Security News

Keep the lights on: Three things power companies need to do to harden cybersecurity defenses
2020-07-01 13:13

Power companies need help from the US government, cybersecurity experts, and supply chain partners to defend against the increasing security risks to public power grids. Dragos hosted a conversation on Tuesday with the World Economic Forum's Head of Centre for Cybersecurity, William Dixon, and four experts on security and the power industry.

SafeGuard 7.6: Improved threat visibility, defense and protection across social platforms
2020-07-01 01:00

SafeGuard Cyber announced the release of new capabilities within its flagship collaboration, chat, and social media security platform. SafeGuard 7.6 now performs threat analysis on managed social and digital accounts to detect and remediate malware, including zero day exploits and associated messaging, file attachments, and links that are shared on these channels.

Micro-Segmentation for Endpoints Shows Promising Defense Against Lateral Movement
2020-06-23 14:08

If a compromise is not contained within the endpoint, it can rapidly spread to other endpoints and across the network. Segmentation firm Illumio is closing this gap with the release of Illumio Edge - segmentation for the endpoint.

Nation-State Espionage Campaigns against Middle East Defense Contractors
2020-06-23 11:22

Report on espionage attacks using LinkedIn as a vector for malware, with details and screenshots. They talk about "Several hints suggesting a possible link" to the Lazarus group, but that's by no means definite.

BitDam provides SMEs with an additional layer of defense against email-based cyber-attacks
2020-06-18 01:45

BitDam announced that it is available to small to medium-sized enterprises to provide an additional layer of defense against email-based cyber-attacks. BitDam stops unknown threats, even detecting the 25% of unknown threats that other solutions miss, and patches important security holes in SME email and other collaboration platforms.

Menlo Security partners with Microsoft to provide defenses to customers faster
2020-06-10 23:30

Menlo Security announced that the company is partnering with Microsoft to obtain advance vulnerability information through the Microsoft Active Protections Program. MAPP is a program that provides early access to vulnerability information to security software providers so they can provide protections to their customers faster.

Blackpoint Cyber launches 365 Defense, a Microsoft 365 security add-on for its MDR service
2020-06-01 01:30

Blackpoint Cyber released 365 Defense - a Microsoft 365 security add-on for its true Managed Detection and Response service. With 365 Defense, Blackpoint adds 24/7 monitoring, threat detection, and security policy enforcement for Microsoft 365 environments.

AttackIQ Informed Defense: Automated continuous security validation and remediation
2020-05-29 03:00

AttackIQ announced the launch of AttackIQ Informed Defense, the most significant product release in the company's history. The AttackIQ Informed Defense Architecture enables a transparent and completely manageable attacker kill chain testing methodology.

Website Security Provider Source Defense Raises $10.5 Million
2020-05-20 15:21

Client-side web security provider Source Defense this week announced raising $10.5 million in a Series A+ funding round. Founded in 2014, the company provides a website security solution aimed at delivering real-time protection against attacks originating at website supply-chain vendors.

Brit defense contractor hacked, up to 100,000 past and present employees' details siphoned off – report
2020-05-15 05:08

Britain's Ministry of Defence contractor Interserve has been hacked, reportedly leaking the details of up to 100,000 of past and current employees, including payment information and details of their next of kin. The Daily Telegraph reports that up to 100,000 employee details were stolen, dating back across a number of years.