Varonis makes its first acquisition as it snaps up Polyrize
Varonis has announced plans to acquire Polyrize for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is expected to close by Q4/2020. The announcement came as Varonis briefed analysts about its Q3/2020 earnings. It...
US finally adopts unified approach to SolarWinds breach
Last night, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a task force dedicated to tracking the SolarWinds breach. The new Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG) consists of CISA, FBI...
Vaccines were just one target of cybercriminals in 2020
Cybercriminals are using fake COVID-19 websites impersonating Pfizer and BioNTech, according to research by Palo Alto Networks. The research, authored by Lucas Hu, comes almost a year after Palo Alto Networks first...
Hydra – an exercise in laundering crypto money
Hydra is a Russian dark web marketplace originally set up to sell illegal narcotics. It has since expanded its remit to cover stolen credit cards, SIM cards, counterfeit documents, stolen user...
Huntress Labs tracks live attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers
Huntress Labs has pushed out a blog detailing live attacks against Microsoft Exchange servers. It has reported that: "Attackers are actively scanning for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers and abusing the latest line...
Dragos raises US$200 million and is now valued at $1.7B
ICS and OT cybersecurity tools vendor Dragos has raised US$200 million in a Series D funding round. As the largest sum raised by the company, it brings the total funding raised...
Pozio launches the Pozio Cradle to stop smartphones snooping
Pozio has launched the Pozio Cradle at CES 2022. The device is a phone charging cradle that the manufacturer says will block the always-on listening mode that most smartphones use. The...
WithSecure announces multi-year customer win
Less than two weeks after formerly renaming F-Secure Business to WithSecure, the company has announced its first customer win. It has chosen not to name the client, instead saying that they...
Firefox ships Total Cookie Protection to all users
Firefox has announced and shipped Total Cookie Protection. It's a major privacy enhancement to its browser. It aims to prevent websites' widespread abuse of cookies to track you as you move...
Effective API use requires better governance
WSO2 has released a report titled, A Road to Success Without Compromise: Managing APIs and Identity Effectively (gated). It looks at the views of companies on API integration and customer identity...