Russia, Ukraine and the Danger of a Global Cyberwar
Russia, Ukraine and the Danger of a Global Cyberwar
New York wants to improve its cybersecurity defenses and will open a joint operations center in the coming months to coordinate between government agencies, critical businesses and utilities, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.
Belden on Wednesday announced that it has completed the sale of cybersecurity and compliance solutions provider Tripwire for $350 million in cash, after acquiring it for $710 million in cash.
Compliance solutions provider anecdotes this week announced that it has raised $25 million in Series A funding, which brings the total investment in the company to $30 million.
The new funding round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners and received participation from Aleph, Glilot Capital Partners, Shasta Ventures, and Vintage Investment Partners.
Just as Russia was preparing to launch an invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian government websites were disrupted by DDoS attacks and cybersecurity firms reported seeing what appeared to be a new piece of malware on hundreds of devices in the country.
Customer relationship management services provider Salesforce says it has handed out more than $12.2 million in payouts to the ethical hackers who reported vulnerabilities as part of its bug bounty program.
The websites of Ukraine’s defense, foreign and interior ministries were unreachable or painfully slow to load Thursday morning after a punishing wave of distributed-denial-of-service attacks as Russia struck at its neighbor, explosions shaking the capital of Kyiv and other major cities.
A team of researchers from China’s Pangu Lab on Wednesday published a 50-page report detailing a piece of Linux malware allegedly used against many targets by the threat actor known as the Equation Group, which has been linked to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).