The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today said it has chosen four encryption tools designed to protect against quantum computer attacks for a planned post-quantum cryptographic standard. Of the four chosen tools, one — CRYSTAL-Kiber — offers general encryption, while the remaining three — CRYSTAL-Dilithium, Falcon and Sphincs+ — offer ...

Security intelligence firm LogRhythm Inc. today announced the launch of a new version of its security information and event management platform with new features to help security teams. LogRhythm says its SIEM Platform 7.9, in conjunction with updates to LogRhythm NDR and LogRhythm UEBA, helps security teams overcome everyday obstacles by accelerating threat response, improving workflows and simplifying ...

Decentralized finance protocol startup Crema Finance has temporarily suspended services after a hacker stole $8.78 million in cryptocurrency from the company. Crema offers a concentrated liquidity protocol or CLMM that provides services for traders and crypto liquidity providers. Liquidity protocol providers offer a solution to illiquid markets by offering rewards to liquidity providers to swap ...

Unknown hackers have claimed to have stolen data on as many as a billion mainland Chinese residents and are attempting to sell the data on a hacking forum. The data is alleged to have been stolen from the Shanghai National Police database and is said to total 22 terabytes. The data includes names, addresses, national ...

Singapore-based cryptocurrency trading and lending platform provider Vauld has suspended all withdrawals, trading and deposits due to what it describes as “financial challenges.” In a blog post today, the company said the financial issues are the result of volatile market conditions and financial difficulties with key business partners. Vauld also cited the current market climate leading ...

Meta Platforms Inc.’s longstanding and at times highly controversial cryptocurrency project is ending with the announcement July 1 that the Novi digital wallet will close on Sept. 1. The Novi digital wallet launched with a pilot program in November with custody support from Coinbase Inc. Novi did not support Meta’s proposed Diem cryptocurrency but instead ...

Cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital Ltd. has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in a New York court less than a week after it was ordered to liquidate its assets in the British Virgin Islands. Chapter 15 bankruptcy is a form of bankruptcy that allows for cooperation between U.S. courts and foreign courts when foreign ...

Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group said today it has blocked more than 30 malicious domains linked to hack-for-hire groups from Russia, India and the United Arab Emirates. The hack-for-hire firms have been actively targeting Gmail and Amazon Web Services Inc. accounts, among others, to carry out corporate espionage attacks against companies, human rights activists and journalists. ...

Infrastructure-as-code security startup Oak9 Inc. has raised $8 million in new funding to grow its free Community Edition and help launch a next-generation “Security as Code” offering. The round was led by Menlo Ventures and included Cisco Investments, Morgan Stanley’s Next Level Fund and HPA. Including the new funding, the company has raised $13.9 million to date, according ...

Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea has suffered a data breach after an employee of a third-party contractor downloaded email addresses belonging to OpenSea users and newsletter subscribers. The breach involved an employee of Customer.io downloading the email addresses and providing them to an unauthorized external party. Who the third party was or whether money was involved was not ...