The jostling for space in the attack surface management space intensified this week with Michigan startup Censys banking a new $35 million funding round to fuel growth and expansion.
Attack Surface Management Play Censys Scores $35M Investment
UK’s NCSC Pushes NMAP Scanner Scripts to Fill Defender Gap
The U.K. government’s cybersecurity agency has announced plans to ship a collection of well-tested, reliable scanning scripts to help defenders find and fix high-priority software security vulnerabilities.
PrinterLogic Patches Code Execution Flaws in Printer Management Suite
PrinterLogic has released security updates to address a total of nine vulnerabilities in Web Stack and Virtual Appliance, including three security defects that carry “high severity” ratings.
Combating the Surge in Retail Theft and E-Commerce Fraud With Open Source Intelligence
Retailers have recently experienced a significant increase in the theft of goods from their physical locations.
Microsoft Restricts Excel 4.0 Macros by Default
Microsoft has announced improved security for the users of its flagship Office productivity suite, courtesy of Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros now being restricted by default.
Russian Authorities Arrest Head of International Cybercrime Group
Four individuals believed to be members of the international cyber theft ring known as the “Infraud Organization” were arrested in Russia, news agency TASS reports.
Cloud Security Provider Anitian Raises $55 Million
Cloud security and compliance automation startup Anitian this week closed a $55 million Series B funding round led by Sageview Capital.
The new investment brings the total raised by Anitian $71 million and provides fresh capital to fuel ambitious expansion plans.
CISA Releases Final IPv6 Security Guidance for Federal Agencies
The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released the final version of its IPv6 security guidance for federal agencies.
Nigerian Authorities Arrest 11 Members of Prolific BEC Fraud Group
Nigerian authorities have arrested 11 individuals believed to be members of the business email compromise (BEC) crime ring tracked as SilverTerrier.
The 11 suspects were arrested as part of a 10-day operation (December 13-22, 2021) in which the Nigerian Police collaborated with Interpol and private security firms Palo Alto Networks and Group-IB.
Prolific Chinese APT Caught Using ‘MoonBounce’ UEFI Firmware Implant
Threat hunters at Kaspersky have spotted a well-known Chinese APT actor using an UEFI implant to maintain stealthy persistence across reboots, disk formatting or disk replacements.
