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.
LimaCharlie Banks $5.45 Million in Seed Funding
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.
‘IceApple’ Post-Exploitation Framework Created for Long-Running Operations
CrowdStrike has detailed a new post-exploitation framework that could be the work of a state-sponsored threat actor, one likely linked to China.
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.
BalkanID Raises $6M for Intelligent IGA Technology
BalkanID, a startup with ambitious plans to disrupt the Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) space, has banked $5.75 million in seed funding to help organizations find and remediate risky privileges across SaaS and public cloud infrastructure.
Email Security Vendors Score Billion-Dollar Valuations
Material Security, a startup jostling for space in the crowded email security market, has banked $100 million in new venture capital funding as investors continue to attach billion-dollar valuations to early stage cybersecurity vendors.
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Warns of New Zero-Day Being Exploited
Microsoft on Tuesday released critical software updates to fix at least 73 documented security flaws in the Windows ecosystem and warned that unknown attackers are already launching zero-day man-in-the-middle attacks.
New Malware Samples Indicate Return of REvil Ransomware
New malware samples and a new Tor-based leak website suggest that the REvil ransomware operation has been resumed.
Secureworks, which tracks the group behind REvil as Gold Southfield, has conducted an analysis of malware samples apparently created in March and April, and determined that the developer likely has access to the original REvil source code.