Tel Aviv, Israel-based cloud security firm Polar Security has emerged from stealth with $8.5 million seed funding in a round led by Glilot Capital Partners with participation from IBI Tech Fund.
Oracle’s First Security Updates for 2022 Include 497 Patches
Oracle on Tuesday announced its first set of quarterly security updates for 2022, which include a total of 497 new patches. More than half of the addressed vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely without authentication.
BlackBerry Researchers Dive Into Prometheus TDS Operations
BlackBerry’s security researchers have closely analyzed the Prometheus TDS (Traffic Direction System) and discovered a correlation with a leaked Cobalt Strike SSL key pair, as well as with various malware families.
1Password Raises Mammoth $620 Million Funding Round
Investors continue to pour cash into Canadian password management software vendor 1Password, pushing the company’s valuation to $6.8 billion.
XDR Firm Trellix Launches Following Merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye
Private equity giant Symphony Technology Group (STG) on Wednesday announced the launch of Trellix, an extended detection and response (XDR) solutions provider created following the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye.
Ukraine Attacks Involved Exploitation of Log4j, October CMS Vulnerabilities
Zero Trust Network Access Provider Banyan Security Raises $30 Million
Zero trust network access (ZTNA) solutions provider Banyan Security on Tuesday announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, which brings the total raised by the company to $47 million.
The funding round was led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from Alter Venture Partners, SIG, Shasta Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.
Mandatory Chinese Olympics App Has ‘Devastating’ Encryption Flaw: Analyst
An app all attendees of the upcoming Beijing Olympics must use has encryption flaws that could allow personal information to leak, a cyber security watchdog said Tuesday.
Multi-Factor Authentication Bypass Led to Box Account Takeover
A vulnerability in Box’s implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) allowed attackers to take over victim’s accounts without having access to the victim’s phone, according to new research from Varonis.














