French organizations in the construction, government, and real estate sectors have been targeted with a new backdoor in a string of malware attacks, according to a warning from Proofpoint.
Application Security Firm ForAllSecure Raises $21 Million
Application security testing firm ForAllSecure this week announced that it has closed a $21 million Series B investment round that brings the total raised by the company to $36 million.
The funding round was co-led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
SSE Company Skyhigh Security Emerges From McAfee Enterprise
Private equity giant Symphony Technology Group (STG) on Tuesday announced the launch of a new security service edge (SSE) company named Skyhigh Security.
High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched in BIND Server
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released security updates to fix multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in the widely deployed Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) server software.
Software Supply Chain Weakness: Snyk Warns of ‘Deliberate Sabotage’ of NPM Ecosystem
Software supply chain security fears escalated again this week with the discovery of what’s being described as “deliberate sabotage” of code in the open-source npm package manager ecosystem.
Cloudflare Announces New Security Tools for Email, Applications, APIs
Cloudflare this week made several security-related announcements, offering customers a new web application firewall (WAF) engine, as well as email security and API security tools.
SentinelOne to Acquire Attivo Networks for $616M
Enterprise cybersecurity powerhouse SentinelOne on Tuesday announced plans to spend $616 million to acquire Attivo Networks, a Silicon Valley startup that sells breach detection technology.
Thousands of Secret Keys Found in Leaked Samsung Source Code
An analysis of the recently leaked Samsung source code revealed that thousands of secret keys have been exposed, including many that could be highly useful to malicious actors.
HD Moore’s Rumble Raises $15M Series A Investment
Less than a year after emerging from stealth $5 million in seed funding, HD Moore’s Rumble asset management startup is attracting heavy interest from venture capital investors.
Meta Releases Open Source Browser Extension for Checking Code Authenticity
Facebook parent company Meta this week announced the release of Code Verify, an open source browser extension meant to verify the authenticity of code served to the browser.












