Symantec researchers have analyzed what appears to be the first ransomware family written in the Rust programming language.
Sophisticated Noberus Ransomware First to Be Coded in Rust
Spyware Find Highlights Depth of Hacker-for-Hire Industry
Security researchers said Thursday they found two kinds of commercial spyware on the phone of a leading exiled Egyptian dissident, providing new evidence of the depth and diversity of the abusive hacker-for-hire industry.
UK Court Allows Assange’s Extradition to US for Spying Case
A British appellate court opened the door Friday for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States by overturning a lower court’s decision that the WikiLeaks founder’s mental health was too fragile to withstand the American criminal justice system.
Saudi Activist Sues 3 Former U.S. Officials Over Hacking
Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent Saudi political activist who pushed to end a ban on women driving in her country, is suing three former U.S. intelligence and military officials she says helped hack her cellphone so a foreign government could spy on her before she was imprisoned and tortured.
Work-from-Anywhere Requires “Work-from-Anywhere Security”
Facebook, GDPR and Max Schrems – Under the Hood of GDPR Legal Processes
Mozilla Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Firefox, Thunderbird
Mozilla this week released security updates for the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client to address multiple vulnerabilities, including several bugs rated high severity.
Grip Security Raises $25 Million to Secure SaaS Applications
Grip Security, an Israeli startup that helps organizations securely adopt software-as-a-service (SaaS), on Tuesday announced the closing of a $19 million Series A funding round led by Intel Capital.
GitGuardian Raises $44 Million to Create Code Security Platform
Code security company GitGuardian on Tuesday announced raising $44 million in a Series B funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $56 million.
The latest funding round was led by Eurazeo, with participation from Sapphire, Balderton, BPI and Fly Ventures.
