Valence Security, an early-stage startup with roots in Israel, is attracting significant interest from venture capital investors.
Microsoft M12 Leads $25 Million Valence Security Series A
Arnica Raises $7 Million to Protect Software Developers, Code
Behavior-based threat detection startup Arnica has raised $7 million in a seed funding round led by Joule Ventures and First Rays Venture Partners, with participation from several angel investors.
Apple Fixes Exploited Zero-Day With iOS 16.1 Patch
Apple on Monday shipped a major iOS update with fixes at least 20 documented security defects, including a kernel flaw that’s already being actively exploited in the wild.
Google’s GUAC Open Source Tool Centralizes Software Security Metadata
Google today introduced Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition (GUAC), an open source tool for centralizing build, security, and dependency metadata.
Developed in collaboration with Kusari, Purdue University, and Citi, the new project is meant to help organizations better understand software supply chains.
New PowerShell Backdoor Poses as Part of Windows Update Process
Cybersecurity firm SafeBreach has issued a warning about a new PowerShell backdoor that disguises itself as part of the Windows update process to remain fully undetected.
IDA Pro Owner Hex-Rays Acquired by European VC Firm
European venture capital and private equity firm Smartfin on Tuesday announced a deal to acquire Hex-Rays, the Belgian company behind the widely deployed IDA Pro software disassembler.
Zimbra Patches Under-Attack Code Execution Bug
Messaging and collaboration software maker Zimbra has rushed out patches to provide cover for a code execution flaw that has already been exploited to plant malware on target machines.
Zoom for macOS Contains High-Risk Security Flaw
Video messaging technology powerhouse Zoom has rolled out a high-priority patch for macOS users alongside a warning that hackers could abuse the software flaw to connect to and control Zoom Apps.
Timing Attacks Can Be Used to Check for Existence of Private NPM Packages
Container and cloud-native application security provider Aqua Security warns that the existence of private NPM packages can be disclosed by performing timing attacks.
Microsoft Warns of New Zero-Day; No Fix Yet For Exploited Exchange Server Flaws
Microsoft on Tuesday released software fixes to address more than 90 security defects affecting products in the Windows ecosystem and warned that one of the vulnerabilities was already being exploited as zero-day in the wild.
