The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged SolarWinds and its top cybersecurity executive Timothy Brown with fraud and internal control failures for allegedly misleading investors about the company’s cybersecurity practices prior to a cyberattack launched by Russian hackers in…
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Confirmed: Palo Alto Networks buys Dig Security, sources say for $400M
We reported in September that Palo Alto was getting ready to make yet more security acquisitions out of Israel, specifically of Dig Security and Talon. Today, some confirmation of one of those has arrived: the U.S. security giant said it…
Apple warns Indian opposition leaders of state-sponsored iPhone attacks
Apple has warned over a half dozen Indian politicians, other members of political parties and journalists of their iPhones being targets of state-sponsored attacks, these people said Tuesday, in a remarkable turn of events and charges just months before the…
Indian opposition leaders say Apple has warned them of state-sponsored iPhone attacks
Apple has warned at least six Indian politicians and other members of political parties and one journalist of their iPhones being targets of state-sponsored attacks, these people said Tuesday. Shashi Tharoor of the opposition Congress party, Mahua Moitra, a national…
Internet access in Gaza partially restored after blackout
After a weekend of almost complete internet blackout, connectivity in Gaza has been partially restored. On Friday, internet monitoring firms and experts reported that access to the internet had significantly degraded in the Palestinian enclave. The local internet service NetStream…
CCleaner says hackers stole users’ personal data during MOVEit mass-hack
The maker of the popular optimization app CCleaner has confirmed hackers stole a trove of personal information about its paid customers following a data breach in May. In an email sent to customers, Gen Digital, the multinational software company that…
Apple fixes bug that undermined iOS privacy feature for years
Apple has fixed a years-old vulnerability in its iPhone and iPad software that undermined a privacy feature since it first debuted. Back in 2020, Apple announced a new feature in iOS 14 that would prevent nearby wireless routers and access…
Internet access in Gaza is collapsing as ISPs fall offline
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas reaches its third week, internet connectivity in Gaza is getting worse. On Thursday, internet monitoring firm NetBlocks wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the Palestinian internet service provider NetStream “has collapsed days after…
Google adds generative AI threats to its bug bounty program
Google has expanded its vulnerability rewards program (VRP) to include attack scenarios specific to generative AI. In an announcement shared with TechCrunch ahead of publication, Google said: “We believe expanding the VRP will incentivize research around AI safety and security…
EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs’ questions about CSAM proposal microtargeting
The European Union’s home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, has confirmed the Commission is investigating whether or not it broke recently updated digital governance rules when her department ran a microtargeted political ad campaign aiming to drive support for a controversial…
US security remains paramount in the continued rise of AI, according to Treasury Department secretary
As investments grow globally, there’s still a concern stateside for security and making sure the U.S. protects its businesses. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read…
Europe’s CSAM-scanning plan is a tipping point for democratic rights, experts warn
A controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM)-scanning proposal that’s under discussion by lawmakers in Europe is both the wrong response to tackling a sensitive and multifacted societal problem and a direct threat to democratic values in a free and open…
Okta’s latest hack fallout hits Cloudflare, 1Password
Network and security giant Cloudflare and password manager maker 1Password said hackers briefly targeted their systems following a recent breach of Okta’s support unit. Both Cloudflare and 1Password said their recent intrusions were linked to the Okta breach, but that…
Censys lands new cash to grow its threat-detecting cybersecurity service
Investments in cybersecurity companies are beginning to turn a corner, seemingly. After a brutal summer, VC funding to security startups saw a slight (12%) uptick from Q3, according to Crunchbase — reaching nearly $1.9 billion compared to $1.7 billion in…
Okta says hackers stole customer access tokens from support unit
Identity and access giant Okta said a hacker broke into its customer support ticket system and stole sensitive files that can be used to break into the networks of Okta’s customers. Okta chief security officer David Bradbury said in a…
Authorities confirm RagnarLocker ransomware taken down during international sting
An international group of law enforcement agencies have disrupted the notorious RagnarLocker ransomware operation. TechCrunch reported Thursday that an international law enforcement operation involving agencies from the U.S., European Union, and Japan had seized the RagnarLocker group’s dark web portal.…
International Criminal Court says cyberattack was attempted espionage
The International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s only permanent international court with a mandate to investigate and prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, has determined that a September cyberattack against its systems was attempted espionage. The court, headquartered…
A warning to software founders developing apps with lean teams and open source code
As users of open source, we have a responsibility to ensure it is properly vetted, managed, and maintained within the software it composes. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from Security…
Telegram is still leaking user IP addresses to contacts
The popular messaging app Telegram can leak your IP address if you simply add a hacker to your contacts and accept a phone call from them. Denis Simonov, a security researcher, who is also known as n0a, recently highlighted the…
Hackers exploit zero-day to compromise tens of thousands of Cisco devices
Hackers have exploited an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Cisco’s networking software to compromise tens of thousands of devices, researchers have warned. Cisco on Monday issued an advisory warning that a critical-rated vulnerability in IOS XE, the software that powers the…
RagnarLocker ransomware dark web site seized in international sting
An international group of law enforcement agencies have seized the dark web portal used by the notorious RagnarLocker ransomware group, TechCrunch has learned. A message on the RagnarLocker website now states that, “this service has been seized by a part…
Hacker leaks millions more 23andMe user records on cybercrime forum
The same hacker who leaked a trove of user data stolen from the genetic testing company 23andMe two weeks ago has now leaked millions of new user records. On Tuesday, a hacker who goes by Golem published a new dataset…
Russia and China-backed hackers are exploiting WinRAR zero-day bug
Google security researchers say they have found evidence that government-backed hackers linked to Russia and China are exploiting a since-patched vulnerability in WinRAR, the popular shareware archiving tool for Windows. The WinRAR vulnerability, first discovered by cybersecurity company Group-IB earlier…
Darwinium brings digital security and fraud prevention to the perimeter
Back in 2018, LexisNexis acquired the digital identity platform ThreadMetrix for just under $820 million in cash. In 2021, ThreadMetrix co-founders Reed Taussig and Alisdair Faulkner returned to the world of startups when, together with a number of ex-ThreadMetrix engineers…
Passwordless authentication startup SecureW2 raises $80M from Insight Partners
Passwordless authentication offers a host of advantages over traditional pins, passphrases and passcodes. Surveys around the web show that compromised passwords cause an estimated 81% of all breaches and that the average person reuses passwords up to 14 times, giving…
Zygon helps startups avoid data breaches from SaaS providers
Last week, cloud computing company Shadow confirmed a data breach involving customers’ personal information. The hacker claims to have access to the data of more than 530,000 customers. According to an email from Shadow CEO Eric Sèle, the hacker managed…
With $33M Series C, Fingerprint looks to expand device intelligence platform
Fingerprint, a device intelligence API, helps developers build security solutions using information from hardware accessing a website. The primary goal is to help prevent fraud. Today, the Chicago-based company announced a $33 million Series C investment led by Nexus Venture…
Prove Identity nabs $40M at a “unicorn status” valuation to expand in mobile-based authentication tech
Prove Identity, the smartphone-based identity verification startup that originally made its name years ago as Payfone before rebranding in 2020, has raised $40 million. According to the company, the funding is coming in at a “unicorn status” valuation which would…
Amazon quietly rolls out support for passkeys, with a catch
Amazon has quietly rolled out support for passkeys as it becomes the latest tech giant to join the passwordless future. But you still might have to hold onto your Amazon password for a little while longer. The option to set…
Shadow silent on data breach as hacked data appears genuine
A data breach at French cloud gaming provider Shadow may be worse than the company initially suggested, according to a sample of the stolen data seen by TechCrunch. In an email sent to affected customers this week, Paris-based Shadow said…
Indian state government fixes website bug that revealed Aadhaar numbers and fingerprints
A security researcher says a bug on an Indian state government website inadvertently revealed documents containing residents’ Aadhaar numbers, identity cards, and copies of their fingerprints. The bug was fixed last week after the security researcher disclosed the bug to…
Cloud gaming firm Shadow says hackers stole customers’ personal data
French technology company Shadow has confirmed a data breach involving customers’ personal information. The Paris-headquartered startup, which offers gaming through its cloud-based PC service, said in an email to customers this week that hackers had accessed their personal information after…
Lakera launches to protect large language models from malicious prompts
Large language models (LLMs) are the driving force behind the burgeoning generative AI movement, capable of interpreting and creating human-language texts from simple prompts — this could be anything from summarizing a document to writing poem to answering a question…
Yepic fail: This startup promised not to make deepfakes without consent, but did anyway
U.K.-based startup Yepic AI claims to use “deepfakes for good” and promises to “never reenact someone without their consent.” But the company did exactly what it claimed it never would. In an unsolicited email pitch to a TechCrunch reporter, a…
SEC is investigating MOVEit mass-hack, says Progress Software
U.S. securities regulators have opened a probe into the MOVEit mass-hack that has exposed the personal data of at least 64 million people, according to the company that made the affected software. In a regulatory filing this week, Progress Software…
State-backed hackers are exploiting new ‘critical’ Atlassian zero-day bug
Microsoft says Chinese state-backed hackers are exploiting a “critical”-rated zero-day vulnerability in Atlassian software to break into customer systems. The technology giant’s threat intelligence team said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that it has observed a nation-state threat…
Lyca Mobile says customer data was stolen during cyberattack
U.K.-based Lyca Mobile has confirmed intruders accessed customers’ personal information after breaking into its systems. Lyca Mobile, the London-headquartered mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that piggybacks off network operator EE’s infrastructure, said earlier this week that it had been the…
MGM Resorts confirms hackers stole customers’ personal data during cyberattack
MGM Resorts has confirmed hackers stole an unspecified amount of customers’ personal information during a September cyberattack that will cost the hotel and casino giant an estimated $100 million. The hotel and casino giant first disclosed it had been targeted…
Hacked phone spyware shuts down . . . again
A short-lived spyware operation called Oospy, which emerged earlier this year after its predecessor Spyhide was hacked, is no longer operational and has shut down. Oospy appeared online in late July as a rebrand of a phone monitoring app called…
Hacked phone spyware shuts down… again
A short-lived spyware operation called Oospy, which emerged earlier this year after its predecessor Spyhide was hacked, is no longer operational and has shut down. Oospy appeared online in late July as a rebrand of a phone monitoring app called…
Zero-days for hacking WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars
Thanks to improvements in security mechanisms and mitigations, hacking cell phones — both running iOS and Android — has become an expensive endeavor. That’s why hacking techniques for apps like WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars, TechCrunch has learned.…
Advancing generative AI exploration safely and securely
Guardrails for testing and learning are essential to accelerating exploration while minimizing security risks. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Advancing generative AI exploration safely and securely
Qakbot hackers are still spamming victims despite FBI takedown
The hackers behind Qakbot, a notorious malware operation that was recently “dismantled” by the FBI, are still active and continue to target new victims, researchers say. The FBI announced in August that it had successfully “disrupted and dismantled” the infrastructure…
Microsoft won’t say if its products were exploited by spyware zero-days
Microsoft has released patches to fix zero-day vulnerabilities in two popular open-source libraries that affect several Microsoft products, including Skype, Teams, and its Edge browser. But Microsoft won’t say if those zero-days were exploited to target its products, or if…
Lyca Mobile blames cyberattack for network disruption
U.K.-based mobile virtual network provider giant Lyca Mobile has confirmed a cyberattack that caused service disruption for millions of its customers. Lyca Mobile claims to be the world’s largest international mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, which piggybacks off network…
Okta plans to weave AI across its entire identity platform using multiple models
One thing is clear this year: generative AI is having a tremendous impact on the software industry, and a week doesn’t pass without software companies announcing their plans to incorporate the seemingly game changing technology into their platforms. This week,…
Okta acquires a16z-backed password manager Uno to develop a personal tier
Okta, the U.S.-based identity mangement giant, announced today that it has acquired a password mangement app, Uno. The company said that Uno’s team will help speed up the public launch of the Okta Personal tier, a password manager for consumers.…
Yubico can now ship pre-registered security keys to its enterprise users
Physical security keys remain one of the best ways to secure user accounts, but the fact that new users have to register them before they can use them often adds quite a bit of friction. Yubico, the company behind the…
Make these 5 changes to avoid becoming the next cybersecurity headline
Recent incidents, such as the breach at MGM Resorts, serve as stark reminders of the potential consequences of inadequate security measures. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Make these 5 changes to…
FBI most-wanted Russian hacker reveals why he burned his passport
Russian hacker Mikhail Matveev, also known on the internet as “Wazawaka” and “Boriselcin,” is wanted by the FBI, which is offering a $10 million reward for information that could lead to his arrest, and has been put on a U.S.…
Motel One says ransomware gang stole customer credit card data
Motel One, one of Europe’s largest hotel chains, has confirmed it was the target of a ransomware attack that saw hackers access customer data. Motel One is a low-budget German hotel chain that operates 90 hotels across Europe and the…
Cloaked manages your logins with proxy emails, phone numbers and a built-in password manager
Boston-based privacy and security startup Cloaked, launched its apps today to let users create unique proxy emails, phone numbers, and passwords for online accounts. The company, which was in private beta for the last two years, is now making its…
IronNet, founded by former NSA director, shuts down and lays off staff
IronNet, a once-promising cybersecurity startup founded by a former NSA director and funded by cyber and defense investors, has shuttered and laid off its remaining staff following its collapse. In a regulatory filing published Friday, IronNet’s president and chief financial…
Progress, the company behind MOVEit, patches new actively exploited security flaws
Progress Software, the company behind the recently hacked MOVEit file-transfer software, has released fixes for two more critical-rated vulnerabilities that are being exploited by attackers. In an advisory published last week, Progress warned of multiple vulnerabilities affecting its of its…
India’s national logistics portal exposed sensitive personal data, trade records
India’s state-owned logistics portal has fixed misconfigurations and vulnerabilities that exposed sensitive personal data and various state and private trade records. Called the National Logistics Portal-Marine, the website made the sensitive and private data public due to misconfigured Amazon S3…
Google patches zero-day exploited by commercial spyware vendor
Google has rushed to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome that was exploited by a commercial spyware vendor. The vulnerability was reported to the Chrome team by Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) just two days before the…
Nexusflow raises $10.5 to build a conversational interface for security tools
Nexusflow, a startup using generative AI to help companies make sense of cybersecurity data, today announced that it raised $10.5 million in a seed round led by Point72 Ventures with participation from Fusion Fund and several AI luminaries in Silicon…
KSOC says it’s tackling cloud-native security in a way that is Kubernetes-first
The take-up of Kubernetes, a tool for managing containerized workloads, is only expected to increase as demand for cloud-native architectures and containerization continues. In terms of security, this can mean a boon or a major blind spot for them, according…
Security researcher warns of chilling effect after feds search phone at airport
A U.S. security researcher is warning of a chilling effect after he was detained on arrival at a U.S. airport, his phone was searched, and was ordered to testify to a grand jury, only to have prosecutors reverse course and…
This startup wants to verify your ID without storing your personal data
As government and banking services move away from verifying identities in the real world, moving toward online ID verification, several companies have entered the market to solve this problem. A new startup from France is entering the market with a…
Russian zero-day seller offers $20M for hacking Android and iPhones
A company that acquires and sells zero-day exploits — flaws in software that are unknown to the affected developer — is now offering to pay researchers $20 million for hacking tools that would allow its customers to hack iPhones and…
Gem Security raises $23M for its cloud security platform
Cloud detection and response company Gem Security today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series A round led by GGV Capital, with participation from IBM Ventures, Cisco and Silicon Valley CISO Investments. It was only in February that…
Cybersecurity firm Lumu raises $30M to detect network intrusions
Lumu, a startup that helps enterprises identify and isolate security compromises, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Forgepoint Capital, $6 million of which is debt. Ricardo Villadiego, Lumu’s founder and CEO, says…
Sources: Palo Alto Networks in advanced talks to buy Talon and Dig in a $1B security sweep
Palo Alto Networks’ stock price has been on the rise on the back of strong earnings and growing demand for cybersecurity services, and now the company is using that momentum to do a little shopping. TechCrunch has confirmed with multiple…
Sources: Palo Alto in advanced talks to buy Talon and Dig in a $1B security sweep
Palo Alto Networks’ stock price has been on the rise on the back of strong earnings and growing demand for cybersecurity services, and now the company is using that momentum to do a little shopping. TechCrunch has confirmed with multiple…
Found: Live from TechCrunch Disrupt with cybersecurity trailblazer Window Snyder from Thistle Technologies
Welcome back to Found, the podcast where we get the stories behind the startups. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Found: Live from TechCrunch Disrupt with cybersecurity trailblazer Window Snyder from Thistle…
Why the public sector is an easy target for ransomware
We’re on track for 2023 to be a record breaking year for ransomware attacks targeting the U.S. public sector. These attacks, which includes both traditional encrypt-and-extort and newer data theft-only attacks, know the public sector is an easy target: It’s…
New SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules: What you need to know to stay in compliance
The SEC requires companies to report both material cybersecurity incidents and cybersecurity risk management processes in a standardized way. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: New SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules: What you…
Hackers steal $200M from crypto company Mixin
Hong Kong-based crypto company Mixin announced on Sunday that it was breached and that the hackers stole around $200 million. “In the early morning of September 23, 2023 Hong Kong time, the database of Mixin Network’s cloud service provider was…
Hackers steal $200 million from crypto company Mixin
Hong Kong-based crypto company Mixin announced on Sunday that it was breached and that the hackers stole around $200 million. “In the early morning of September 23, 2023 Hong Kong time, the database of Mixin Network’s cloud service provider was…
Decade of newborn child registry data stolen in MOVEit mass-hack
Ontario’s government-funded birth registry has confirmed a data breach affecting some 3.4 million people who sought pregnancy care, including the personal health data of close to two million newborns and children across the Canadian province. BORN Ontario said in a…
Yes, you have to update your Apple devices again, because spyware is bad
Apple has released urgent security updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watch, and Safari users to block two active spyware campaigns. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Yes, you have to update…
Google’s Parisa Tabriz on how the company stays ahead of hackers
Google is constantly under attack. But while hackers have compromised gaming giants, casinos and other technology giants in recent months, Google has so far remained largely unscathed. Parisa Tabriz, who is responsible for Chrome web browser security and Project Zero,…
Kindo aims to take the security stress out of AI workflows
Ron Williams, co-founder and CEO of Kindo, knows a thing or two about cybersecurity, having previously led security teams at League of Legends developer Riot Games, shared scooter startup Bird and Alphabet-backed Clover Health. He is now bringing this expertise…
GitHub launches passkey support into general availability
GitHub is formally launching its passkeys security feature into general availability, two months after first debuting it in beta. Passkeys offer cloud-synced authentication using cryptographic key pairs, allowing users to sign-in to websites and apps with the same screen-lock PIN…
Encrypted email provider Proton has built its own CAPTCHA service
Proton, the Swiss company that develops privacy-focused online services such as email, has developed its very own CAPTCHA service to help discern between genuine login attempts and bots — and it touts the new system as the world’s first CAPTCHA…
Cisco to acquire Splunk in $28B mega deal
Cisco has a reputation of building the company through acquisitions, but it has tended to stay away from the really huge ones. That changed this morning when the company announced it was acquiring Splunk for $28 billion. With Splunk, it…
Meta targeted for fresh UK gov’t warning against E2E encryption for Messenger, Instagram
Buckle up for another encryption fight: Hot on the heels of securing parliament’s approval for its Online Safety Bill yesterday, the UK government is amping up pressure on Meta not to roll out end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) on Facebook Messenger and Instagram…
Donald Trump Jr.’s X account was hacked, spokesperson confirms
Donald Trump Jr.’s account on X (formerly Twitter) was hacked on Wednesday morning. The account published a post that falsely claimed that his father, former president Donald Trump, had passed away. “I’m sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has…
Donald Trump Jr. X account was hacked, spokesperson confirms
Donald Trump Jr.’s account on X (formerly Twitter) was hacked on Wednesday morning. The account published a post that falsely claimed that his father, former president Donald Trump, had passed away. “I’m sad to announce, my father Donald Trump has…
Legit Security lands $40M to lock down apps and dev environments
Legit Security, a cybersecurity company developing a platform to identify app vulnerabilities from code, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by CRV with participation from Cyberstarts, Bessemer Venture Partners and TCV. Co-founder and CEO Roni…
Phalanx protects company data by automatically securing and tracking sensitive documents
Data loss prevention (DLP) has emerged as a foundational strategy for businesses looking to prevent workers from inadvertently (or advertently) sharing sensitive data outside the confines of the company network. At its core, DLP is about solving the “people problem”…
International Criminal Court says hackers accessed its systems
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it experienced a cyberattack last week after hackers accessed its internal systems. The ICC, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, is the only permanent war crimes tribunal. Established in 2002, the court is currently…
A year into private ownership, SailPoint cracks the $600M ARR threshold
The final earnings report that SailPoint disclosed before it was taken private detailed its Q2 2022 results, including revenue of $134.3M. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: A year into private ownership,…
HiddenLayer raises $50M for its AI-defending cybersecurity tools
HiddenLayer, a security startup focused on protecting AI systems from adversarial attacks, today announced that it raised $50 million in a funding round co-led by M12 and Moore Strategic Ventures with participation from Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, Capital One and…
Cato Networks, valued at $3B, lands $238M ahead of its anticipated IPO
Cato Networks, the Tel Aviv-based startup that packages software-defined networking, managed cybersecurity and global backbone services into a single offering, today announced that it raised $238 million in an equity investment that values the company at over $3 billion. LightSpeed…
Sources: CrowdStrike will announce its Bionic.ai acquisition for $350M today
Earlier this year, we broke the news that CrowdStrike was close to acquiring Bionic.ai — a security posture management platform for cloud services — for between $200 million and $300 million. Sources tell us that this deal has now closed…
One of the FBI’s most wanted hackers is trolling the U.S. government
Earlier this year, the U.S. government indicted Russian hacker Mikhail Matveev, also known by his online monikers “Wazawaka” and “Boriselcin,” accusing him of being “a prolific ransomware affiliate” who carried out “significant attacks” against companies and critical infrastructure in the…
UK police officers’ data stolen in cyberattack on ID supplier
The personal details of thousands of U.K. police officers have been stolen after a suspected ransomware attack on a third-party supplier. Greater Manchester Police, one of the largest police departments in the U.K., confirmed last week that the supplier, since…
Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data
Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed tens of terabytes of sensitive data, including private keys and passwords, while publishing a storage bucket of open-source training data on GitHub. In research shared with TechCrunch, cloud security startup Wiz said it discovered a…
iOS 17 includes these new security and privacy features
Apple’s long-awaited iOS 17 update for iPhones lands today with a number of new and improved security features. Much of the new features are aimed at protecting iPhone owners who are at greater risk of cyberattacks and spyware, like journalists,…
X launches account verification based on government ID
X, formerly Twitter, has launched government ID-based account verification for paid users to prevent impersonation and give them benefits such as “prioritized support.” The social network has partnered with Israel-based Au10tix for identity verification solutions. The pop-up for ID verification…
Caesars Entertainment says customer data stolen in cyberattack
Hotel and casino giant Caesars Entertainment said Thursday that hackers stole a huge trove of customer data in a recent cyberattack, confirming recent media reports. Caesars said in an 8-K notice with federal regulators filed before markets opened on Thursday…
Hackers claim MGM cyberattack as outage drags into fourth day
MGM Resorts continues to battle a widespread outage after a cyberattack forced it to shut down systems across its properties. The hotel and entertainment giant, which operates a number of hotels and casinos on the Las Vegas Strip including the…
Patronus AI conjures up an LLM evaluation tool for regulated industries
It turns out that when you put together two AI experts, both of whom formerly worked at Meta researching responsible AI, magic happens. The founders of Patronus AI came together last March to build a solution to evaluate and test…
Digital forensics firm Binalyze raises $19M to investigate cyber threats
Binalyze, a London-based startup building a toolset for digital forensics and incident response, this week announced that it raised $19 million in a Series A round led by Molten Ventures with participation from Cisco Investments, Citibank Ventures and Deutsche Bank…
Zenity strives to keep no-code/low-code apps secure
So many companies are using low-code and no-code tools these days to create apps and workflows. These tools are by design likely in the hands of non-technical end users, but the problem is that these folks might not know about…
Zenity strives to keep no code/low code apps secure
So many companies are using low code and no code tools these days to create apps and workflows. These tools are by design likely in the hands of non-technical end users, but the problem is that these folks might not…
AuthMind raises seed funding for its identity SecOps platform
AuthMind, a Maryland-based startup that aims to help businesses protect themselves from identity-related cyberattacks, today announced that it has raised an $8.5 million seed round led by Ballistic Ventures, with strategic participation from IBM Ventures. The company was co-founded by…
MGM Resorts blames ‘cybersecurity issue’ for ongoing outage
Hotel and casino giant MGM Resorts has confirmed a “cybersecurity issue” is to blame for an ongoing outage affecting systems at the company’s Las Vegas properties. “MGM Resorts recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting some of the company’s systems,” the…