Startup Spotlight: Binarly Hardens Firmware Security
The December discovery of moderate to severe vulnerabilities in the baseboard management controllers (BMCs) used by 15 different vendors highlighted the danger of firmware flaws. Read More
Netcraft Secures First Funding With Over $100M From Spectrum Equity
SALT LAKE CITY and LONDON, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Netcraft, a cybercrime detection, disruption, and takedown company announced today that it has raised over $100M from Spectrum Equity, a leading growth equity Read More
Violent extremism is still spreading online. There’s a way to stop it.
Buffalo, El Paso, Glendale, Calif., and Colorado Springs. Those are just a few of the cities that have been racked by social media-fueled terrorist attacks Read More
Reducing Security Debt in the Cloud
Debt is a big topic of discussion these days — household debt in inflationary times, tax debt following the income tax filing deadline, the debate Read More
KnowBe4 Partners With Egress to Enhance Organizations’ Inbound and Outbound Email Security Defenses
Boston, US. – 18th July 2023 –– KnowBe4 and Egress have announced their partnership to provide organizations with a proactive approach to defending against advanced inbound and outbound Read More
Infosec Doesn’t Know What AI Tools Orgs Are Using
With the marketplace awash in new AI tools and existing tools rolling out sparkling new AI features, organizations lack visiblity in what AI tools are Read More
Cloudflare reports ‘alarming surge’ in DDoS sophistication, escalation in recent months
The second quarter of 2023 has seen “an alarming escalation in the sophistication” of distributed denial-of-service attacks, Cloudflare said Tuesday, pointing to a proliferation of Read More
Leverage Threat Intelligence, AI, and Data at Scale to Boost Cyber Defenses
As security tooling grows more sophisticated and insight into cybercriminal activity becomes more comprehensive, our collective ability to detect threat activity has advanced. Current dwell Read More
Hacker Infected & Foiled by Own Infostealer
A prolific threat actor has been operating on Russian-language forums since 2020, but then he accidentally infected his own computer and sold off its contents Read More
Legislation preventing data broker sales to government agencies moves forward
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation closing loopholes that allow data brokers to sell consumer data to law enforcement and federal agencies. The Read More