The head of Catalonia’s regional government is accusing Spain’s intelligence agency of conducting what he calls “massive political espionage” on the northeastern region’s independence movement and says that relations with Spain’s national authorities are “on hold” as a consequence.
Google, Mandiant Share Data on Record Pace of Zero-Day Discoveries
Google and Mandiant separately called attention to a dramatic surge in the discovery of in-the-wild zero-day attacks and warned that nation-state APT actors, ransomware gangs and private mercenary exploit firms are burning through zero-days at record pace.
Meta Offers Rewards for Flaws Allowing Attackers to Bypass Integrity Checks
Facebook parent company Meta today announced that its bug bounty program will cover vulnerabilities that can be exploited to bypass integrity safeguards.
ICS Exploits Earn Hackers $400,000 at Pwn2Own Miami 2022

Pwn2Own Miami 2022, a hacking contest focusing on industrial control systems (ICS), has come to an end, with contestants earning a total of $400,000 for their exploits.
Access Bypass, Data Overwrite Vulnerabilities Patched in Drupal
Drupal on Wednesday announced the release of security updates to resolve a couple vulnerabilities that could lead to access bypass and data overwrite.
Cisco Patches Virtual Conference Software Vulnerability Reported by NSA
Cisco on Wednesday announced the release of patches for several high-severity vulnerabilities in its products, including a bug reported by the National Security Agency (NSA).
Many Industrial Firms Say Cybersecurity Systems Cause Problems to Operations
Despite an increase in cybersecurity incidents, many industrial organizations turn off security systems if they interrupt or otherwise impact operations, according to a global survey conducted earlier this year by Kaspersky.
FBI Shares Information on BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week published indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with the BlackCat Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS).
New BotenaGo Variant Infects Lilin Security Cameras With Mirai
A newly identified variant of the BotenaGo malware is specifically targeting security cameras manufactured by Taiwan-based Lilin, warns OT and IoT security firm Nozomi Networks.
ThreatLocker Raises $100 Million for Zero Trust Endpoint Security Solution
Zero Trust endpoint security provider ThreatLocker this week announced that it has raised $100 million in Series C funding, which brings the total investment in the company to $124.4 million.
The new funding round was led by General Atlantic, with additional investment from Arthur Ventures and Elephant VC.












