VPN Provider Nord Security Reaches Unicorn Status With $100 Million Funding
Experts Warn Defenders: Don’t Relax on Log4j
It’s been four months since the Log4j issue exploded onto the internet. All the major software vendors affected by it have by now released patches – but even where companies have patched, it would be wrong to relax.
Apple Ships Emergency Patches for ‘Actively Exploited’ macOS, iOS Flaws
Apple’s security response team on Thursday released emergency patches to cover a pair of “actively exploited” vulnerabilities affecting macOS, iOS and iPadOS devices.
Skiff Banks $10.5M for E2E Encrypted Workplace Collaboration
Sequoia Capital has doubled down on its early-stage investment in Skiff, a startup building a security-themed, end-to-end encrypted workspace collaboration platform.
Cloaked Snags $25M Funding to Tackle Data-Sharing Privacy
A Boston startup has raised $25 million in early-stage funding to tackle the erosion of privacy in today’s data sharing ecosystems.
The startup, called Cloaked, said the Series A investment was co-led by Lux Capital and Human Capital and will be used to exit beta and drive growth in a competitive marketplace.
Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Sophos Firewall
Sophos on Friday announced the rollout of urgent patches for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the web portal of its Sophos Firewall product.
Reported by an external researcher via the Sophos bug bounty program, the vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-1040 and impacts Sophos Firewall v18.5 MR3 (18.5.3) and older releases.
US, EU Sign Data Transfer Deal to Ease Privacy Concerns
The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in their yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement Friday that paves the way for Europeans’ personal information to be stored in the U.S.
How European Rulings Imperil Flagship Google Product
Lax laws and sweetheart deals are becoming a thing of the past for big tech firms, particularly in Europe where a series of rulings is posing a major threat to one of Google’s flagship products.
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Theta Lake Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding Round
Theta Lake, a company that specializes in compliance and security solutions for collaboration platforms, on Wednesday announced raising $50 million in a Series B funding round.
‘Secrets Sprawl’ Haunts Software Supply Chain Security
A cybersecurity startup is warning of a major, unattended weak link in the software supply chain: the vexing problem of valuable corporate secrets — API keys, usernames and passwords, and security certificates — publicly exposed in corporate repositories.
