has banked a $2.8 million pre-seed funding.

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The OODA Loop: The Military Model That Speeds Up Cybersecurity Response

Security Week - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 2:12pm

The OODA Loop can be used both by defenders and incident responders for a variety of use cases such as threat assessment, threat monitoring, and threat hunting.

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Over 100 Organizations Targeted in Recent ‘StrelaStealer’ Attacks

Security Week - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 9:19am

More than 100 organizations in the US and EU have been targeted in recent StrelaStealer infostealer campaigns.

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Top Python Developers Hacked in Sophisticated Supply Chain Attack

Security Week - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 7:43am

Multiple Python developers get infected after downloading malware-packed clone of the popular tool Colorama.

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Mozilla Patches Firefox Zero-Days Exploited at Pwn2Own

Security Week - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 6:15am

Firefox browser updates address two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited at the Pwn2Own hacking contest.

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White House Nominates First Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

Security Week - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 6:00am

Michael Sulmeyer has been nominated by the White House as the first assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy at the Pentagon.

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Finite State Raises $20 Million to Grow Software Supply Chain Security Business

Security Week - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 11:33pm

Software risk management firm Finite State has raised a $20 million growth round led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP).

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German Authorities Shut Down Online Marketplace for Drugs, Data and Cybercrime Services

Security Week - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 10:29pm

German authorities took down the Nemesis Market, a major online marketplace for drugs, cybercrime services and stolen credit card data.

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