Services at hotels and casinos owned by MGM Resorts International Inc. have been at least mostly restored following a ransomware attack that crippled services provided by the company last week. The cyberattack was first detected on Sept. 10 and affected systems, including websites, online reservations, ATMs, credit card machines and MGM Resorts across the U.S. ...

A new report today from tech research site Comparitech details an alarming rise in cyberattacks targeting the education sector, including 85 attacks in the first half of 2023. The report found that from 2018 to mid-September, 561 education institutions have been hit by a ransomware attack. The estimated cost of these attacks is believed to be $53 billion to ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency today released a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of the Snatch ransomware operation. Snatch first appeared in 2018 and operates on a ransomware-as-a-service model. That’s a cybercriminal business model where ransomware operators develop and provide ransomware to affiliates who pay to use it ...

Data infrastructure and analytics startup MotherDuck Corp. announced today that it has raised $52.5 million in new funding on a $400 million valuation and that it will no longer have a waitlist for those interested in trying its platform. Founded in 2022 by Jordan Tigani, who worked at Google LLC for over a decade, MotherDuck offers a serverless ...

Application security posture management platform startup Legit Security Ltd. today announced that it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand its sales, marketing and research and development efforts and to address the emerging threat of artificial intelligence and large language models in the development of new applications. Founded in 2021, Legit Security offers ...

Drone manufacturer Skydio Inc. today released its latest enterprise drone, the Skydio X10 The company says the drone offers new, cutting-edge data capture cameras, autonomy and versatile hardware to serve a range of industries, including defense, energy, public safety, transportation, construction and communications. The X10 is being released at a critical moment for the drone industry. Skydio ...

Data security startup Dig Security Solutions Inc. today announced the expansion of the Dig Data Security Platform to protect data anywhere enterprises store sensitive information, including public cloud, software-as-a-service, database-as-a-service and on-premise environments. The expansion of the Dig Data Security Platform means its data security posture management and data detection and response capabilities now can be deployed to ...

Cloud cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks Inc. today released new research on how attackers are using malicious email rules after compromising corporate networks to steal information and evade detection. Automated email inbox rules are highly useful for managing the deluge of emails many experience in their working lives. Inbox rules help categorize, forward or even delete emails based on ...

Database management system provider MariaDB plc has received an unsolicited offer from a venture capital firm to acquire the company. First reported by the Register, the disclosure was made in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In the filing, MariaDB says that pursuant to the Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997 and Takeover ...

Cleaning products maker Clorox Co. is warning of shortages following a cyberattack that struck the company on Aug. 14. The type of attack was not disclosed, with Clorox only describing it as “unauthorized activity” on some of its information technology systems in an Aug. 14 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing rattles ...