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30 Jun

S3 Ep141: What was Steve Jobs’s first job?

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by Paul Ducklin PONG FOR ONE!? No audio player below? Listen directly on Soundcloud. With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. You can listen to us on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and anywhere that good podcasts are found. Or just drop the URL of our RSS feed into your favourite podcatcher. READ THE TRANSCRIPT DOUG.  Emergency Apple patches, justice for the 2020 Twitter hack, and “Turn off…

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29 Jun

Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

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Nikita Kislitsin, formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Department of Justice. Experts say Kislitsin’s prosecution could soon put the Kazakhstan government in a sticky diplomatic position, as the Kremlin is already signaling that it intends to block his extradition to the United States. Nikita Kislitsin, at a security conference in Russia. Kislitsin is…

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29 Jun

Cyware Snags $30M for Threat Intel Infrastructure Tech

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Threat intelligence infrastructure startup Cyware on Thursday announced it had secured $30 million in new financing alongside plans to take advantage of the demand for AI-powered security tools. The New York-based Cyware said the $30 million Series C round was led by Ten Eleven Ventures, an investment firm dedicated to making bets on cybersecurity companies. Prior investors Advent International, Zscaler, Emerald Development Managers, Prelude (the venture practice at Mercato Partners) and Great Road Holdings also…

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29 Jun

Interested in $10,000,000? Ready to turn in the Clop ransomware crew?

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by Naked Security writer The latest high-profile cybercrime exploits attributed to the Clop ransomware crew aren’t your traditional sort of ransomware attacks (if “traditional” is the right word for an extortion mechanism that goes back only to 1989). Conventional ransomware attacks are where your files get scrambled, your business gets totally derailed, and a message appears telling you that a decryption key for your data is available… …for what is typically an eye-watering amount of…

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28 Jun

Venn Software Snags $29M to build MDM for Laptops Technology

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Venn Software, a New York startup building an MDM-like solution for laptops, has attracted $29 million in early stage funding as investors continue to bet on cybersecurity companies protecting the remote workforce. Venn said the Series A financing was led by NewSpring and provides capital for the company to make MDM for laptops a reality and provide a less costly new alternative to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Venn is pitching a Secure Enclave product that…

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28 Jun

School’s out for summer, but it’s not time to let your cyber guard down

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The beginning of the summer break is the perfect time for parents to remind their children about the importance of safe online habits The sun’s out, and so is school. But despite our best efforts, the chances are that our children will spend the coming summer holiday period glued to their devices. Depending on their age, protecting them can a difficult balancing act between respecting their privacy and independence and ensuring they heed our warnings.…

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27 Jun

U.K. Cyber Thug “PlugwalkJoe” Gets 5 Years in Prison

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Joseph James “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor, a 24-year-old from the United Kingdom who earned his 15 minutes of fame by participating in the July 2020 hack of Twitter, has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison. That may seem like harsh punishment for a brief and very public cyber joy ride. But O’Connor also pleaded guilty in a separate investigation involving a years-long spree of cyberstalking and cryptocurrency theft enabled by “SIM swapping,” a crime…

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27 Jun

HashiCorp Buys BluBracket for Secrets Scanning Tech

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Cloud infrastructure software firm HashiCorp on Tuesday announced a deal to acquire BluBracket, an early stage startup building technology to help businesses scan for secrets hidden in source code. Financial terms of the acquisition were not released.  BluBracket, based in Silicon Valley, raised $18.5 million in venture capital funding from Evolution Equity Partners, Unusual Ventures, Point72 Ventures, SignalFire and Firebolt Ventures.  In a statement announcing the acquisition, HashiCorp said BluBracket’s code scanning will complement HashiCorp…

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27 Jun

UK hacker busted in Spain gets 5 years over Twitter hack and more

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by Naked Security writer Some hacks become so notorious that they acquire a definite article, even if the word THE ends up attached to a very general technical term. For example, you can probably trot out the names of dozens of well-known internet worms amongst the millions that exist in the zoos maintained by malware collectors. NotPetya, Wannacry, Stuxnet, Conficker, Slammer, Blaster, CodeRed and Happy99 are just a few from the past couple of decades.…

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