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EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis
2024-08-07 10:06

Acronis, the Swiss disaster recovery turned cybersecurity firm and catch-all for managed service providers, has been majority acquired by Europe's largest private equity firm, EQT. "We are thrilled to have EQT as a major shareholder to support our strategic expansion and share our vision for growth," enthused Acronis's CEO, Ezequiel Steiner. Some of those remaining investors include funds and accounts managed by CVC, Springcoast and BlackRock Private Equity Partners.

DarkGate, the Swiss Army knife of malware, sees boom after rival Qbot crushed
2024-07-16 00:15

The DarkGate malware family has become more prevalent in recent months, after one of its main competitors was taken down by the FBI. The malware was discovered by endpoint security outfit enSilo's security maven Adi Zeligson in 2018 - but it has evolved over the years. Blackford's threat-hunting team recently detected a gang it tracks as TA571 using DarkGate to gain access to more than 1,000 organizations.

Secator: Open-source pentesting Swiss army knife
2024-07-03 04:00

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Swiss cheese security? Play ransomware gang milks government of 65,000 files
2024-03-08 12:35

The Swiss government had around 65,000 files related to it stolen by the Play ransomware gang during an attack on an IT supplier, its National Cyber Security Center says. A total of 1.3 million files were stolen during the incident at software biz Xplain in May 2023, meaning 5 percent of the entire trove related to the Swiss Federal Administration - a collection of seven federal agencies that alongside the Federal Council comprise the main government departments.

Rhadamanthys Malware: Swiss Army Knife of Information Stealers Emerges
2023-12-18 14:31

The developers of the information stealer malware known as Rhadamanthys are actively iterating on its features, broadening its information-gathering capabilities and also incorporating a plugin...

Chocolate Swiss Army Knife
2023-11-24 20:00

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Microsoft pins hopes on AI once again – this time to patch up Swiss cheese security
2023-11-03 16:02

Microsoft has made fresh commitments to harden the security of its software and cloud services after a year in which numerous members of the global infosec community criticized the company's tech defenses. The long and short of it is that Microsoft is pushing the big AI button a few more times, more deeply embedding the tech throughout its security operations and products.

Bruschetta-Board: Multi-protocol Swiss Army knife for hardware hackers
2023-09-12 03:00

Bruschetta-Board is a device for all hardware hackers looking for a fairly-priced all-in-one debugger and programmer that supports UART, JTAG, I2C & SPI protocols and allows to interact with different targets' voltages. A handy feature of Bruschetta-Board is the fact it mounts level shifters.

Swiss visa appointments cancelled in UK due to 'IT incident'
2023-07-27 11:53

All appointments for Swiss Schengen tourist and transit visa applicants have been cancelled across the UK. TLSContact, the Swiss government's chosen IT provider for facilitating visa applicants...

Swiss government warns of ongoing DDoS attacks, data leak
2023-06-12 14:58

The Swiss government has disclosed that a recent ransomware attack on an IT supplier might have impacted its data, while today, it warns that it is now targeted in DDoS attacks. Last Tuesday, the Swiss government disclosed that they were impacted by a ransomware attack on Xplain, a Swiss technology provider supplying various government departments, administrative units, and even the country's military force with software solutions.