Opus Security Scores $10M for Cloud Security Orchestration

Israeli startup Opus Security has banked $10 million in seed round funding to build technology for cloud security orchestration and remediation.

Opus Security said the financing was led by YL Ventures with participation from Tiger Global and several prominent cybersecurity executives and chief information security officers (CISOs).

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Apple Warns of macOS Kernel Zero-Day Exploitation

Apple’s security response engine revved into high gear Monday with patches for security defects in a wide range of products, including fixes for a pair of critical macOS kernel vulnerabilities already being exploited in the wild.

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Montenegro Wrestles With Massive Cyberattack, Russia Blamed

At the government headquarters in NATO-member Montenegro, the computers are unplugged, the internet is switched off and the state’s main websites are down. The blackout comes amid a massive cyberattack against the small Balkan state which officials say bears the hallmark of pro-Russian hackers and its security services.

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