Microsoft’s massive Patch Tuesday rollout this month included fixes for multiple high-severity vulnerabilities impacting the Azure Site Recovery service.
DLL Hijacking Flaw Fixed in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery
Can ‘Lockdown Mode’ Solve Apple’s Mercenary Spyware Problem?
News Analysis: Cybersecurity experts toss bouquets at Apple for removing attack surface from its flagship platforms and call on competing OS makers to match Cupertino’s attempts to neutralize the mercenary spyware business.
Apple Adds ‘Lockdown Mode’ to Thwart .Gov Mercenary Spyware
Faced with a surge in state-sponsored mercenary spyware attacks targeting its flagship iOS platform, Apple plans to add a new ‘Lockdown Mode’ that significantly reduces attack surface and adds technical roadblocks to limit sophisticated software exploits.
Security Automation Firm Swimlane Closes $70 Million Funding Round
Security automation startup Swimlane on Wednesday announced it has raised $70 million in a Series C funding round that brings the total investment in the company to $170 million.
US Senators Call for Close Look at TikTok
Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials are getting access to data about US users of video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok.
Oak9 Lands $8 Million in New Venture Investment
Chicago-based Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) startup oak9 has attracted new interest from venture capitalists with Cisco Investments and Morgan Stanley’s Next Level Fund joining a new $8 million funding round.
North Korea Lazarus Hackers Blamed for $100 Million Horizon Bridge Heist
The infamous North Korean Lazarus hacking group is the prime suspect in the $100 million hack of Harmony’s Horizon Bridge, according to new data and research from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic.
Securing the Metaverse and Web3
Normalyze Announces $22 Million for DSPM Technology
Bay Area startup Normalyze on Monday announced a $22 million in Series A funding as venture capital investors rush to place bets on the newly coined Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) space.
CrowdStrike: Ransomware Actor Caught Exploiting Mitel VOIP Zero-Day
Security researchers at CrowdStrike have stumbled upon ransomware actors deploying zero-day exploits against Mitel VOIP appliances sitting on the network perimeter.
