A high-severity security vulnerability in Argo CD could allow an attacker to access sensitive information from target applications.
IRS to End Use of Facial Recognition to Identify Taxpayers
The IRS said Monday it will suspend the use of facial recognition technology to authenticate people who create online accounts after the practice was criticized by privacy advocates and lawmakers.
Microsoft Says Mac Trojan Becoming Stealthier, More Menacing
Malware hunters at Microsoft are calling attention to a nasty macOS malware family that has evolved quickly from a basic information-gathering trojan to a stealthy backdoor with more powerful capabilities.
Microsoft, Symantec Share Notes on Russian Hacks Hitting Ukraine
Threat hunters at Microsoft and Symantec are sharing notes on a barrage of new cyberespionage attacks from Russia’s spy agency hitting organizations in Ukraine.
Volexity Warns of ‘Active Exploitation’ of Zimbra Zero-Day
Malware hunters at Volexity are raising the alarm for a Chinese threat actor seen exploiting a zero-day flaw in the Zimbra email platform to infect media and government targets in Europe.
Passage Emerges From Stealth With Biometric User Authentication Platform
Austin, Texas-based Passage this week announced that it has emerged from stealth mode with $4 million in funding and a public beta version of its biometric user authentication platform for developers.
Identity Verification Firm Veriff Raises $100 Million
Veriff, a provider of automated identity verification technology, announced this week that it has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $200 million.
Attack Surface Management Play Censys Scores $35M Investment
The jostling for space in the attack surface management space intensified this week with Michigan startup Censys banking a new $35 million funding round to fuel growth and expansion.
White House Publishes Federal Zero Trust Strategy
Apple Patches ‘Actively Exploited’ iOS Security Flaw
Apple late Wednesday pushed out an urgent iOS update with fixes for 11 documented security flaws and warned that one of the vulnerabilities “may have been actively exploited.”
In a barebones advisory, Apple acknowledged the zero-day took aim at a memory corruption issue in IOMobileFrameBuffer, an oft-targeted iOS kernel extension.













