Thoma Bravo Acquiring Darktrace
Thoma Bravo is mulling acquiring the British cybersecurity firm Darktrace. Darktrace said in a regulatory filing that talks have taken place over a possible deal and that an offer may…
Tanium Collaborates with Microsoft
Tanium, the industry’s first provider of converged endpoint management (XEM), announced that it has been nominated to join the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association, an ecosystem of independent software vendors and managed…
CL0P hits UK Water Suppliers
A cyberattack has hit a UK water supplier that serves 1.6 million residents, but the ransomware gang responsible may have bungled the extortion attempt. South Staffordshire PLC reported it had suffered a cyber…
Microsoft Disrupts Seaborgium from Russia
Microsoft has disrupted a prolific Russian state-backed highly persistent threat group called Seaborgium (aka Callisto Group, ColdRiver, TA446) known for conducting long-running cyber-espionage campaigns against mainly NATO countries. Microsoft disabled…
Ox4Shell – Log4Shell De-obfuscator
A Log4Shell de-obfuscation tool dubbed Ox4Shell, promises simple, rapid payload analysis without the risk of critical side effects has been showcased at Black Hat USA. The tool offers a potent…
Zoom patches a bug in Mac version
Zoom has issued a patch for a vulnerability that could lead to a system takeover. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-28756 with a CVSS of 8.8, was found in Zoom for…
Meta testing E2EE for its messaging platform
Meta has informed that it will start testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) as the default option on its Facebook Messenger platform. This feature will be initially available only to selected users.…
SOVA Malware adds Ransomware capabilities
SOVA, an Android banking trojan has been spotted in the wild again and appears to have new features. SOVA was first spotted in September 2021, when its developers posted a…