Forgepoint Capital, a venture capital firm focused on cybersecurity investments, is pumping $10 million into an early-stage startup created to provide incident response services within the lucrative cyber-insurance ecosystem.
SYN Ventures Closes $300M Fund for Cybersecurity Bets
SYN Ventures, a Florida-based venture capital firm placing early-stage bets in cybersecurity startups, has closed a new $300 million fund and announced the addition of serial entrepreneur Ryan Permeh as full-time operating partner.
Semperis Banks $200 Million to Scale Enterprise ID Protection Tech
Enterprise identity protection vendor Semperis has banked $200 million in a new round of funding that values the company north of $1 billion.
IBM Dives Into TrickBot Gang’s Malware Crypting Operation
Researchers with IBM Security’s X-Force division have analyzed 13 crypters employed by the cybercrime group behind the infamous TrickBot and Conti malware.
LimaCharlie Banks $5.45 Million in Seed Funding
LimaCharlie, a California company supplying tools to run an MSSP or SOC on a pay-as-you-use model, has attracted $5.45 million in seed round financing.
US Accuses Venezuelan Doctor of Creating and Selling Ransomware
A citizen of France and Venezuela has been charged in the United States for allegedly creating, using, and selling ransomware.
Researchers Devise New Type of Bluetooth LE Relay Attacks
Security researchers at NCC Group have created a new tool capable of launching a new type of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) relay attack that bypasses existing protections and mitigations.
‘Sysrv’ Botnet Targeting Recent Spring Cloud Gateway Vulnerability
A new variant of the Sysrv botnet has added a recent Spring Cloud Gateway vulnerability to its exploit portfolio, Microsoft warns.
The Sysrv botnet has been active since at least late 2020, looking to exploit known security bugs in access interfaces in order to compromise Windows and Linux systems and install a Monero cryptominer on them.
Iran-Linked OilRig APT Caught Using New Backdoor
The Iran-linked hacking group OilRig was observed using a new backdoor in an attack against a government official within Jordan’s foreign ministry, according to new research published this week.
Organizations in Europe Targeted With New ‘Nerbian’ RAT
Proofpoint’s security researchers have documented a new remote access trojan (RAT) being used in a series of recent attacks targeting various industries in multiple European countries.












