Black Kingdom Ransomware Hunting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers

Israeli cybersecurity asset management company startup Axonius has announced that it has raised $100 million in a D round. The round was led by New York-based growth investment firm Stripes, with the participation of existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, OpenView, Lightspeed, and Vertex. Stripes founder and partner Ken Fox is joining Axonius’s board of…

China’s cyberspace regulator has ordered app stores to remove Didi Chuxing, dealing a major blow to a ride-hailing giant that just days ago pulled off one of the largest U.S. initial public offerings of the past decade. The Cyberspace Administration of China announced the ban Sunday, citing serious violations on Didi Global Inc.’s collection and…

Attacks targeting critical infrastructure have been on the rise in recent years. Back in 2019, for instance, 56% of utility professionals responsible for overseeing risk in their organizations’ operational technology (OT) assets told Siemens and the Ponemon Institute that they experience at least one shutdown or operational data loss event a year. That’s about the…

The Justice Department has charged a Swiss hacker with computer intrusion and identity theft, just over a week after the hacker took credit for helping to break into the online systems of a U.S. security-camera startup. An indictment against 21-year-old Till Kottmann was brought Thursday by a grand jury in the Seattle-based Western District of…

Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Report Offers Risk Mitigation Advice, Stressing Prompt Patching Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • July 19, 2021     Example of Chinese attackers’ tactics and techniques (Source: Joint Cybersecurity Advisory) Three federal agencies released a 31-page Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Monday that describes 50…

Anti-Phishing, DMARC , Email Security & Protection , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Meanwhile, OneTrust Receives Additional Funding Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • April 10, 2021     Email security provider Cofense and data security firm StrikeForce Technologies both have announced acquisitions. Meanwhile data protection firm OneTrust received additional funding. See Also: The Guide to Just-In-Time Privileged…