IoT Security Company Shield-IoT Raises $7.4 Million
Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT security provider Shield-IoT this week announced that it has closed a $7.4 million Series A funding round,...
Two Nigerians Sentenced to Prison in U.S. for Role in BEC Scams
Two Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to prison in the United States for their roles in Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes, the U.S. Department...
3 Key Questions for CISOs on the Wave of Historic Industrial Cybersecurity Legislation
The last 18 months have been nothing short of historic for critical infrastructure companies. First, came a series of dramatic developments that highlighted the...
GoDaddy Says Several Brands Hit by Recent WordPress Hosting Breach
Domain registrar and web hosting giant GoDaddy says the recently disclosed data breach impacts several of its brands, including 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet,...
Eavesdropping Bugs in MediaTek Chips Affect 37% of All Smartphones and IoT Globally
Multiple security weaknesses have been disclosed in MediaTek system-on-chips (SoCs) that could have enabled a threat actor to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code...
CISA, FBI Warn of Potential Critical Infrastructure Attacks on Holidays
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week reminded organizations of all types –...
Apple Sues Israel’s NSO Group for Spying on iPhone Users With Pegasus Spyware
Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S. federal court holding it accountable for illegally targeting users...
Hit by ransomware? Make sure you don’t make this first obvious mistake
Organisations that fall victim to a ransomware attack shouldn’t let the cyber criminals know they have cyber insurance – because if the attackers know...
Researcher Awarded $10,000 for Google Cloud Platform Vulnerability
Security researcher David Schütz says he received over $10,000 in bug bounty payouts from Google after reporting a Google Cloud project vulnerability and subsequent...
Industrial Cybersecurity Firm Applied Risk Acquired by DNV
Norway-based assurance and risk management solutions provider DNV is acquiring industrial cybersecurity company Applied Risk in an effort to create an “industrial cybersecurity powerhouse.”...