Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
Natanz: UN nuclear watchdog inspectors visited Iranian nuclear site (The Jerusalem Post) Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog visited Iran's uranium enrichment site at Natanz on Wednesday, the agency said, without commenting on the extent of the damage caused by what Iran says was an act of sabotage.
Israel May Have Destroyed Iranian Centrifuges Simply by Cutting Power (The Intercept) The details of the blackout at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility are scattered — but intriguing.
Iran Natanz nuclear site suffered major damage, official says (BBC News) Thousands of centrifuges were taken out in the deliberate blast deep underground, the official says.
Iran's Rouhani says 60% enrichment is an answer to attack at Natanz site (Reuters) Iran's move to enrich uranium up to 60% purity is a response to the sabotage at its key nuclear facility, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, adding the Islamic Republic had no intention of building a nuclear weapon.
Olmert says Iran Natanz bomb could have been planted 10-15 years ago (Times of Israel) Former prime minister denies any direct knowledge of operation, pans Netanyahu's 'smug bragging' amid spate of leaks crediting Mossad spy agency for blast at nuke plant
Sabotage at Natanz must be pursued internationally, says Natanz MP (Tehran Times) Representative of the people of Natanz in the parliament said on Wednesday that the sabotage at the Natanz nuclear plant must be pursued internationally through legal channels, suggesting that the international community must be held accountable for this act.
Experts see 'unprecedented' increase in hackers targeting electric grid (TheHill) The leader of a key information sharing group said Tuesday that organizations involved in the electricity sector had seen an "unprecedented" increase in cyber threats during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of electric utilities downloaded SolarWinds backdoor, regulator says (CyberScoop) About a quarter of roughly 1,500 electric utilities sharing data with the North American power grid regulator said they installed the malicious SolarWinds software used by suspected Russian hackers, the regulator said on Tuesday.
What You Need to Know about the Cyber-Espionage Attack Linked to Russia (Loss Prevention Media) The hackers infiltrated systems in the private and public sectors by adding malware to a legitimate software update from SolarWinds.
City of Tampa among 18,000 targets of SolarWinds hack; exposing government data, personal info (WFTS) The SolarWinds hack is being called the country’s biggest cyber-intrusion to date.
The Cybersecurity 202: Biden faces fresh challenges from a massive hack of Microsoft email servers (Washington Post) A hacking campaign with Chinese ties and a growing victim count poses a fresh wave of cybersecurity challenges for the Biden administration.
CISA Details Malware Found on Hacked Exchange Servers (SecurityWeek) CISA publishes details on additional malware identified on compromised Microsoft Exchange servers, namely China Chopper webshells and DearCry ransomware.
NSA alerts Microsoft to "series of critical vulnerabilities" in Microsoft Exchange email app (CBS News) Microsoft said it hadn't seen the vulnerabilities used against customers and issued a new patch.
Foiled Plot to Attack Amazon Reflects Changing Nature of Data Center Threats (Data Center Frontier) A foiled plot to attack a data center in Virginia underscores the evolving landscape for data center security. Conspiracies create new risks, but modern data centers remain among the best protected buildings in the world.
IoT bug report claims “at least 100M devices” may be impacted (Naked Security) The programmers among us are learning… but not always quickly enough, it seems. Here’s some food for coding thought…
Anger as SCA arrests Ever Given and submits $916m compensation claim (The Loadstar) The Suez Canal Authority yesterday formally arrested the Ever Given. An Egyptian judge granted permission for the SCA to seize the vessel after it lodged a $916m compensation claim against its Japanese vessel owner, Shoe Kisen. The SCA says it intends to maintain the vessel’s arrest until the claim is paid, a position that has caused fury among the ship’s insurers and ship managers, and led charterer Evergreen to investigate whether it could ...
Was the Ever Given hacked in the Suez Canal? (Control Global) This blog is speculative: there is little public information about what caused the Ever Given to run aground in the Suez Canal.
Facebook knew of Honduran president’s manipulation campaign – and let it continue for 11 months (the Guardian) Juan Orlando Hernández falsely inflated his posts’ popularity for nearly a year after the company was informed about it
New Malware Downloader Spotted in Targeted Campaigns (Dark Reading) Saint Bot is being used to drop stealers on compromised systems but could be used to deliver any malware.
‘Counter Strike’ Bug Allows Hackers to Take Over a PC With a Steam Invite (Vice) A security researcher found a “critical” bug in Valve’s game engine that powers the popular online game. And the company has been slow to fix it.
Exploit Released for Critical Vulnerability Affecting QNAP NAS Devices (SecurityWeek) The security flaw impacts QNAP NAS devices running Surveillance Station and it could be abused to execute code remotely, without authentication.
Are your online selfies making you vulnerable to hackers? 4 photo scams to know (Yahoo) Beware of these 4 selfie scams that could put your personal information in the hands of the wrong people.
Estate agent apologises after 3D tour revealed private information (Mail Online) Unblurred family photos and financial documents were publicly visible in the 3D tour posted on Rightmove by Devon-based Fowlers.
Modern Bank Heists: Attackers Go Beyond Account Takeover (BankInfo Security) Brokerage account takeover, supply chain attacks, destructive attacks and those that seek to manipulate time or time stamps are among the latest threats uncovered
Clubhouse API allows everyone to scrape public user data (Security Magazine) Recently, an SQL database containing data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users was posted on a hacker forum for anyone to access. The data included names, user IDs, social media profile names and other details about clubhouse users.
Accellion Cyber Attack on the UC Network Prompts New Personal Safety Measures (UCSD Guardian) The University of California Office of the President sent out a UC-wide email to students, staff, and academics on April 2 to inform
Cyber Attack Shuts Down Hillsborough Schools Computer Network (TAPinto) A cyber attack shut down the entire township school system on Monday with local and federal investigators working to pinpoint the source and what, if any damage has been caused to the computer network which is utilized by thousands of students, teachers and support staff daily.
Parents were at the end of their chain — then ransomware hit their kids' schools (NBC News) Cybercriminals have ramped up attacks against public school districts, underscoring how ransomware has become a daily scourge preying on Americans almost daily.
ParkMobile Breach Exposes License Plate Data, Mobile Numbers of 21M Users (KrebsOnSecurity) Someone is selling account information for 21 million customers of ParkMobile, a mobile parking app that's popular in North America. The stolen data includes customer email addresses, phone numbers, license plate numbers, hashed passwords and mailing addresses.
Indian Head Park woman loses $48,000 in Amazon Prime phone scam that took a month to unfold, son says (Chicago Tribune) An Indian Head Park woman was conned out of $48,000, her son reported, by a caller claiming Amazon Prime had charged her account and mailed goods to her she had not ordered.
The Disturbing Facts About Small Businesses That Get Hacked (Hacked) Small businesses are being targeted by hackers more than ever, and yet many of their CEOs are oblivious to the threat.
Security Patches, Mitigations, and Software Updates
Emergency Directive 21-02 (CISA) This document provides supplemental direction on the implementation of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Emergency Directive (ED) 21-02, including additional requirements for updating Microsoft Exchange servers.
Federal agencies urge groups to patch systems over new Microsoft vulnerabilities (TheHill) Federal agencies urged organizations using a Microsoft email application to immediately patch their systems to stop malicious hackers from exploiting newly discovered vulnerabilities.
NSA helps out Microsoft with critical Exchange Server vulnerability disclosures in an April shower of patches (Register) 100+ fixes for the Windows world – plus holes in SAP, Adobe, FreeBSD, etc
VERT Threat Alert: April 2021 Patch Tuesday Analysis (The State of Security) Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s April 2021 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-939 on Wednesday, April 14th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2021-28310 Borin Larin of Kaspersky Lab discovered this vulnerability being actively used for exploitation and suspects that it is tied to the BITTER APT ...
Microsoft April 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 108 flaws, 5 zero-days (BleepingComputer) Today is Microsoft's April 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes five zero-day vulnerabilities and more Critical Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. It has been a tough couple of months for Windows and Microsoft Exchange admins, and it looks like April won't be any easier, so please be nice to your IT staff today.
MS Patch Tuesday: NSA Reports New Critical Exchange Flaws (SecurityWeek) Microsoft is raising a fresh alarm for a quartet of dangerous Exchange Server flaws that expose businesses to remote code execution attacks. Two of the most serious bugs were reported by the NSA.
Microsoft security update fixes zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows and other software (CNET) Microsoft's monthly security update patches more than 100 vulnerabilities, in Windows 10, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office and other software.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2021 Edition (KrebsOnSecurity) Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 110 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other products. The patches include four security fixes for Microsoft Exchange Server -- the same systems that have been besieged by attacks on…
April 2021 Update Tuesday packages now available (Microsoft Security Response Center) Today is Update Tuesday – our commitment to provide a predictable monthly schedule to release updates and provide the latest protection to our customers. Update Tuesday is a monthly cycle when Microsoft releases patches for vulnerabilities that we have found proactively or that have been disclosed to us through our security partnerships under a coordinated vulnerability disclosure. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates.
SAP Security Patch Day April 2021: Serious Vulnerability Patched in SAP Commerce (Onapsis) SAP has released 23 new and updated SAP Security Notes in its April 2021 patch release, including the notes that were released since last patch day. As part of this month’s patch release, there are three HotNews notes and five High Priority notes.
Adobe Patches Critical Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Photoshop, Bridge (SecurityWeek) Adobe has patched vulnerabilities in four of its products, including critical code execution flaws in Photoshop and Bridge.
Schneider Electric SoMachine Basic (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 8.6
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Schneider Electric
Equipment: SoMachine Basic
Vulnerability: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure and retrieval of arbitrary data on the affected node via out-of-band (OOB) attack.
Advantech WebAccessSCADA (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 8.8
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Advantech
Equipment: WebAccess/SCADA
Vulnerability: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to login as an ‘admin’ to fully control the system.
JTEKT TOYOPUC products (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 7.5
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: JTEKT Corporation
Equipment: TOYOPUC products
Vulnerability: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthorized user to stop Ethernet communications between devices from being established.
Siemens Nucleus Products DNS Module (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 8.1
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Nucleus NET, Nucleus RTOS, Nucleus Source Code, VSTAR
Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Write, Use of Out-of-Range Pointer Offset
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a denial-of-service condition or for the execution of code remotely.
Siemens Nucleus Products IPv6 Stack (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 7.5
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Nucleus 4, Nucleus NET, Nucleus ReadyStart, Nucleus Source Code, VSTAR
Vulnerabilities: Infinite Loop
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause a denial-of-service condition.
Siemens Solid Edge File Parsing (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 7.8
ATTENTION: Low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Solid Edge
Vulnerabilities: Out-of-bounds Write, Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference, Out-of-bounds Read
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to a crash, arbitrary code execution, or data extraction on the target host system.
Siemens Web Server of SCALANCE X200 (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 9.8
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Web Server of SCALANCE X200
Vulnerabilities: Heap-based Buffer Overflow, Stack-based Buffer Overflow
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could cause a buffer overflow condition resulting in remote code execution.
Siemens SINEMA Remote Connect Server (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 7.5
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: SINEMA Remote Connect Server
Vulnerabilities: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime, Infinite Loop
2.
Siemens LOGO! Soft Comfort (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 5.3
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Nucleus
Vulnerability: Use of Insufficiently Random Values
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to take over the system where the software is installed.
Siemens and PKE Control Center Server (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 9.9
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendors: Siemens/PKE
Equipment: Control Center Server (CCS)
Vulnerabilities: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI, Improper Authentication, Relative Path Traversal, Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm, Exposed Dangerous Method or Function, Path Traversal, Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk, SQL Injection, Cross-site Scripting, Insufficient Logging
Siemens TIM 4R-IE Devices (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 9.8
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: TIM 4R-IE
Vulnerabilities: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast, Improper Input Validation, Improper Authentication, Security Features, Null Pointer Dereference, Data Processing Errors, Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor, Race Condition
2.
Siemens Tecnomatix RobotExpert (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 7.8
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Tecnomatix RobotExpert
Vulnerability: Out-of-bounds Write
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow remote code execution.
3. TECHNICAL DETAILS
3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following versions of Tecnomatix RobotExpert are affected:
Siemens SIMOTICS CONNECT 400 (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 6.5
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: SIMOTICS CONNECT 400
Vulnerabilities: Improper Null Termination, Out-of-bounds Read, Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer, Use of Insufficiently Random Values
2.
Siemens Nucleus DNS (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 5.3
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Nucleus
Vulnerability: Use of Insufficiently Random Values
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to poison the DNS cache or spoof DNS resolving.
Siemens and Milestone Siveillance Video Open Network Bridge (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 9.9
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens and Milestone
Equipment: Siveillance Video Open Network Bridge (ONVIF)
Vulnerability: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated remote attacker to retrieve and decrypt all user credentials stored on the ONVIF server.
Siemens SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM Devices SSH (Update A) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 8.6
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: SCALANCE and RUGGEDCOM Devices
Vulnerability: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
2.
Siemens Embedded TCP/IP Stack Vulnerabilities–AMNESIA:33 (Update C) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 6.5
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: ENTRON 3VA COM100/800, SENTRON 3VA DSP800, SENTRON PAC2200, SENTRON PAC3200T, SENTRON PAC3200, SENTRON PAC4200, SIRIUS 3RW5
Vulnerability: Integer Overflow
2.
Siemens Industrial Products (Update D) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 5.5
ATTENTION: Low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Siemens Industrial Products containing certain processors
Vulnerability: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
2.
Siemens UMC Stack (Update G) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 6.7
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: UMC Stack
Vulnerabilities: Unquoted Search Path or Element, Uncontrolled Resource Consumption, Improper Input Validation
2.
Siemens SIMATIC, SINAMICS (Update C) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 7.8
ATTENTION: Low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: SIMATIC, SINAMICS
Vulnerabilities: Uncontrolled Search Path Element, Heap-based Buffer Overflow
2. UPDATE INFORMATION
This updated advisory is a follow-up to the advisory update titled ICSA-20-161-05 Siemens SIMATIC, SINAMICS (Update B) that was published December 8, 2020, to the ICS webpage on us-cert.gov.
Siemens Industrial Products SNMP Vulnerabilities (Update D) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 7.5
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Various SCALANCE, SIMATIC, SIPLUS products
Vulnerabilities: Data Processing Errors, NULL Pointer Dereference
2.
Siemens SCALANCE X Switches (Update B) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 4.2
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: SCALANCE X switches
Vulnerability: Protection Mechanism Failure
2. UPDATE INFORMATION
This updated advisory is a follow-up to the advisory update titled ICSA-20-042-07 Siemens SCALANCE X Switches (Update A) that was published February 9, 2021, to the ICS webpage on us-cert.cisa.gov
Siemens and PKE SiNVR, SiVMS Video Server (Update A) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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CVSS v3 9.8
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendors: Siemens and PKE
Equipment: SiNVR, SiVMS Video Servers
Vulnerabilities: Missing Authentication for Critical Function, Weak Cryptography for Passwords
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Siemens Industrial Products (Update L) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 7.5
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: Industrial Products
Vulnerabilities: Excessive Data Query Operations in a Large Data Table, Integer Overflow or Wraparound, Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
2.
Siemens SIMATIC Communication Processor Vulnerability (Update C) (CISA) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CVSS v3 9.8
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
Vendor: Siemens
Equipment: SIMATIC Communication Processor
Vulnerability: Authentication Bypass Issues
2.
Trends
Bad Bot Report | The Pandemic of the Internet (Imperva) Bad bots have been leveraging the upsurge in online traffic due to the global pandemic. Sophisticated than ever, mimicking human behavior. Get 2021 Report.
Imperva Research Labs Reveals Bot Traffic Climbs to Record High in 2020 (Dark Reading) Cyber security's comprehensive news site is now an online community for security professionals, outlining cyber threats and the technologies for defending against them.
McAfee Labs Report Reveals Latest COVID-19 Threats and Malware Surges (McAfee Blogs) The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team today published the McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2021. In this edition, we present new findings in our
Government most hit by ransomware attacks in 2020 followed by Banking (Atlas VPN) According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, the government sector was the most affected by ransomware attacks in 2020, followed by Banking. In total, 50% of last year's ransomware attacks were directed at these industries among the top 10 most-targeted sectors.
Q1 2021 KnowBe4 Finds Users Are Becoming More Savvy Regarding COVID-19 Phishing Attacks (KnowBe4) Q1 2021 KnowBe4 Finds Users Are Becoming More Savvy Regarding COVID-19 Phishing Attacks
Breaches Detected Faster, But Ransomware Surge a Major Factor: FireEye (SecurityWeek) Data from FireEye’s Mandiant shows victims are detecting breaches faster, but this apparent improvement is at least partly the result of the ongoing surge in ransomware attacks.
60% of educational organizations hit by phishing attacks targeting cloud data, the highest result of all verticals analyzed (Netwrix) In addition, 27% of educational organizations suffered a ransomware attack, and 49% of them needed days to detect it, Netwrix study reveals.
Expect cyberattacks to up the ante says head of NSO Group (CTECH) “Cyberattacks are something we will see more and more of over the coming period. It won’t end, not even when the world emerges from the pandemic and returns to routine,” Shalev Hulio tells Calcalist at Cybernation conference
Cybersecurity: Victims are spotting cyberattacks much more quickly - but there's a catch (ZDNet) Cyber criminals are spending less time inside networks before they're discovered. But that's partly because when hackers deploy ransomware, they don't stay hidden for long.
Cybersecurity training may be broken - report (IT Brief) Cybersecurity training during the pandemic have proven to be insufficient.
Malware disguised as meeting apps spiked by 1,067% in 12 months (Atlas VPN) The COVID-19 pandemic forced the majority of people to move their work to their homes, which meant an unprecedented increase in online meeting application usage. Criminals did not overlook this fact and started to distribute malware using popular meeting applications as a lure.
FireEye: More than 1,900 distinct hacking groups are active today (The Record by Recorded Future) US cybersecurity firm FireEye says that based on its internal data, there are currently more than 1,900 distinct hacking groups that are active today, a number that grew from 1,800 groups recorded at the end of 2019.
Marketplace
Where VCs Are Putting Their Money As Cybersecurity Funding Hits Record High (Crunchbase News) Last year proved not even a pandemic could slow investors’ appetite for cybersecurity. Now with a possible light at the end of the COVID tunnel, investors are being bold about doubling down — as the first quarter of this year saw more than $3.7 billion invested globally
Cybersecurity Research Report 2021 (Crunchbase) Discover how the cybersecurity venture capital scene has grown over the last decade and its outlook for 2021 and beyond.
Itential Raises $20 Million Series B to Advance Network Automation in the Enterprise (Itential) Itential has raised $20 million in Series B financing from Elsewhere Partners to accelerate its core business & continue to build its SaaS offering to expand within the global enterprise market.
Intrigue Raises $2M to Secure the Enterprise through Attack Surface Management (PR Newswire) Intrigue, an innovator in the rapidly growing information security space, Attack Surface Management, today announced its $2M seed round led by...
Private Equity Firm Crosspoint Nabs $1.3 Billion for Debut Fund (Bloomberg) Crosspoint Capital Partners LP, a private equity firm led by executives including ex-Symantec Corp. Chief Executive Officer Greg Clark and former Bain Capital dealmaker Ian Loring, raised $1.3 billion for its debut fund.
KKR-backed cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 aims for $3 billion valuation in U.S. IPO (Reuters) Cybersecurity company KnowBe4 Inc, backed by private-equity firm KKR & Co and funds affiliated with Goldman Sachs, said on Monday it was aiming for a valuation of up to $3 billion in its initial public offering in the United States.
KnowBe4 IPO Valuation: 10 Things From SEC Filing to Know (MSSP Alert) KnowBe4 IPO filing with SEC reveals annual security awareness training revenue growth; losses; percent of revenue from MSPs & channel partners, & more.
Cybersecurity Vendor Darktrace Eyes IPO Amid Surging Sales (CRN) Darktrace became the first cybersecurity company to pursue a London initial public offering (IPO) since 2018, revealing growing revenue and a significant channel sales motion.
Verint Announces Successful Completion of Multiple Capital Structure Transactions (Yahoo) Verint® Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT) today, in connection with the completion of the previously announced investment from funds advised by Apax Partners, announced the completion of several enhancements to its capital structure (collectively "Capital Structure Transactions").
$195.69 Million in Sales Expected for Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) This Quarter (MarketBeat.com) Equities research analysts expect that Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) will post $195.69 million in sales for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks reports. Three analysts have made estimates for Verint Systems' earnings, with the highest sales estimate coming in at $199.50 million and the lowest esti
Verint: The Hurdle Is Greater Than Anticipated (Seeking Alpha) Verint is now fully focused on the customer engagement market after the spin-off of the cyber intelligence unit
Corero Network says order intake hits record level, pipeline solid (Proactiveinvestors UK) Corero achieved a marked increase in annualised recurring revenues
Swimlane Expansion Into Six New APAC Countries Leads to 500% Year Over Year Regional Growth (BusinessWire) Swimlane today shared details of its growing footprint in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
Egnyte Wins Comparably Award For ‘Best Engineering Teams 2021’ (PRWeb) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (PRWEB) April 13, 2021
Egnyte, the leader in cloud content collaboration and governance, today announced it has been recognized with a 2021 Comparably Award for Best Enginee
Aon/Willis to divest parts of finpro, cyber and aerospace (Insurance Insider) Aon and Willis Towers Watson have proposed the sale of elements of the Willis finpro, cyber and aerospace units as they seek to secure approval from the European Union for their $30bn mega-merger, according to a European Commission (EC) document obtained by this publication.
SecZetta Enjoys Record 2020: Reports Strongest Quarterly Growth in Company’s History in Q4, Ends Year With 300% Year-Over-Year Growth (BusinessWire) SecZetta Adds New Marquee Customers and Partners in 2020 as Global Organizations Seek Ways to Mitigate Risk and Improve Automation for Third-Party Access
Davis Wright Tremaine Brings on Cybersecurity Veteran to Lead Team (Davis Wright Tremaine) Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced today it has added cybersecurity pro Michael T. Borgia as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office to lead the information security group in the firm's Technology + Communications + Privacy & Security practice.
Cyber Security Veteran Joins iProov Advisory Board (BusinessWire) iProov, the leading provider of face authentication technology, today announced that Paul King has joined its advisory board. King spent 27 years at C
Ex-Symantec, Cylance channel exec Joe McPhillips joins SentinelOne (CRN Australia) Joe McPhillips joins from Blackberry.
Armis Snags Recorded Future’s Tim Mackie As Channel Chief (CRN) Armis has hired Recorded Future, SentinelOne and Cylance channel veteran Tim Mackie to grow international sales and repackage the IoT security startup’s training curriculum.
Cyble Appoints Maxim Mitrokhin, Ex-MD Kaspersky Lab, to Expand Footprint in Apac (BusinessWire) Cyble, an AI-powered, Y Combinator-backed, cyber intelligence company that empowers organizations with Darkweb & cybercrime monitoring and mitigat
Pathlock Adds Rick Howard to Board of Directors (PR Newswire) Pathlock, the leading provider of unified access orchestration, today introduces Rick Howard, security expert and Zero Trust evangelist, as a...
Products, Services, and Solutions
1Password expands into secrets management to help enterprises secure their infrastructure (VentureBeat) 1Password is expanding into the "secrets management" space, helping developer teams across the enterprise safeguard their infrastructure.
Avast Joins Microsoft MISA (PR Newswire) Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy, today announced that it has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security...
VMware Points Carbon Black Security to Containers, Kubernetes (Virtualization Review) VMware is expanding its Carbon Black Cloud Workload security offering to include containers and Kubernetes, from development through production.
LogRhythm Launches Customer Advocacy Program to Support Professional Security Community (LogRhythm) The LogRhythm Champions Network — a newly launched customer advocacy group — is an elite community consisting of passionate LogRhythm customers. The network facilitates peer-to-peer networking and knowledge sharing.
Entrust Brings Security Management to VMware Cloud Foundation with HyTrust CloudControl (BusinessWire) HyTrust CloudControl support for VMware Cloud Foundation enables unified security and compliance controls across the platform
Promisec Announces New and Revamped Version of its Endpoint Manager (Digital Journal) Promisec, a leading endpoint cyber management solution provider, is announcing the launch of PEM version 6.4.
Egnyte Launches New Integrations to Provide Businesses Greater Insight and Security Across Microsoft 365 (Egnyte) Egnyte, the unified content security, compliance, and collaboration solution for multicloud businesses, today announced new integrations with Microsoft aimed at helping mid-sized organizations prevent data loss, address a growing number of regional privacy regulations, and simplify the overall management of content, with minimal administrative overhead.
Illusive Collaborates with Microsoft on Active Defense Solution with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to Combat Advanced Human-Operated Attacks (PR Newswire) Illusive, a leader in Active Defense, announced today Illusive Active Defense for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The integrated solution is...
Styra Releases New Compliance Packs to Further Bridge the Gap Between Security and DevOps Teams (BusinessWire) Styra, Inc., the founders of Open Policy Agent (OPA) and leaders in cloud-native authorization, today announced new compliance packs for its Declarati
The Infection Monkey 1.10.0 — Go Bananas with New AWS Zero Trust Assessments (Guardicore) Zero Trust Assessment on the brain? Check out our new release of Infection Monkey which can help you navigate the the ZT maturity Jungle.
Armis Taps Salt Security to Automate API Discovery and Enable API Security (Salt Security) API Security Leader Helps Armis Secure Pandemic-Induced Surge in API Creation and Updates
Hancock and Poole Security, Inc. Receives 8(a) Business Development Program Certification (PR Newswire) Hancock and Poole Security (HPS), Inc., is proud to announce its acceptance into the United States Small Business Administration's (SBA) 8(a)...
Trend Micro Offerings Are FedRAMP Authorized and Available on AWS (PR Newswire) Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the leader in cloud security, now offers two new FedRAMP1 authorized cloud security services...
Cybersecurity Startup ActZero Completes Successful SOC 2 Type 1 Examination (PR Newswire) ActZero, a cybersecurity startup that helps small and mid-sized businesses cover more ground against threats, has successfully completed a SOC...
Proact Joins LogicMonitor Partner Network to Expand Multicloud Infrastructure Monitoring Services Powered by AIOps (GlobeNewswire) European data information specialist group selects LogicMonitor platform to help end customers monitor and optimize multicloud infrastructures
New Agentless Hyper-V Backup Benefits Microsoft-Centric MSPs Deploying Infrascale Backup and Disaster Recovery (Infrascale) Infrascale today announced the general availability of an upgrade to the agentless backup engine for Infrascale Backup and Disaster Recovery. In addition to existing agentless backup for VMware virtual machines (VMs), the backup engine now allows Microsoft-centric MSPs to benefit from native discovery, policy control, and backup of Hyper-V VMs. The new agentless version provides fast deployments via discovery and policy control, easier management with one-stop configuration, and improved performance over its agent-based predecessor.
Technologies, Techniques, and Standards
Pathways Towards a Cyber Resilient Aviation Industry (World Economic Forum) This report aims to define a common language and baseline of practices and encourage collective initiatives for increasing cyber resilience across the Aviation ecosystem
Join the Team! Announcing the Launch of the NIST Privacy Workforce Public Working Group (NIST) When it comes to managing privacy risks, workforce is a key consideration.
Tech Groups Urge DHS Chief to Use Industry-Led Policies on Supply Chain Security (Meritalk) A group of communications technology trade groups urged Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in an April 12 letter to stick by what they called the Federal government’s “longstanding commitment” to use industry-led standards and best practices to deal with cybersecurity and supply chain security issues facing the information communications technology (ICT) sector.
Promoting a Cultural Shift for Cybersecurity (Infosecurity Magazine) Developing a good security culture will reduce the risk of scams
Research and Development
NSA Launches LPS Qubit Collaboratory (National Security Agency Central Security Service) Today the National Security Agency’s Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) launched the LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC), a Quantum Information Science research center in support of the U.S. National
Academia
Cash-Strapped Local Governments Turn to Students for Cybersecurity Help (Wall Street Journal) Mounting threats against local governments and struggles many job seekers face to gain industry experience without prior work in the field are two of the most acute challenges in cybersecurity. A Washington state-based nonprofit believes it has a way to help tackle both.
Legislation, Policy, and Regulation
SRA backs new cyber-losses clause for indemnity policies (Legal Futures) The extent to which losses caused by cyber attacks are covered by law firms’ professional indemnity insurance policies is to be clarified.
SRA wants new PII clause on cyber-crime - but premiums 'won't go up' (Law Gazette) Regulator says more clarity is needed about cover for client losses suffered through cyber attacks.
Intelligence assessment warns of increasing cyber threats from China, Russia (The Record by Recorded Future) The U.S. and its allies will face “a diverse array of threats” over the next year, most notably from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
China now tops U.S. intel's global threat list, not terrorist groups (NBC News) For years, the dangers of an al Qaeda attack led the threats assessment, and in more recent years the problem of cyber intrusions was featured first.
Biden's National Security Team Lists Leading Threats, With China At The Top (NPR.org) The intelligence community views four countries as posing the main security challenges over the next year: China, followed by Russia, Iran and North Korea.
CMMC: Some Frequently Asked Questions (National Defense) The National Defense Industrial Association has held a series of webinars for its members focusing on the latest news coming out of the Defense Department on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
Josh Hawley unveils "trust-busting" plan for Big Tech (Axios) The tough anti-monopoly proposal is driven by GOP anger against Big Tech companies.
GAO Urges Changes As Weapon Systems Cybersecurity Continues To Lag (JD Supra) On March 4, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published a report titled “Weapon Systems Cybersecurity: Guidance Would Help DOD...
Peters, Hoeven & Rosen Reintroduce Bill to Strengthen Federal Cybersecurity Workforce (Home Security & Governmental Affairs) U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, John Hoeven (R-ND) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) reintroduced legislation that would help develop and retain highly-skilled cybersecurity professionals in the federal workforce.
Litigation, Investigation, and Law Enforcement
‘This was not a breach’: How Big Tech gaslights the world on data leaks (POLITICO) More than a billion people’s data has appeared on hacker forums in recent days, but no-one’s owning up to doing anything wrong.
Sweden drops Russian hacking investigation due to legal complications (The Record by Recorded Future) The Swedish government dropped today its investigation into the 2017 hack of its sports authority, citing the legal constraints that would have prevented prosecutors from charging the Russian hackers responsible for the intrusion, which officials claimed were mere pawns operating on behalf of a "foreign power."
China launches hotline for netizens to report 'illegal' history comments (Reuters) China's cyber regulator has launched a hotline to report online comments that defame the ruling Communist Party and its history, vowing to crack down on "historical nihilists" ahead of the Party's 100th anniversary in July.
Justice Department announces court-authorized effort to disrupt exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities (US Department of Justice) Authorities have executed a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the United States
FBI Accesses Computers Around Country to Delete Microsoft Exchange Hacks (Vice) The FBI obtained court approval to access vulnerable computers across the United States.
FBI nuked web shells from hacked Exchange Servers without telling owners (BleepingComputer) A court-approved FBI operation was conducted to remove web shells from compromised US-based Microsoft Exchange servers without first notifying the servers' owners.
FBI hacks compromised Exchange servers as more companies get targeted (SiliconANGLE) FBI hacks compromised Exchange servers as more companies get targeted - SiliconANGLE
FBI operation removed web shells from hacked Exchange servers across the US (The Record by Recorded Future) The US Department of Justice announced today that a US judge granted the FBI the authority to log into web shells planted by hackers on Exchange email servers across the US and remove the malware as part of a mass-uninstall operation.
Exclusive: GOP senators seek FBI investigation into Biden Pentagon nominee (TheHill) A group of 18 Republican senators on Tuesday wrote to FBI Director Christopher Wray seeking an investigation into President Biden's nominee for a top role in the Pentagon over whether he disclosed or solicited classified information afte
Top Armed Services Republican Wants FBI Petagon Pick Probe (1) (Bloomberg Government) The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee joined 18 GOP senators in seeking an FBI probe into whether Colin Kahl, one of President Joe Biden’s Pentagon nominees, publicly disclosed classified or sensitive information on social media.
German regulator acts to halt 'illegal' WhatsApp data collection (Reuters) Germany's lead data protection regulator for Facebook said on Tuesday that it was taking action against the social network to prevent the collection of personal data from users of its WhatsApp messaging app.
FCC Warns Phone Carriers To Step Up Robocall Blocking (Law360) The Federal Communications Commission put two phone carriers on notice Tuesday that they could be blocked from phone networks if they don't stop facilitating illegal robocalls, while also reminding the broader industry that it should offer free call-blocking tools.
9th Circ. Doubts NSO's Immunity Defense In WhatsApp Suit (Law360) A Ninth Circuit panel appeared skeptical Monday of Israeli spyware company NSO Group's argument that sovereign immunity protects it from Facebook's lawsuit over hacks to subsidiary WhatsApp, with two judges pointing out the lack of case law to support NSO's position and a third judge saying the case should go to discovery.
Huawei Says FCC Shouldn't Expand Rip-And-Replace Scope (Law360) The Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the power to mandate that companies rip out technology from Chinese telecommunications carriers like Huawei and ZTE — it can only reimburse those that choose to do so, Huawei told the agency Monday.
Google Can't Fully Shield CEO From 'Incognito' Suit Discovery (Law360) A California judge overseeing a putative class action alleging Google surreptitiously tracks Chrome users running the browser's "incognito" mode on Tuesday declined Google's request to bar discovery into documents of its now-CEO Sundar Pichai from his time overseeing the launch of Chrome 14 years ago.