Sophos buys Salt Lake City-based startup Braintrace
Sophos announced on Thursday that it is acquiring Braintrace, a startup with technology that detects malicious data traffic in enterprises’ on-premises and public cloud environments. Sophos is a major player in the cybersecurity game and is owned by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm that acquire...
Coalition of NATO states form coalition against Chinese cyberattacks
A coalition of NATO member states, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan are coming together to reckon with the problem of Chinese state-sponsored hacks.
The first of many actions the new joint effort aims to take includes publicly blaming China’s Ministry of State Security (MS...
Netskope gets a $300M funding, now valued at $7.5B
The latest funding round for the cloud security startup was led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from Accel and Sequoia Capital Global Equities.
Netskope is a rising cybersecurity platform that competes in the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) segment. Its services include helping employees s...
Rapid 7 finds four important vulnerabilities in Sage Business Cloud X3
Rapid7 released important details regarding four vulnerabilities found in SageX3. One has even been rated as critical. Sage has developed patches for three of the vulnerabilities which have been accessible since March.
What vulnerabilities did Rapid7 find?
Rapid7 disclosed details regarding t...
Linux security firm Capsule8 is acquired by Sophos
Sophos Group has announced that it has acquired the startup Capsule8 by Linux. Sophos will integrate their Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Capsule8’s attack detection technology.
Capsule8 was founded back in 2016 specifically for Linux production environments. It provides attack detectio...
The EU Commission wants to create a cyber unit to combat cybercrime
The European Commission submitted a proposal on Wednesday, to pool resources and expertise sourced from its 27 member states, to form an overarching ‘internet police’ unit that will fight online criminals. The announcement comes amid a spate of highly publicized attacks across Europe and the wo...
Most ransomware victims face second attack after paying off first
Hackers in most cases will return to take a second bite at the apple.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a wave of ransomware attacks. However, a new study by a U.S. cybersecurity firm reveals an even greater threat. It shows that 4 in 5 ransomware victims run the risk of repeat cyber attacks.
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Hackers use new attack method to compromise HTTPS protocol
The ALPACA attack profile uses domain confusion to fool secure web servers.
Researchers in Germany have identified a new type of "man in the middle" attack vector that uses cross-protocol server communications to infiltrate and compromise supposedly secure HTTPS servers.
In most cases, especi...
Italy to set up its own cybersecurity agency
Italy is set to create a national agency that will enable it to fight cyberattacks. A draft decree shows that Italy plans to press ahead with its plans to build a unified cloud infrastructure that will ensure security is tightened for public administration data storage.
The country is among seve...
Updated GitHub policies vow to eliminate exploitative code to protect against attacks
GitHub, the open-source platform for developers, has officially stated that they are updating their site's policies regarding exploit code and malware uploaded onto the platform\
Details about the updated policies
GitHub has stated that they will not allow their platform to be used in direct ...
Cyberattack hits world’s largest meat processor
Brazil-based JBS Foods reveals cyberattack disrupted production on two continents
JBS Foods, the world’s largest meat supplier, has become the latest casualty of a cybersecurity attack, the company revealed on Monday.
The cyber attackers struck JBS operations in Australia and North America,...
Hackers spend more than 250 hours undetected in targeted networks
Sophos released the Active Adversary Playbook 2021 on May 18, detailing how attackers behave, as well as what tools, techniques, and procedures (TTP) threat detectors and incident responders witnessed in 2020 and early 2021.
The median amount of time hackers spent in breached systems without bei...