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BreachRx Raises $6.5M to Revamp Incident Response Reporting Systems
Investors make an early-stage $6.5 million bet on BreachRx, a startup promising to shield cybersecurity executives from personal liability.
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Threat-Intelligence Startup VulnCheck Closes $8M Seed Financing
VulnCheck banks $8 million in early stage capital to build 'exploit intelligence' technologies and services.
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In Other News: OSS Backdooring Attempts, Botnet Operator Charged, Automotive Firm Attack
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: OpenSSF and OpenJS incidents similar to XZ backdoor, Moldovan botnet operator charged, US automotive company targeted by FIN7.
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First Major Attempts to Regulate AI Face Headwinds From All Sides
While over 400 AI-related bills are being debated this year in statehouses nationwide, most target one industry or just a piece of the technology — such as deepfakes used in elections.
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US Government Releases Guidance on Securing Election Infrastructure
New US guidance details foreign malign influence operations to help election infrastructure stakeholders increase resilience.
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Akira Ransomware Made Over $42 Million in One Year: Agencies
Akira ransomware has hit over 250 organizations worldwide and received over $42 million in ransom payments.
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Frontier Communications Shuts Down Systems Following Cyberattack
Telecom giant Frontier shuts down systems to contain a cyberattack that led to personal information compromise.
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OpenMetadata Vulnerabilities Exploited to Abuse Kubernetes Clusters for Cryptomining
Microsoft warns that several OpenMetadata vulnerabilities are being exploited to deploy cryptomining malware to Kubernetes environments.
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SAP Applications Increasingly in Attacker Crosshairs, Report Shows
Malicious hackers are targeting SAP applications at an alarming pace, according to warnings from Onapsis and Flashpoint.
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Multi-Data Platform SIEM Anvilogic Raises $45 Million
Silicon Valley startup Anvilogic has raised $45 million in a Series C funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners.
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United Nations Agency Investigating Ransomware Attack Involving Data Theft
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigating a ransomware attack in which hackers stole sensitive data.
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Five Eyes Agencies Release New AI Security Guidance
Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies have released joint guidance on securely deploying and operating AI systems.
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Cisco Says PoC Exploit Available for Newly Patched IMC Vulnerability
Cisco patches a high-severity Integrated Management Controller vulnerability for which PoC exploit code is available.
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180k Impacted by Data Breach at Michigan Healthcare Organization
Cherry Health says the personal information of over 180,000 individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack.
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Phishing Platform LabHost Shut Down by Law Enforcement
LabHost, a major phishing-as-a-service platform, has been shut down as part of a major law enforcement operation.
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Cisco Unveils AI-Native Enterprise Security Solution Hypershield
Cisco announces Hypershield, an AI-native and cloud-native enterprise security solution with a wide range of capabilities.
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Kapeka: A New Backdoor in Sandworm’s Arsenal of Aggression
Kapeka is a new backdoor that may be a new addition to Russia-link Sandworm’s malware arsenal and possibly a successor to GreyEnergy.
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Miggo Security Gets $7.5 Million Seed Funding to Build ADR Technology
YL Ventures leads an early stage funding round for Miggo Security, a Tel Aviv startup working on application detection and response technology.
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Armis Acquires Silk Security for $150 Million
Armis has acquired cyber risk prioritization and remediation company Silk Security for $150 million.
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Cisco: Multiple VPN, SSH Services Targeted in Mass Brute-Force Attacks
Cisco has observed an increase in brute-force attacks targeting web application authentication, VPNs, and SSH services.
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