SaaS Security Company Grip Security Emerges From Stealth
SaaS security company Grip Security on Tuesday emerged from stealth mode and announced raising $6 million in seed funding. Grip Security has developed a...
Management & Strategy
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup for April 12-18, 2021
Several cybersecurity-related acquisitions and mergers were announced in the week of April 12-18, 2021. 1Password acquires SecretHub Enterprise password management firm 1Password completed the...
PlexTrac Raises $10 Million for Its Purple Teaming Platform
PlexTrac, a company that provides information security management solutions for security teams, last week announced closing a $10 million Series A funding round led...
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Industry Reactions to FBI Cleaning Up Hacked Exchange Servers: Feedback Friday
U.S. authorities revealed this week that the FBI executed a court-authorized cyber operation to remove malicious web shells from hundreds of compromised Microsoft Exchange...
More Countries Officially Blame Russia for SolarWinds Attack
The United Kingdom, Canada, the European Union and NATO have expressed support for the United States in blaming Russia for the cyberattack on IT...
Sanctioned Russian IT Firm Was Partner With Microsoft, IBM
The Treasury Department on Thursday slapped six Russian technology companies with sanctions for supporting Kremlin intelligence agencies engaged in “dangerous and disruptive cyber attacks.”...
Google Project Zero Announces 2021 Updates to Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
Google’s Project Zero cybersecurity research unit on Thursday announced that it’s making some changes to its vulnerability disclosure policies, giving users 30 days to...
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Domain Name Security Neglected by U.S. Energy Companies: Report
A majority of the largest energy companies in the United States appear to have neglected the security of their domain names, according to CSC,...
Capcom Says Older VPN Device at Heart of Ransomware Attack
Japanese video game giant Capcom revealed on Tuesday that, as part of the November 2020 ransomware attack, adversaries targeted an older backup VPN device...
Cybersecurity VC Funding Hit Record in 2020 With $7.8 Billion Invested
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 was a record year in terms of venture capital funding for cybersecurity companies, with more than $7.8 billion invested,...