Last updated 29 January, 2024 The proposed purchase of Serato by AlphaTheta, the owners of Pioneer DJ and Rekordbox, has stirred strong feelings in the DJ world. Now, the UK Government is inviting people to submit their views to a formal investigation by its Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”). Looks like sh*t just got real! […]
PRESS RELEASE Santa Cruz, CA – Jan. 25, 2024 – Bastille Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of wireless threat intelligence technology to high-tech, banking, and the intelligence community, is pleased to announce a Series C investment of $44 million, led by its new investor: Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs). Existing investor Bessemer […]
Schools across the U.S. remain fertile targets for hackers, with a slate of K-12 entities contending with cyberattacks and data thefts following the holiday season. Since the start of the year, a handful of schools have reported data breaches including Butte School District in Montana, Edmonds School District in Washington, Fullerton Joint Union High School […]
Jan 29, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have detected in the wild yet another variant of the Phobos ransomware family known as Faust. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, which detailed the latest iteration of the ransomware, said it’s being propagated by means of an infection that delivers a Microsoft Excel document (.XLAM) containing a VBA script. “The […]
Jan 29, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / NTML Security A now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Outlook could be exploited by threat actors to access NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v2 hashed passwords when opening a specially crafted file. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-35636 (CVSS score: 6.5), was addressed by the tech giant as part of its Patch Tuesday updates […]
A TrickBot malware developer sentenced to 64 months in prison Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2024 The Russian national malware developer Vladimir Dunaev was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for his role in the TrickBot operation. The Russian national Vladimir Dunaev (40) has been sentenced in the US to 64 months in prison […]
The Saudi Railway Company (SAR) has announced a partnership with “sirar by stc” to bolster the cybersecurity of its critical transit network. The agreement comes against a backdrop of heightened concerns about the cybersecurity of rail transport networks in general, part of the country’s critical national infrastructure and the target of not-infrequent attacks. Rail networks […]
Enlarge The hackers who recently broke into Microsoft’s network and monitored top executives’ email for two months did so by gaining access to an aging test account with administrative privileges, a major gaffe on the company’s part, a researcher said. The new detail was provided in vaguely worded language included in a post Microsoft published […]
Jan 29, 2024The Hacker NewsSaaS Security / Webinar In today’s digital world, security risks are more prevalent than ever, especially when it comes to Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. Did you know that an alarming 97% of companies face serious risks from unsecured SaaS applications? Moreover, about 20% of these organizations are struggling with […]