Investors continue to pour cash into Canadian password management software vendor 1Password, pushing the company’s valuation to $6.8 billion.
1Password Raises Mammoth $620 Million Funding Round
XDR Firm Trellix Launches Following Merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye
Private equity giant Symphony Technology Group (STG) on Wednesday announced the launch of Trellix, an extended detection and response (XDR) solutions provider created following the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye.
Ukraine Attacks Involved Exploitation of Log4j, October CMS Vulnerabilities
Zero Trust Network Access Provider Banyan Security Raises $30 Million
Zero trust network access (ZTNA) solutions provider Banyan Security on Tuesday announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, which brings the total raised by the company to $47 million.
The funding round was led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from Alter Venture Partners, SIG, Shasta Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.
Mandatory Chinese Olympics App Has ‘Devastating’ Encryption Flaw: Analyst
An app all attendees of the upcoming Beijing Olympics must use has encryption flaws that could allow personal information to leak, a cyber security watchdog said Tuesday.
Multi-Factor Authentication Bypass Led to Box Account Takeover
A vulnerability in Box’s implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) allowed attackers to take over victim’s accounts without having access to the victim’s phone, according to new research from Varonis.
Cyber Insights 2022: Supply Chain
Cloud Detection and Response Firm Permiso Emerges From Stealth With $10M in Funding
Cloud infrastructure identity detection and response firm Permiso has emerged from stealth with $10 million seed funding. The company identifies and tracks human, machine, vendor and service provider identities in IaaS and PaaS infrastructures.
VirusTotal Hacking Offers a Supercharged Version of Google Hacking
Chronicle’s VirusTotal (VT) is a boon to security researchers and a gift to potential criminals. Apart from virus samples it contains likely millions of user credentials readily available to anyone who knows where and how to look.
Israel Lawmakers Outraged Over Claim Police Used NSO Spyware
Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday called for a parliamentary inquiry into the police’s alleged use of sophisticated spyware on Israeli citizens, including protesters opposed to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following a newspaper report on the surveillance.
