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CentralNic has been awarded a significant project by Jisc. The project is to supply and support registry management software to underpin the domain name infrastructure of some of the UK's most critical domain extensions, including.

Caton Technology announced a US$50 million majority equity investment from Pasaca Capital. Caton is an experienced leading innovator in enabling IP delivery networks for the broadcast and media industry.

Created in the UK, RankedRight is a triage system that follows an IT security team's pre-set rules to automate the time-consuming yet crucial process of ranking vulnerabilities in order of impact to the business. With teams reportedly wasting an average of 76% of their day remediating low priority risks, RankedRight enables them to divert their attention towards tackling the most critical issues and keep the company safe.

RingCentral announced the acquisition of the technology and engineering team at Kindite. The new technology will be incorporated into RingCentral's global communications platform, providing customers with enhanced security capabilities including end-to-end encryption.

Mitel announced the appointment of Arvind Raman as Chief Information Security Officer. Raman will lead all aspects of the company's information security strategy, architecture, operations and governance.

F5 announced the appointment of two senior executives as the company bolsters its focus on customer success, business transformation, and cybersecurity. Yvette Smith joins the company today as Senior Vice President of Customer Success and Business Transformation, where she will lead a newly formed group combining both functions and multiple other teams into a single organization committed to delighting customers.

Manga scanlation giant MangaDex has been temporarily shut down after suffering a cyberattack and having its source code stolen. MangaDex is one of the largest manga scanlation sites where visitors can read manga comics online for free.

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The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency is warning of critical-severity security flaws in GE's Universal Relay family of power management devices. GE's UR devices are the "Basis of simplified power management for the protection of critical assets," according to the company.

Remember Norse Corp., the company behind the interactive "Pew-pew" cyber attack map shown in the image below? Norse imploded rather suddenly in 2016 following a series of managerial missteps and funding debacles. Now the top executives behind Norse Corp. are working on a new venture: A corporate security and investigations company called RedTorch that's based in Woodland Hills, Calif, the home of many Hollywood celebrities.