Forescout has agreed to purchase startup Cysiv to help OT and IoT customers analyze, detect and respond to threats using cloud-native data analytics. The proposed acquisition will make it easier for customers to mine and cross-reference data that's stored on Forescout's platform.
Atlassian has issued a patch for its Confluence workspace collaboration tool, which is being targeted in the wild with a zero-day vulnerability that gives attackers unauthenticated remote code execution privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10 out of 10 for criticality.
Devo has closed its Series F round and notched a $2 billion valuation to incorporate more capabilities into its SOC via acquisition. The company plans to use the $100 million to buy companies that will provide customers with additional intelligence on top of Devo's data for specific use cases.
U.S. government agencies have issued a warning to organizations in the country against paying ransom to the Karakurt data extortion group. The threat actor's promises to delete stolen data and not disclose the security incident to the public if its demands are met are false, the agencies say.
A zero-day vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence, a workspace collaboration tool that serves millions of daily active users, is being targeted in the wild. The flaw, according to the company's security advisory, gives attackers unauthenticated remote code execution privileges.
In the latest weekly update, four ISMG editors discuss important cybersecurity issues, including the trending topics at this year's RSA Conference, how security researchers are tracking a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office and what Broadcom's acquisition of VMware means for security.
Lookout has bought password management provider SaferPass to provide carriers distributing the company's consumer app with more capabilities in a single place. Lookout wants to take SaferPass's technology beyond its existing base of consumer and SMB customers and bring it to large enterprises.
The 15th edition of the annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report examines the rapid growth in ransomware, along with other threat vectors. Chris Novak, global director of the Threat Research Advisory Center at Verizon Business Group, discusses key findings and reviews the security landscape.
According to Accenture Security's new report titled "Elevating the Cybersecurity Discussion," only 38% of CEOs and CFOs are confident that over 75% of their organization is actively protected by their cybersecurity program. Ryan LaSalle discusses how to help the C suite understand cybersecurity.
Costa Rica's public health services agency was hit Tuesday by a ransomware attack allegedly launched by Hive. The incident comes after an April attack - reportedly by fellow Russian-backed group Conti - targeted multiple Costa Rican government agencies.
ReliaQuest has agreed to buy Digital Shadows for $160 million to infuse its security operations platform with threat intelligence, attack surface management, and dark web monitoring. The deal will give clients more visibility and context around threats facing their networks, endpoints and cloud.
The FBI says in an alert that scammers have been posing as Ukrainian entities to fraudulently seek donations and other financial assistance for the war-torn country. The agency says scammers in the past have also used crises as opportunities to cash in with fraudulent donation schemes.
"All communications" in the Ukrainian city of Kherson has been hit, the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine said on Tuesday. Internet, landline and mobile phone service providers have detected disruptions and subsequent shutdowns of their services.
Memo to IT administrators: Don't store data in cloud in an unsecure manner. Security researchers at Secureworks have found more than 1,200 cloud-based, unsecured Elasticsearch databases that attackers wiped, leaving only a ransom note demanding Bitcoin in return for their restoration.
Obtaining threat insight is like practicing judo - you want to use your attacker's power against them, says Chris Borales, senior manager of product marketing at Gigamon. He and Tom Dager, CISO of Archer Daniels Midland Company, discuss how to keep pace with the evolving ransomware landscape.
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