Data Protection

Cloud Security

Issued by: Security Week

The funding round was led by investment group Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), with participation from Neuberger Berman, Viking Global Investors and Atreides Management. The money will be used to continue the company’s expansion. Druva has developed a cloud-nacybersecuritytive platform that helps organizations protect data across cloud environments, endpoint devices, SaaS applications…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Tracked as CVE-2021-21982 and featuring a CVSS score of 9.1, the recently addressed vulnerability resides in the administrative interface for the appliance and exists because attackers could bypass authentication through manipulation of a URL on the interface. “A malicious actor with network access to the administrative interface of the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

The malware campaign, dubbed Purple Fox, has been active since at least 2018 and the discovery of the new worm-like infection vector is yet another sign that consumer-grade malware continues to reap profits for cybercriminals. According to Guardicore researcher Amit Serper, the Purple Fox operators primarily used exploit kits and phishing emails to build botnets…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

Tracked as CVE-2021-1844 and co-reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Alison Huffman of Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research, the flaw was addressed with software updates for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and Safari. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would simply need to craft a webpage containing malicious code, and then lure the victim…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

From the front lines of incident response engagements to managed security services, IBM Security X-Force observes attack trends firsthand, yielding insights into the cyber threat landscape. Every year, X-Force collates billions of data points to assess cybersecurity threats to our customers. This report — the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2021 — represents our latest edition…

Software Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

The smartphone has become the central command center for many people’s lives. A 2020 study found that the average user has 67 apps on their phone — but most people never stop to think about what data those apps contain or how well protected it is. Well, I probe for security holes for a living,…