An X Corp. account belonging to Google LLC-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant was hacked on Wednesday and used to promote a cryptocurrency scam. The scammer who took control of the account on X, still generally known as Twitter, spread a cryptocurrency scam while pretending to be the Phanton crypto wallet, with a message claiming that a ...

Automation platform startup Vigilant Ops Inc. has raised $2 million in seed funding from DataTribe Capital LLC to expand the capabilities of its InSight platform across critical infrastructure industries. Founded in 2019, Vigilant Ops provides solutions for the generation, management and vulnerability monitoring of software bills of materials or SBOMs. The company’s platform is used ...

Security intelligence firm LogRhythm Inc. today announced a number a new innovations designed to prioritize speed and efficiency for agile and high-performing security teams. Dedicated to optimizing the efficiency of security operation center teams and analysts, the new innovations are focused on seamless integration and broad case management improvements. The latest additions to the LogRhythm platform provide a ...

New reports released today by PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor and Crunchbase Inc. detail just how grim 2023 was for venture capital funding of startups, both in the U.S. and globally. The year saw global startup funding plummet to $285 billion, down 38% from 2022, according to Crunchbase. The poor figure highlights a broader trend of reassessment and cautious progression ...

Xerox Holdings Corp. subsidiary Xerox Business Solutions has suffered from a data breach following a ransomware attack. The attack first came to light on Dec. 29 when the INC Ransom ransomware gang added Xerox Business Solutions to its dark web leaks site. According to Bleeping Computer, the gang claimed to have stolen sensitive data and ...

The records of some 4.5 million individuals have been exposed and potentially stolen following a cyberattack on New Jersey-based population health management software company HealthEC LLC. In a breach notice on its site, HealthEC says it became aware of suspicious activity on its network in July and that a subsequent investigation, completed Oct. 24, had ...

Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire PingSafe Pte Ltd., a cloud-native application protection platform startup, for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2021, PingSafe offers a CNAPP solution that it claims delivers dynamic, real-time monitoring of multicloud workloads, simple setup and configuration and low false positive rates. Designed to bridge the gap between attackers’ modus ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on a proposal to establish a three-year pilot program to provide up to $200 million to support cybersecurity and advanced firewall services to eligible schools and libraries. The Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program was proposed in a rule issued Dec. 29 to be offered through the Universal ...

Google LLC has patched two significant vulnerabilities in Google Kubernetes Engine that could allow an attacker to gain control of a Kubernetes cluster. The vulnerabilities, detailed Dec. 27 by researchers at Palo Alto Network Inc.’s Unit 42, involved an issue in the default configuration of GKE’s logging agent FluentBit, which runs by default on all clusters ...

Court Services Victoria, an independent body that runs court services in Victoria, Australia, has been struck by a ransomware attack, with court recordings allegedly stolen. Officially described as a “cyber security incident” by CSV, the attack is said to have been detected on Dec. 21 and involved unauthorized access leading to a disruption of the ...