network security

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The latest financing was led by WestCap, with additional investment from Dave DeWalt’s NightDragon. It comes exactly one year after the company (previously known White Ops) was acquired by the Goldman Sachs merchant banking division. HUMAN Security sells technology capable of differentiating between bots and human transactions on the internet, protecting enterprises from fraudulent e-commerce…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

The company is building a Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) product that is being positioned as a new class of security processors that provide platform root-of-trust for large enterprise customers. Axiado, which employs approximately 40 in Silicon Valley, said the $25 million Series B investment brings the total raised to $40 million. The round was led…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

5G has the potential to deliver incredible innovations — from smart cities to self-driving cars to advances in healthcare, manufacturing, and other key verticals. While 5G improves upon previous generations’ cybersecurity vulnerabilities, it also brings new risks: 5G is software-defined. The increased role of software in 5G makes it more susceptible to dynamic, software-based attacks…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The new investment round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and SYN Ventures. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Harpoon Ventures, Mango Capital, and Wing Venture Capital also contributed. The network security firm says it will use the capital for the development of new technology and for channel expansion. The company says it also plans to invest…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

In the SolarWinds incident, up to 18,000 companies could have received the malware injected into the SolarWinds software. Not all could have been affected. Many of these ‘victims’ did not install the infected version, and many others did so on servers with no internet connectivity. Of those companies that did receive the Nobelium Sunburst malware,…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

As part of the observed attacks, the group used an updated DeathNote malware cluster, which includes a slightly modified version of BLINDINGCAN, a piece of malware that the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) associated with the group. A new variant of COPPERHEDGE, which Lazarus has been using for at least two years, was…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

Conducted in Tel Aviv, the researcher’s experiment showed just how easy an attacker could hack into home and enterprise networks, by simply walking around a city with the right equipment in hand. For his experiment, CyberArk’s Ido Hoorvitch used an AWUS036ACH ALFA Network card, which costs around $50, and provides both monitoring and packet injection…