Security researchers at Proofpoint are calling attention to the discovery of a commercial red-teaming tool called Nighthawk, warning that the command-and-control framework is likely to be abused by threat actors.
Palo Alto to Acquire Israeli Software Supply Chain Startup
Cybersecurity powerhouse Palo Alto Networks on Thursday announced plans to spend $195 million in cash to acquire Israeli startup Cider Security, a deal that adds software supply chain security capabilities to its Prisma Cloud platform.
US Gov Warning: Start Hunting for Iranian APTs That Exploited Log4j
The U.S. government on Wednesday issued a blunt recommendation for organizations running VMWare Horizon servers: Initiate threat-hunting activities to find and expel Iranian APT actors that used the Log4j crisis to slip undetected into corporate networks.
Akeyless Raises $65 Million for Secrets Management Tech
Israeli early-stage startup Akeyless has banked a whopping $65 million in venture capital funding to build technology to help businesses manage credentials, certificates, keys and other secrets flowing through multi-cloud environments.
Bishop Fox Adds $46 Million to Series B Funding Round
Continuous attack surface management pioneer Bishop Fox continues to attract the attention of investors with the banking of another $46 million in growth funding led by WestCap.
Gaping Authentication Bypass Holes in VMWare Workspace One
Virtualization technology giant VMware joined the Patch Tuesday train this week to deliver urgent security patches to its VMWare Workspace One product.
Microsoft Scrambles to Thwart New Zero-Day Attacks
The zero-day attacks against Microsoft’s software products are showing no signs of slowing down.
Microsoft: China Flaw Disclosure Law Part of Zero-Day Exploit Surge
The world’s largest software maker is warning that China-based nation state threat actors are taking advantage of a one-year-old law to “stockpile” zero-days for use in sustained malware attacks.
Cloud-Native Application Security Firm Apiiro Raises $100 Million
Cloud-native application security provider Apiiro this week announced that it has raised $100 million in Series B funding. To date, the company has raised $135 million.
The new funding round was led by General Catalyst, with additional participation from Greylock and Kleiner Perkins.
Spyderbat Raises $10 Million for Cloud and Container Security Platform
Cloud-native runtime security startup Spyderbat this week announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding, which brings the total raised by the company to $14 million.
The funding round was led by NTTVC, with participation from Benhamou Global Ventures, LiveOak Venture Partners, and an angel investor.












