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.
Zoho Patches Critical Vulnerability in Endpoint Management Solutions
Zoho Corp on Monday said it has released patches for a critical vulnerability affecting Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP, the endpoint management solutions from ManageEngine.
Five Key Signals From Russia’s REvil Ransomware Bust
The sudden move by Russia’s top law enforcement agency to conduct a very public takedown of the REvil ransomware operation has set tongues wagging about how diplomacy may hold the key to slowing big-game ransomware attacks.
VPNLab Goes Down After Servers Seized in Law Enforcement Operation
Europol on Tuesday announced the shutdown of VPNLab, a VPN service that had often been used by cybercriminals.
VPNLab has been shut down after law enforcement authorities seized 15 servers across 10 countries. Police in Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Hungary, Ukraine, the UK, the US, and Canada took part in the operation.
Accellion Reaches $8.1 Million Settlement Over FTA Data Breach
Enterprise content firewall provider Accellion has reached an $8.1 million settlement to end a lawsuit over a data breach involving its legacy file sharing service FTA, Reuters reports.
ICS Vendors Targeted in Espionage Campaign Focusing on Renewable Energy
Major industrial control system (ICS) vendors and other types of organizations have been targeted in a cyberespionage campaign that appears to focus on renewable energy.
How to Attract Hard-to-Find Cybersecurity Talent
It’s tempting to view cybersecurity through the lens that new and better technology will knock down threats and deliver all the protection an organization needs. While the right tools, applications and systems are essential, the problem for most organizations is managing a security framework.
