Current security technology stacks are not keeping up with the increasing scale and sophistication of attacks
Planning for the Future: What’s Ahead in 2022
ZeroFox to Go Public in $1.4 Billion SPAC Deal
Social media threat protection firm ZeroFox, announced on Monday that it would acquire incident response services firm IDX and become a publicly traded company via Merger with L&F Acquisition Corp.
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup for December 13-19, 2021
VMware Patches Vulnerabilities in Workspace ONE Access
Patches released by VMware to address a couple of vulnerabilities in the Workspace ONE Access authentication solution also resolve the recent Log4Shell security flaw.
Ransomware Operators Leak Data Stolen From Logistics Giant Hellmann
Logistics giant Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has confirmed that attackers were able to exfiltrate data from its systems during a cyberattack earlier this month.
Log4j Update Patches New Vulnerability That Allows DoS Attacks
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Mitigate Log4j Vulnerabilities
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an emergency directive instructing federal agencies to mitigate the Log4j vulnerabilities. The announcement came just before the disclosure of a new flaw affecting the popular logging utility.
Ransomware Persists Even as High-Profile Attacks Have Slowed
In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware gangs in his country, there hasn’t been a massive attack like the one last May that resulted in gasoline shortages. But that’s small comfort to Ken Trzaska.
Trend Micro Spots Chinese Hackers Targeting Transportation Sector
Since the middle of 2020, a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor called ‘Tropic Trooper’ has been targeting transportation organizations and government entities related to transportation sector, Trend Micro reports.
Citizen Lab Exposes Cytrox as Vendor Behind ‘Predator’ iPhone Spyware
The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has discovered another player in the private sector mobile spyware business, fingering a tiny North Macedonia company called Cytrox as the makers of high-end iPhone implants.
Russian Cyberspy Groups Start Exploiting Log4Shell Vulnerability
Severity of Second Log4j Vulnerability Increased to Critical
Russia has been added to the list of nation states targeting the recently disclosed Log4Shell vulnerability, with exploitation attempts linked to several of the country’s cyberespionage groups.
