UK fintech giant Finastra is investigating a data breach after a hacker offered for sale on an underground forum data allegedly stolen from the company. Roughly two weeks ago, the financial software firm notified its customers of suspicious activity on an internal file-transfer application used to exchange data with certain customers. “We immediately launched an […]
The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced charges against five individuals for their alleged roles in phishing attacks resulting in credential, data, and cryptocurrency theft. According to the indictment, from at least September 2021 to April 2023, the suspects sent phishing text messages to employees at numerous companies, posing as the employing organization or […]
If 2023 and 2024 were the years of exploration, hype and excitement around AI, 2025 (and 2026) will be the year(s) that organizations start to focus on specific use cases for the most productive implementations of AI and, more importantly, to understand how to implement guardrails and governance so that it is viewed as less […]
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden’s signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term. What that actually means for the future of AI technology remains to be seen. Among those who could use some clarity are the government scientists and AI experts from multiple […]
Riggleman Information & Intelligence Group (RIIG), an early stage risk intelligence and security startup, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by Felton Group. The Charlottesville, Virginia-based company is building open source intelligence products for Zero Trust architectures to help organizations improve their security and risk management. With access to data intelligence […]
Twine, an Israeli security startup co-founded by Claroty veteran Benny Porat, emerged from stealth Wednesday with $12 million in seed capital to build AI-powered technology to address the cybersecurity skills shortage. The Tel Aviv company said the funding round was co-led by Ten Eleven Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital, with investments from prominent angel investors, […]
London-based startup Surf Security on Wednesday announced the launch of a deepfake detection tool that is integrated into its enterprise web browser. Surf’s Enterprise Zero-Trust Browser is a security-focused browser that provides data leakage prevention, download protection, anti-social engineering, and access control capabilities. The latest addition to the browser — currently available in beta — […]
D-Link this week issued an alert on a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting six router models that have been discontinued. The issue, which does not have a CVE identifier, is described as a buffer overflow that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable products. According to D-Link, all […]
CISA this week warned organizations that it’s aware of attacks exploiting a vulnerability in Progress Software’s Kemp LoadMaster. The product, an application delivery controller (ADC) and load balancer, is affected by a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-1212, which CISA has added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw has been described as an […]
Code-hosting platform GitHub on Tuesday announced a new effort to improve the security and sustainability of open source projects through financial help, education, certification, and more. The Microsoft-owned platform is now accepting applications for the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund, which launches with $1.25 million to be invested in 125 projects, and will leave applications […]