E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) Becomes the Latest Data Breach Victim With Data of 1.5 Million Users Stolen
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Security Orchestration Firm Phantom Cyber Raises $13.5 Million
Phantom, a cybersecurity startup that has developed a community-powered security automation and orchestration platform, announced that it has raised $13.5 million in a Series B funding round led by iconic Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins.
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Fortinet Hires Former NSA Cyber Chief Phil Quade as CISO
Fortinet announced on Tuesday said that it has hired former NSA Cyber Task Force Chief, Phil Quade, as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
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Foreign Nation Behind Anthem Breach, Investigation Claims
The California Department of Insurance on Friday revealed that an investigation into the data breach of health insurance giant Anthem Inc. has concluded that a foreign country was behind the attack.
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St. Jude Patches Vulnerabilities in Cardiac Devices
St. Jude Medical has released security updates to patch some of the flaws discovered by MedSec in its cardiac devices, but the manufacturer insists that the risk of cyberattacks is very low.
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Shamoon 2 Variant Targets Virtualization Products
A second variant of the Shamoon 2 malware discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks has been set up to target virtualization products, likely in an effort to increase the impact of the attack and make recovery more difficult for targeted organizations.
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Sundown Exploit Kit Variant Distributes Cryptocurrency Miner
An atypical variant of the Sundown exploit kit (EK) was recently seen using a different infrastructure than previously known and distributing a cryptocurrency mining application, Malwarebytes Labs security researchers reveal.
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New York Governor Proposes New Cyber Security Measures
Following the Intelligence Community report blaming Russia for both the Democratic National Committee hack in 2016, and for attempting to influence the presidential election in favor of Republican Donald Trump, the Democrat Governor of New York has now introduced new cyber security proposals to his January State of the State address.
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Mac Crashing Attack Method Used in Tech Support Scam
A snippet of malicous code designed to crash Mac OS machines is being delivered through drive-by downloads as part of a campaign designed to trick users into calling a fake tech support service, security researchers warn.
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“Truffle Hog” Tool Detects Secret Key Leaks on GitHub
A free and open source tool called “Truffle Hog” can help developers check if they have accidentally leaked any secret keys through the projects they publish on GitHub.
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