Twitter to Pay $150M Penalty Over Privacy of Users' Data

Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span. read more

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OT Remote Access Firm Xona Raises $7.2 Million in Series A Funding

Xona Systems, an Annapolis MD-based provider of frictionless remote authentication and access to the critical infrastructure, has raised $7.2 million in a Series A funding round led by DataTribe Opportunities Fund with participation from TFX Capital and individual investors. It brings the total raised to date to $9.4 million. read more

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Alleged Cybercrime Ringleader Arrested in Nigeria

An unnamed Nigerian man has been arrested over his alleged role leading a cybercrime group that specialized in phishing and business email compromise (BEC). The arrest, announced on Wednesday by Interpol, is the result of an international operation involving law enforcement and several cybersecurity companies. read more

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Webinar Today: Missing Links for Managing OT Cyber Risk

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Tapping Neurodiverse Candidates Can Address Cybersecurity Skills Shortage

While neurodiverse candidates don’t fit the traditional mold of applicants, they can often excel at highly focused, analytical work read more

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Tidelift Raises $27 Million to Tackle Open Source Supply Chain Security

Boston, Mass.-based Tidelift, a company on a mission to address open source supply chain “health and security,” has raised $27 million in Series C funding. read more

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WhiteSource Becomes Mend, Adds Automatic Code Remediation

WhiteSource Changes Company Name to Mend read more

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Two Cybersecurity Companies Offering Free Risk Assessments

Endpoint security company Tanium and risk management solutions provider Reciprocity have each announced free risk assessment offerings this week. read more

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Notorious Vietnamese Hacker Turns Government Cyber Agent

At the height of his career, Vietnamese hacker Ngo Minh Hieu made a fortune stealing the personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans. Now he has been recruited by his own authoritarian government to hunt, he says, the kind of cyber criminal he once used to be. read more

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Chrome 102 Patches 32 Vulnerabilities

Google on Tuesday announced the stable channel release of Chrome 102, which patches 32 vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw reported by an anonymous researcher. read more

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