Armis Raises $200M at $4.2B Valuation, Eyes IPO
Cyber exposure management firm Armis announced the close of a $200 million Series D funding round on Monday at a hefty valuation of $4.2 billion.
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Day: October 28, 2024
Sophos-SecureWorks Deal Focuses on Building Advanced MDR, XDR Platform
Sophos is doubling down on managed detection and response (MDR) services with last week's agreement to acquire SecureWorks. The $859 million all-cash …
Windows ‘Downdate’ Attack Reverts Patched PCs to a Vulnerable State
Fully patched Windows 11 systems are vulnerable to attacks that allow an adversary to install custom rootkits that can neutralize endpoint security me…
China’s Elite Cyber Corps Hone Skills on Virtual Battlefields
Over the last decade, the Chinese government has established an efficient pipeline of capture-the-flag (CTF) tournaments both as a way to attract cybe…
Delta Launches $500M Lawsuit Against CrowdStrike
UPDATEDelta Air Lines is suing CrowdStrike to recover the $500 million in revenue it lost due to the CrowdStrike outage earlier this year, which led t…
Russia Kneecaps Ukraine Army Recruitment With Spoofed ‘Civil Defense’ App
Ukrainian efforts to recruit new soldiers to serve in its military in the country's war against Russia is under a two-pronged cyberattack by Kremlin-b…
Mozilla: ChatGPT Can Be Manipulated Using Hex Code
A new prompt-injection technique could allow anyone to bypass the safety guardrails in OpenAI's most advanced language learning model (LLM).GPT-4o, re…
Chinese Hackers Use CloudScout Toolset to Steal Session Cookies from Cloud Services
Oct 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / Cyber Attack
A government entity and a religious organization in Taiwan were the target of a China…
Google Invests in Alternative Neutral Atom Quantum Technology
Google has privately invested in a firm developing a very different and potentially rival quantum computer technology.
Google, a major figure in qu…
Google: Russia Targeting Ukrainian Military Recruits With Android, Windows Malware
A Russian cyberespionage and influence campaign has been targeting military recruits in Ukraine to undermine the country’s mobilization efforts, Goo…