The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) conducted a red team exercise at an unnamed federal agency in 2023, exposing serious security failings that left critical assets vulnerable.
Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, a criminal who used Zeus and IcedID malware to steal millions of dollars from victims, has been sentenced to almost a decade in prison and ordered to pay $73 million in restitution by a Nebraska federal court judge.
Netgear released firmware patches to fix stored XSS and authentication bypass flaws in the XR1000 Nighthawk gaming router and CAX30 Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream cable modem routers, respectively.
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is in advanced talks to acquire cloud security provider Wiz for around $23 billion. Wiz recently raised $1 billion at a $12 billion valuation and has a total of $1.9 billion in funding.
Palo Alto Networks has released security updates to address five vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical flaw in the Expedition tool that could enable admin account takeover.
The new cyber-defense facility, dubbed NATO Integrated Cyber Defence Centre (NICC), will be located in Belgium at SHAPE and will consist of civilian and military experts from member states.
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum outlining the administration’s cybersecurity priorities for fiscal year 2026, aligning with the national cybersecurity strategy.
The US government is pressuring software manufacturers to address operating system command injection vulnerabilities following high-profile threat actor campaigns exploiting these flaws in 2024.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s annual assessment of the Defense Department’s IT spending revealed that several programs lack approved cybersecurity strategies, leaving them vulnerable to potential cyberattacks.
Exein, a Rome-based startup, is addressing the critical issue of device security in the IoT space. The company recently secured €15 million (~$16.3 million) in a Series B funding round led by cybersecurity-focused VC 33N.