The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday slapped a fresh round of sanctions against entities in Iran for engaging in destructive cyberattacks against critical infrastructure targets in allied NATO countries.
Microsoft Dives Into Iranian Ransomware APT Attacks
Microsoft has published an analysis of the ransomware attacks associated with a subgroup of the Iran-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor Phosphorus.
Huntress Scores $40M Funding, Plans International Expansion
Managed detection and response (MDR) platform provider Huntress on Thursday announced the closing of a $40 million debt financing round to speed up global expansion plans.
The latest funding was led by CIBC Innovation Banking and brings the total raised by the Maryland start-up to $100 million.
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 41 Deals Announced in August 2022
Zyxel Patches Critical Vulnerability in NAS Firmware
Networking solutions provider Zyxel has released patches for a critical-severity vulnerability impacting the firmware of multiple network attached storage (NAS) device models.
Academics Devise Open Source Tool For Hunting Node.js Security Flaws
A group of academic researchers have designed an open source Node.js bug hunting tool that has already identified 180 security vulnerabilities.
Atlassian Ships Urgent Patch for Critical Bitbucket Vulnerability
Atlassian’s security response team has issued an urgent advisory to warn of a critical command injection flaw in its Bitbucket Server and Data Center product.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS severity score of 9.9 out of 10 and can be exploited remotely to launch code execution attacks, Atlassian said.
LastPass Says Source Code Stolen in Data Breach
Password management software firm LastPass has suffered a data breach that led to the theft of source code and proprietary technical information.
BalkanID Adds $2.3M to Seed Funding Round
BalkanID, a Texas startup building technology in the Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) space, has added $2.3 million to its seed financing round, bringing the total raised to $8.1 million.
Musk Lawyers Seize on Twitter Whistleblower Revelations
Elon Musk’s lawyers jumped Wednesday on the revelations of a Twitter whistleblower to try to force the platform to surrender vast amounts of information for their fight to cancel the billionaire’s buyout bid.
