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Cequence Security Secures $17 Million in Series B Funding
2019-02-28 16:18

Application security solutions provider Cequence Security has raised $17 million in Series B funding round. To date, the company has secured $30 million in funding.  read more

Qbot malware's back, and latest strain relies on Visual Basic script to slip into target machines
2019-02-28 16:15

We've said it once, we've said it a thousand times. Don't open weird attachments, kids A new version of the decade-old banking credential-stealing Qbot malware is doing the rounds, according to...

Coinhive to Mine Its Last Monero in March
2019-02-28 16:11

The controversial cryptomining service is shutting down.

Lawyer: Russian Cybercrime Suspect on Hunger Strike
2019-02-28 16:02

The lawyers for a Russian suspected of bitcoin fraud and wanted by three countries said Thursday that the man's health is deteriorating due to a hunger strike, and criticized the Greek courts for...

Application Security Firm Contrast Security Raises $65 Million
2019-02-28 15:35

California-based application security company Contrast Security on Thursday announced that it raised $65 million in a Series D funding round, which brings the total raised by the firm to $122...

Booter Boss Interviewed in 2014 Pleads Guilty
2019-02-28 15:14

A 20-year-old Illinois man has pleaded guilty to running multiple DDoS-for-hire services that launched millions of attacks over several years. The plea deal comes almost exactly five years after...

Cisco Fixes Critical Flaw in Wireless VPN, Firewall Routers
2019-02-28 14:27

Cisco said that CVE-2019-1663, which has a CVSS score of 9.8, allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Break the Daily Routine with Prioritization and Focus
2019-02-28 14:13

With Context to Understand and Prioritize Security Data and Alerts You Can Stay Focused on What Matters Most read more

Microsoft Unveils New Azure, Windows Defender ATP Tools
2019-02-28 14:05

Microsoft on Thursday unveiled two new cloud-based security products and services — Microsoft Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Threat Experts — designed to make it easier for security teams to do...

Thunderclap: Apple Macs at risk from malicious Thunderbolt peripherals
2019-02-28 14:03

Researchers have revealed how malicious Thunderbolt and PCI Express (PCIe) peripherals could be used to compromise computers running macOS, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD.