Darktrace banks $125 million
Cybersecurity vendor Darktrace has announced that it closed 2016 with customer orders at a new high. The company has now banked over $125 million since it was founded three years ago. Its...
LANDESK and HEAT, what is happening?
Clearlake Capital Group Ltd announced last week that it had acquired Landesk from Thoma Bravo. The acquisition will see Landesk merging with HEAT Software to create a larger security company. John...
IBM and FDA target secure healthcare data
IBM Watson Health has signed a deal with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to research secure healthcare data exchange. This will be about whether blockchain technology can improve the...
Microsoft releases smallest Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has released its latest Patch Tuesday and it is among the smallest it has ever issued. It consists of just four patches, two of which are critical and two are important....
Microsoft fixes botched patch
Microsoft has brought forward a replacement patch for CVE-2016-7237. The details were released by Nicolas Economou from Core Security. The replacement patch was due for release on February 14. However, after Core Exploit...
Bitcoin values drop 21%
Last week saw Bitcoin (BTC) values drop by over 20% after the Chinese government issued a warning to Bitcoin users about potential risks. The warning issued on Jan 5th also restated...
Android Marcher targets Super Mario gamers
Cloud computing security provider Zscaler has warned of a new Android Marcher malware attack. The warning came from Viral Ghandi in a blog on the Zscaler site. The malware is tricking...
SOCOM breach investigation complete
Earlier this week we reported on personal data surrounding healthcare professionals working for SOCOM being leaked online. Since then, Potomac Healthcare Services has responded with several statements as they looked to...
Bitcoin Core releases version 0.13.2
Bitcoin Core has just released its latest update version 0.13.2. The release notes describe it as: "a new minor version release, including various bugfixes and performance improvements, as well as updated...
Ransomware masquerades as CV
Researchers at security vendor Check Point have warned of a ransomware attack targeting HR departments. This attack is currently targeted at German speaking companies and pretends to be a job application. Researchers...