Fortress Raises $125 Million to Secure Critical Industry Supply Chains
Fortress Information Security on Tuesday announced raising $125 million from Goldman Sachs, an investment that it plans on using to help critical industry operators and government agencies secure their supply chains.
The company previously raised roughly $40 million in several funding rounds between 2015 and 2020.
Over 30 Countries Take Part in NATO’s ‘Locked Shields 2022’ Cyber Exercise
NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) on Tuesday kicked off the thirteen installment of Locked Shields, its annual live-fire cyber defense exercise.
Online Fraud Prevention Startup SEON Raises $94 Million
Online fraud prevention startup SEON today announced that it has closed a $94 million Series B funding round that brings the total investment in the company to $107 million.
The funding round was led by IVP, with additional investment from Creandum and PortfoLion, as well as several angel investors.
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup for April 1-15, 2022
Twenty-one cybersecurity-related M&A deals have been announced in the first half of April 2022.
US: Hackers Continue Aiding North Korea Generate Funds via Cryptocurrency Attacks
North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus continues to target blockchain and cryptocurrency organizations in recent campaigns, the United States government warns.
Citizen Lab Documents Israeli Surveillance Spyware Infections in Spain
Security researchers have found fresh evidence linking a pair of mercenary Israeli hacking companies to mobile malware attacks on members of Catalan civil society.
Webex Monitors Microphone Even When Muted, Researchers Say
Cisco’s enterprise-facing Webex video conferencing and messaging utility monitors the microphone at all times, even when the user’s microphone is muted in the software, according to warning from a group of academic researchers.
FBI Warns of ‘Reverse’ Instant Payments Phishing Schemes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert on a new phishing scheme aimed at tricking victims into making money transfers to accounts controlled by cybercriminals.
GitHub Warns of Private Repositories Downloaded Using Stolen OAuth Tokens
GitHub has sounded the alarm on a cyberattack that resulted in the private repositories of dozens of organizations being downloaded by an unauthorized party abusing stolen OAuth user tokens.
The incident was identified on April 12, when the code hosting platform observed suspicious activity on its npm production infrastructure.
