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1Password Increases Top Bug Bounty Reward to $1 Million
Password management software vendor 1Password today announced that it is willing to pay up to $1 million to researchers able to steal secrets from its vault.
The top reward is offered as part of the company’s bug bounty program that has been running on Bugcrowd for years.
Vodafone Investigating Source Code Theft Claims
Vodafone has launched an investigation after a cybercrime group claimed to have stolen hundreds of gigabytes of source code from the telecoms giant.
The hacker group, calling itself “Lapsus$,” claims to have obtained roughly 200 Gb of source code files, allegedly representing approximately 5,000 GitHub repositories.
Threat Intelligence Firm Cybersixgill Raises $35 Million
Threat intelligence company Cybersixgill today announced that it has closed a $35 million Series B investment round that brings the total raised by the company to $56 million.
The funding round was led by More Provident and Pension Funds and REV Venture Partners, with additional participation from CrowdStrike, Elron Ventures, OurCrowd, and SonaeIM.
New Variant of Spectre Attack Bypasses Intel and Arm Hardware Mitigations
A team of researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands has demonstrated a new Spectre attack variant that can bypass hardware mitigations implemented in recent years by Intel and Arm.
All About the Bots: What Botnet Trends Portend for Security Pros
Protecting your organization against botnet threats requires a holistic, integrated approach to security
China’s Hacking of European Diplomats Aligns With Russia-Ukraine Conflict
In an ongoing campaign aligned with the current war in Ukraine, Chinese cyberespionage group Mustang Panda has been targeting European diplomats with an updated variant of the PlugX backdoor, cybersecurity company Proofpoint reports.
Italy Fines US Facial Recognition Firm
Italy’s data privacy watchdog on Wednesday fined US-based firm Clearview AI 20 million euros (almost $22 million) over its controversial facial recognition software.
Alleged Ukrainian Hacker in US Court After Extradition From Poland
A Ukrainian man appeared before a US court on Wednesday to face charges over his role in ransomware attacks, including last year’s hack of IT software company Kaseya.
HelpSystems to Acquire MDR Services Firm Alert Logic
Software firm HelpSystems continues on its cybersecurity buying spree, announcing on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Alert Logic, a provider of managed detection and response (MDR) services.
