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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. …
Microsoft WebView2 phishing technique can bypass MFA and steal login cookies
A cybersecurity researcher has developed a new phishing technique that can bypass multifactor authentication and steal login cookies through Microsoft Corp.’s Edge WebView2. WebView2 is a runtime, or software and instructions that are executed while a program is running, that provides web-based …
Russian hacking group takes responsibility for DDoS attacks on Lithuania
A Russian hacking group has taken responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack targeting government and private organizations in Lithuania. According to a report today in The Baltic Times, the attack, from a group known as “Killnet,” caused delays in processing passports and residence permits …