Three U.S. government agencies — Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NAS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) — have announced the release of the first part of a three-part joint guidance on securing the software supply chain.
Huntress Scores $40M Funding, Plans International Expansion
Managed detection and response (MDR) platform provider Huntress on Thursday announced the closing of a $40 million debt financing round to speed up global expansion plans.
The latest funding was led by CIBC Innovation Banking and brings the total raised by the Maryland start-up to $100 million.
Zyxel Patches Critical Vulnerability in NAS Firmware
Networking solutions provider Zyxel has released patches for a critical-severity vulnerability impacting the firmware of multiple network attached storage (NAS) device models.
Samsung US Says Customer Data Compromised in July Data Breach
Just before the Labor Day holiday weekend, electronics giant Samsung US announced that the personal information of some customers was compromised in a July data breach.
As part of the incident, which was identified roughly a month ago, an unauthorized third party gained access to some of Samsung’s US systems and exfiltrated information stored on them.
How to Improve Mean Time to Detect for Ransomware
Training for multiple situations will help your security team make decisions more quickly
Academics Devise Open Source Tool For Hunting Node.js Security Flaws
A group of academic researchers have designed an open source Node.js bug hunting tool that has already identified 180 security vulnerabilities.
LastPass Says Source Code Stolen in Data Breach
Password management software firm LastPass has suffered a data breach that led to the theft of source code and proprietary technical information.
BalkanID Adds $2.3M to Seed Funding Round
BalkanID, a Texas startup building technology in the Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) space, has added $2.3 million to its seed financing round, bringing the total raised to $8.1 million.
Musk Lawyers Seize on Twitter Whistleblower Revelations
Elon Musk’s lawyers jumped Wednesday on the revelations of a Twitter whistleblower to try to force the platform to surrender vast amounts of information for their fight to cancel the billionaire’s buyout bid.
Plex Confirms Database Breach, Data Theft
Popular streaming media platform Plex is scrambling to reset user passwords after a database hack that included the theft of emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords.
