For the second day in row, a cybersecurity startup with Israeli roots has been bought by a big fish in the security pond. Zscaler announced Thursday it has acquired Israel-based AI-driven security insights and threat prevention startup Avalor reportedly for $310 million in a cash-and-stock deal. That deal follows cloud cybersecurity firm Wiz reportedly buying...Read More

During a Wednesday, February 21, motions hearing on Heptad LLC’s civil suit for $ 6 million in damages against the Front Royal Town Council for its August 28, 2023, denial of submitted proffer amendments to its over-a-decade-old Swan Farm residential proposal, Judge Daryl Funk raised the possibility of his recusal from hearing the case. That...Read More

CrowdStrike (CRWD -3.94%) outspoken Co-Founder and CEO George Kurtz went on the offensive during the last quarterly conference call and the market reacted well to what he had to say. As a result, shares of the leading endpoint-cybersecurity software provider have held on to most of their 200%-plus gain since the start of 2023. Kurtz...Read More

This article is republished from The Conversation The U.S. House of Representatives voted 352-65 on March 13, 2024, to require TikTok’s parent company, China-based ByteDance, to sell the app or face a nationwide ban on TikTok. President Joe Biden said on March 8 that he would sign the legislation if it reached his desk. The popular...Read More

In an increasingly digital world, businesses are quickly becoming the favored playground for cybercriminals. The high-stakes game of cat and mouse between companies and modern-day bandits is becoming more intense with each technological advancement. As entrepreneurs and corporate leaders, it’s our responsibility to adapt to fortify our digital empires against the constant onslaught of cyber...Read More

Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware attack Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2024 School districts continue to be under attack, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, are suffering a ransomware attack. This week, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, experienced a ransomware attack, resulting in IT outages. The Scranton School District is working with third-party forensic specialists to...Read More

Microsoft will widen the availability of its artificial intelligence-powered tool for cybersecurity professionals from April 1 and adopt a ‘pay-as-you-go’ strategy for the assistant, the company said on Wednesday. Soft-launched last year, ‘Security Copilot’ lets analysts run queries through a simple prompt box to help with tasks like summarizing incidents, analyzing vulnerabilities and sharing information...Read More

Scranton School District in Pennsylvania suffered a ransomware attack Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2024 School districts continue to be under attack, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, are suffering a ransomware attack. This week, schools in Scranton, Pennsylvania, experienced a ransomware attack, resulting in IT outages. The Scranton School District is working with third-party forensic specialists to...Read More

LTTS to establish AI, ML-driven Cybersecurity & Digital Threat Analytics Centre for Maharashtra Cyber, enhancing citizen cyber safety and awareness. BANGALORE, India–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$LTTS #AI–L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), a leading global pure-play engineering and technology services company, announced today that it has won a first-of-its-kind program in India worth around $100...Read More

United States Senator Ron Wyden warned and notified the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), Michael C. Casey, that Chinese hackers are actively backdooring digital locks to steal sensitive data. As a result, Hackers target and backdoor the digital locks to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and resources. Backdooring allows hackers...Read More