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Microsoft Corp. has issued a patch for a vulnerability in Service Fabric that allows attackers to gain root privileges on a node and then take over other nodes in a cluster. Service Fabric hosts more than 1 million applications and runs on …
California firearms registration website exposes personal information
A California Department of Justice website relating to firearms registration has been found to be exposing personal information. A June 27 update to the Firearm Dashboard Portal exposed details of individuals who were granted or denied a concealed and carry weapons permit …
Former Uber chief security officer to face wire fraud charges over coverup of 2016 hack
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan must face wire fraud charges over allegations that he covered up a security breach involving the theft of 57 million passenger and driver records. Sullivan …
New ‘ZuoRAT’ malware targets routers in Europe and North America
A newly discovered form of malware has been found to be actively targeting small office-home office routers in Europe and North America. Dubbed “ZuoRAT” today by researchers at Lumen Technologies Inc.’s Black Lotus Labs, the malware is described as a multistage remote access …
900,000 exposed Kubernetes clusters vulnerable to malicious scans or data theft
Security researchers at Cyble Inc. have uncovered more than 900,000 exposed Kubernetes clusters that could be vulnerable to malicious scans or data theft. The 900,000-plus exposed clusters were found by the researchers as part of a threat-hunting exercise. It’s noted that although …
AMD investigating alleged theft of 450 GB of data
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is investigating a potential data breach after a hacking group claimed to have stolen 450 gigabytes of data from the chipmaker. The stolen data claim comes from a hacking group calling itself RansomHouse. The group claims on its …
Open-source session replay tool startup OpenReplay raises $4.7M
OpenReplay, a startup that provides an open-source session replay tool for developers, said today it has raised $4.7 million in new funding to grow its community, accelerate deployment at scale and improve user experience. Runa Capital led the seed round, with Expa, 468 …
Communications hub startup Front raises $65M at $1.7B valuation
Communications hub startup FrontApp Inc. has raised $65 million in new funding to accelerate investments in both product and go-to-market initiatives. Salesforce Ventures and Battery Ventures led the Series D round, with Sequoia Capital, Threshold Ventures, Uncork Capital and PageDuty Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Tejada, …
Real-Time Innovations launches new connectivity framework for software-defined vehicles
Autonomous systems software company Real-Time Innovations Inc. today announced a new production-grade connectivity framework for software-defined vehicles. RTI Connext Drive 2.0 is designed to enable developers to leverage data-centric connectivity with familiar ecosystem architectures. In doing so, the new framework offers a faster …
Data platform startup Lightbits Labs raises $42M to fuel growth
Data platform startup Lightbits Labs Ltd. announced today that it has raised $42 million in new funding to fuel the growth of its Lightbits Cloud Data Platform, including investments in innovation and expansion. The growth capital round was led by Atreides Management and included J.P. …