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.
West Blames Russia for Satellite Hack Ahead of Ukraine Invasion
Western powers on Tuesday accused Russian authorities of carrying out a cyberattack against a satellite network an hour before the invasion of Ukraine to pave the way for its assault.
EU Blames Russia for Satellite Hack Ahead of Ukraine Invasion
The European Union on Tuesday accused the Russian authorities of carrying out a cyberattack against a satellite network an hour before the invasion of Ukraine to pave the way for its assault.
7 Steps to Start Reducing Risk to Your Critical Infrastructure Quickly
In my previous column, I wrote about the steady drumbeat of alerts, news reports, and actual attacks demonstrating that critical infrastructure has been in the crosshairs of nation-state threat actors and cyber criminals for years. Now, evolving intelligence indicates attacks on critical infrastructure networks are taking center stage in the theater of war.
China Not Happy With South Korea Joining NATO Cyber Defense Center
NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) announced on Thursday that South Korea, Canada and Luxembourg have become members.
South Korea is the first Asian country to join the Tallinn, Estonia-based cyber defense unit. While South Korea is not a NATO member, the two have been collaborating in several areas, including cyber defense.
US Cyber Command Team Helps Lithuania Protect Its Networks
The Pentagon’s cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks.
GitHub Announces Mandatory 2FA for Code Contributors
Code hosting platform GitHub on Wednesday said it would make it mandatory for software developers to use at least one form of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023.
Kaspersky Warns of Fileless Malware Hidden in Windows Event Logs
Threat hunters at Kaspersky are publicly documenting a malicious campaign that abuses Windows event logs to store fileless last stage Trojans and keep them hidden in the file system.
Chinese Hackers Abuse Cybersecurity Products for Malware Execution
Researchers at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne have observed a Chinese hacking group taking a trial-and-error approach to abusing antivirus applications for the sideloading of malicious DLLs.












