 Analyzing the UK's Nuclear Deterrence Theory for Cyberspace: Britain indicates that it could launch Trident missiles in response to a serious cyber-attack against the country. Should this be taken seriously? What are the real world consequences? Read The Feature Dutch Data Protection Authority Fines Booking.com Over Incident Notification: The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Booking.com half a million dollars for not reporting a 2018 data breach within the required 72 hours. Read More Living Security Raises $14 Million for Its Human Risk Management Platform: Living Security has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round, which the company says it will use to expand and further develop its human risk management platform. Read More Iranian Hackers Target Medical Personnel in US, Israel: Iran-linked TA453 attempted to phish senior medical professionals in the United States and Israel, who specialized in various research. Read More Critical Infrastructure Protection Firm OPSWAT Secures $125 Million Growth Funding: Critical infrastructure protection firm OPSWAT has secured $125 million growth funding from Brighton Park Capital. Read More Chinese Researchers Earn Another $20,000 for Chrome Sandbox Escape: Researchers from Qihoo 360 have earned another $20,000 for a Chrome sandbox escape vulnerability, bringing the total earned by the Chinese company's employees in the past year to over $150,000. Read More Cyan Forensics Raises $6.9 Million to Combat Pedophiles and Terrorists: Scotland-based start-up Cyan Forensics has secured approximately $6.9 million to grow its technology business that helps identify and block illegal content such as child pornography and terrorist material. Read More Cybercriminals Publish Data Allegedly Stolen From Shell, Multiple Universities: Files from Shell and various universities were likely stolen in a cyber-attack involving Accellion's FTA file transfer service. Read More Child Unknowingly Tweets From US Nuclear Command's Account: Some jokingly said the cryptic tweet, ";l;;gmlxzssaw," was a US nuclear launch code. Others, that the Pentagon had been hacked. Read More Microsoft: Firmware Attacks Outpacing Security Investments: A study of 1,000 enterprise security decision makers found that businesses aren't paying close enough attention to malicious activity below the operating system. Read More Biden Extends Executive Order on Cyberattack Sanctions: President Joe Biden has extended an executive order issued by Barack Obama in 2015 regarding sanctions for malicious cyber activities. Read More Akamai Sees Largest DDoS Extortion Attack Known to Date: Over the past month, Akamai has mitigated three of the six biggest volumetric DDoS attacks the company has met to date. Read More What's Behind the Surge in Cybersecurity Unicorns?: Several industry professionals have shared thoughts on why we are seeing a surge in cybersecurity unicorns. Some believe the trend is a result of speculative strategies while others believe it reflects the growing importance of cybersecurity. Read More Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Can Be Exploited to Bypass Spectre Mitigations: A researcher has discovered two vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that can be exploited to bypass mitigations for Spectre attacks. Read More Vulnerability in 'netmask' npm Package Affects 280,000 Projects: A serious security bug in the 'netmask' npm package leads to misinterpretation of IP addresses. Read More CompuCom Cyber-Attack Costs Could Reach $28M: CompuCom shares information on the cost of recovering from a cybersecurity incident, including loss of revenue and major service disruptions. Read More More Ransomware Gangs Targeting Vulnerable Exchange Servers: The Black Kingdom/Pydomer ransomware operators join other threat actors targeting unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers. Read More | 
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