Orchid Security, which focuses on protecting customers’ identity as AI continues to grow, said on Tuesday it raised $36 million in an early stage funding round and emerged from so-called “stealth mode” after a year of working in secrecy. The seed round was led by Intel Capital and Team8, with participation from CapitalOne and other…
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on alleged hacker Yin Kechen and cybersecurity company Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co., accusing both of being involved in a series of hacks against American telecom companies. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in US is sanctioning Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based cyber…
NETSCOUT announced updates to its industry-leading Arbor Edge Defense (AED) and Arbor Enterprise Manager (AEM) products as part of its Adaptive DDoS Protection Solution to combat AI-enabled DDoS threats and protect critical IT infrastructure. NETSCOUT’s DDoS Threat Intelligence Report noted that application-layer and volumetric attacks have increased by over 43% and 30%, respectively. DDoS-for-hire services have…
For CTO’s, CISO’, the message is straight and clear ‘Prioritising data protection be the most import pillar of foundation to consider for operations and business continuity, not an afterthought. A survey by PWC, ‘2024 Global Digital Trust Insights’ on cyber risk perspective highlighted in the beginning of 2024 that over next 12 months, Indian organisations…
Actelis Networks announced the launch of MetaShield, a Cyber Aware Networking product. The launch will strengthen Actelis’ strategy to expand its portfolio and establish a robust SaaS business model, delivering enhanced value to its customers, and an important differentiator for the company’s networking solutions. MetaShield is designed to address the growing need for proactive, integrated,…
The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020. Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao), who is said to have worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Company, Limited, has been charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and conspiracy to commit…
Amazon’s AWS re:Invent event is this week in Las Vegas, and the company has issued a series of announcements around cybersecurity. That’s important, because there’s more of today’s IT estate in the public cloud than there ever has been before. Cloud computing is pervasive and it’s complex. That means opportunities for MSSPs and MSPs in…
The open-source ecosystem has once again become the battleground for cybercriminals, as Datadog’s Security Research team uncovered a coordinated supply chain attack by an enigmatic threat actor designated MUT-8694. Leveraging malicious npm and PyPI packages, the actor has launched an extensive campaign aimed at infiltrating developers’ environments, predominantly targeting Windows users. On October…
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Dragos has announced the appointment of three new executive team members to support its business growth in the cybersecurity industry. Mark Matheos has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), while Mark Packham has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), and Darren Sankbeil, previously the CFO, will now serve as Chief Strategy Officer…
