Offensive security startup Hadrian today announced that it has received €10.5 million ($11 million) in unsolicited seed funding that brings the total invested in the company to $13.7 million.
The investment round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Picus Capital, previous investor Slimmer.AI, and various angel investors.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the National Cyber Security Centres in New Zealand (NZ NCSC) and the United Kingdom (NCSC-UK) have issued joint guidance on the proper configuration and monitoring of PowerShell to eliminate the risk of abuse.
Two bipartisan cybersecurity bills were signed into law on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, by US President Joe Biden: the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2021, and the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021.
Some of the industrial control system (ICS) vendors impacted by the OT:Icefall vulnerabilities have released advisories to inform customers about the impact of the flaws and to provide mitigations.
Firmware security company Binarly on Wednesday announced that it has raised $3.6 million in a seed funding round led by Westwave Capital and Acrobator Ventures.
Several angel investors also took part in the seed round, which will help the startup speed up R&D initiatives, expand its engineering team, and scale adoption of its technologies.
French deep tech firm Cosmian on Monday announced that it has raised €4.2 million ($4.4 million) in a venture funding round that brings the total raised by the company to €5.6 million ($5.9 million).
The new investment round was led by La Banque Postale – via its new 115K innovation fund – and previous investor Elaia Partners.
A survey conducted in March by Fortinet shows that over 40% of global cybersecurity incidents affecting organizations with operational technology (OT) systems resulted in outages that put physical safety at risk.
Microsoft has dismissed reports about June 14 being the last Patch Tuesday, as the upcoming rollout of the Windows Autopatch service seems to be causing some confusion.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it’s acquiring Miburo, a New York-based cyber threat analysis and research company that specializes in foreign information operations.
Miburo provides analysis, consulting and training services. The startup’s research team detects and attributes influence campaigns across over a dozen languages.
