The funding frenzy in the software supply chain space now includes Ox Security, an early-stage Israeli startup that just raised a whopping $34 million in seed-stage financing.
Investors Bet on Ox Security to Guard Software Supply Chains
Hackers Possibly From China Using New Method to Deploy Persistent ESXi Backdoors
Hackers possibly from China have been using a new technique to install persistent backdoors in VMware ESXi hypervisors, giving them significant capabilities while making detection more difficult.
Cyber Warfare Rife in Ukraine, But Impact Stays in Shadows
Russia Gives Citizenship to Ex-NSA Contractor Edward Snowden
Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed Monday by the Russian leader.
Ukraine Says Russia Planning ‘Massive Cyberattacks’ on Critical Infrastructure
The Ukrainian government says it is bracing to deal with “massive cyberattacks” from Russian hackers against critical infrastructure targets in the energy sector.
Ukraine Cracks Down on Group Selling Hacked Accounts to Pro-Russia Propagandists
Ukrainian authorities take down cybercrime group that hacked 30 million accounts
Ukrainian authorities say they have taken down a pro-Russia hacking group that compromised user accounts and then sold them for profit on dark web portals.
Hacktivist Attacks Show Ease of Hacking Industrial Control Systems
Hacktivists might not know a lot about industrial control systems (ICS), but they’re well aware of the potential implications of these devices getting compromised. That is why some groups have been targeting these systems — which are often unprotected and easy to hack — to draw attention to their cause.
Sophos Firewall Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks on South Asian Organizations
UK-based cybersecurity company Sophos has warned customers that a new zero-day vulnerability affecting some of its firewall products has been exploited in attacks.
Iranian Hackers Breached Albanian Government One Year Before Disruptive Attacks
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a joint advisory detailing the cyberattacks that Iranian threat actors conducted against the Albanian government in July 2022.
Russian Cyberspies Targeting Ukraine Pose as Telecoms Providers
A Russian cyberespionage group tracked as UAC-0113 is using dynamic DNS domains masquerading as telecommunications providers in ongoing attacks targeting entities in Ukraine, Recorded Future reports.
