Legit Security, a cybersecurity company developing a platform to identify app vulnerabilities from code, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by CRV with participation from Cyberstarts, Bessemer Venture Partners and TCV. Co-founder and CEO Roni Fuchs says that the funds, which bring Legit’s total raised to $77 million, will be […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added eight bugs on Monday and another on Tuesday to its list of known exploited vulnerabilities, giving federal civilian agencies three weeks to patch the issues which affect products from MinIO, Samsung, Realtek, Zyxel, Laravel and Owl Labs. Cybersecurity experts focused in on the vulnerabilities affecting Owl Labs, […]
In this article CSCO SPLK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cisco is acquiring cybersecurity software company Splunk for $157 per share in a cash deal worth about $28 billion, the company said Thursday, in its largest acquisition ever. Splunk shares rose 21% after the announcement, while Cisco shares fell 4%. Splunk’s technology helps businesses […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission introduced new requirements for disclosing material cybersecurity incidents on Sept. 5, placing pressure on organizations to adopt robust reporting mechanisms. The C-suite impact is clear: company leadership must be able to quickly determine whether an incident is material to business operations. A four-business-day clock at that point starts ticking, a […]
The deployment of file-encrypting ransomware by organized cybercriminal gangs is one of the largest cybersecurity risks facing organizations. A network breach that culminates with a ransomware infection often starts with an infection with a type of malware called a loader. This malware acts as a foothold into an organization’s network and is subsequently used to […]
The U.S. needs a national cybersecurity alert system that would provide actionable information on threats and risks, according to a panel that advises the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Without specifying what such a system would look like or how it would behave, the panel found that “there is a genuine need for a […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced it is offering free security scans for critical infrastructure facilities, such as water utilities, to help protect these crucial units from hacker attacks.
The volume of cybersecurity vulnerabilities is rising, with close to 30% more vulnerabilities found in 2022 vs. 2018. Costs are also rising, with a data breach in 2023 costing $4.45M on average vs. $3.62M in 2017. In Q2 2023, a total of 1386 victims were claimed by ransomware attacks compared with just 831 in Q1 […]
Dive Brief: Top cybersecurity officials from the Biden administration pledged additional support to the open source software community and private sector security executives during the Secure Open Source Software Summit in Washington D.C. Tuesday. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a roadmap for open source software security, which is designed to establish the agency’s role […]