Boise, Idaho-based PlexTrac has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors Madrona Venture Group, Noro-Moseley Partners and StageDotO Ventures.
Trend Micro Patches Vulnerabilities in Hybrid Cloud Security Products
Trend Micro recently patched two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting some of its hybrid cloud security products. Details and proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits have been released by the researchers who found the flaws.
1,300 Malicious Packages Found in Popular npm JavaScript Package Manager
Malicious actors are using the npm registry as the start point for open source software (OSS) supply chain attacks.
Open source software offers huge potential for criminals and nation states to deliver widespread supply chain attacks. OSS registries provide a major feeding ground with easy access.
Tennessee Community College Suffers Ransomware Attack
A Tennessee community college suffered a data security attack that may have resulted in unauthorized access to personal information of former and current students, faculty and staff, officials said.
Walmart Dissects New ‘Sugar’ Ransomware
The cyber threat team at retail giant Walmart has dissected a new ransomware family dubbed Sugar, which is available to cybercriminals as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS).
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.
Cloudflare Launches Public Bug Bounty Program
Web performance and security services provider Cloudflare this week announced that its bug bounty program is now open to all vulnerability hunters on HackerOne.
FBI Warns of Potential Cyberattacks Targeting 2022 Winter Olympics
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday announced the release of a Private Industry Notification (PIN) to warn entities associated with the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic games of potential cyberattacks targeting them.
Samba Patches Critical Flaws That Earned Researchers Big Rewards
The latest updates for Samba, the widely used interoperability suite that provides file and print sharing capabilities between Windows and Unix computers, patch critical vulnerabilities that earned researchers tens of thousands of dollars at a recent hacking contest.
ESET Patches High-Severity Vulnerability in Windows Applications
Antivirus firm ESET on Monday announced patches for a local privilege escalation vulnerability impacting its Windows clients.
Tracked as CVE-2021-37852 and reported to ESET by the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the vulnerability is considered “high severity,” as it could allow an attacker to misuse the AMSI scanning feature.












