Sublime Security, which uses AI agents to protect against phishing and other email threats, raised a $150M Series C, bringing its total funding to $240M+
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Apple announces a “major evolution” of the Apple Security Bounty program, doubling its top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware
$2M Top Payout Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada : Apple Doubles Security Bounty Rewards to $2 Million Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Apple now offers $2 million for zero-click RCE vulnerabilities Ti...
Drata, which uses automation to help companies adhere to compliance frameworks, agrees to buy SafeBase, which automates security reviews, sources say for $250M
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Copenhagen-based Keepit, which offers SaaS data protection and backup services, raised $50M led by One Peak and Denmark's EIFO, taking its total raised to $90M
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Microsoft's new version of Recall appears to still capture sensitive data like credit card numbers, even with the default “sensitive information” filter enabled
it's now possible to try the controversial Copilot feature Christian Guyton / TechRadar : Microsoft Recall offers a ‘sensitive information filter’ to avoid saving your credit card details - but whoops...
Google releases patches for 46 Android security vulnerabilities, including a kernel zero-day the company says “may be under limited, targeted exploitation”
August 2024 Dwaipayan Roy / NewsBytes : Google fixes zero-day vulnerability in Android kernel Zak Doffman / Forbes : Samsung Issues Critical Update For Millions Of Galaxy Users—Google Confirms New Att...
The US and global partners dismantle the 911 S5 proxy botnet, “likely the world's largest botnet ever”, linked to 19M+ IPs, and arrest its alleged administrator
US government seizes 911 S5 operation and takes it offline Associated Press : International Authorities Arrest Man Allegedly Behind 'Likely the World's Largest Botnet Ever' Xinghui Kok / Reuters : US ...
Enterprise data security startup BigID raised $60M led by Riverwood Capital at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $320M, and reports ~$100M in ARR
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Amazon, Google, and Cloudflare say a DDoS attack hit 398M RPS in August 2023, ~8x larger than the prior record, due to a new flaw; Google mitigated the attack
Assigner: Mitre Published: 2023-10-10Updated: 2023-10-11 The HTTP/2 protocol allows … Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : New ‘HTTP/2 Rapid Reset’ zero-day attack breaks DDoS records Lucas Pardue / The C...
Apple releases emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to patch three zero-day vulnerabilities, for a total of 16 zero-days fixed in 2023
Attacks Underway Lance Whitney / ZDNet : Apple issues emergency security updates for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Kevin Poireault / Infosecurity : mWISE: Why Zero Days Are Set for Highest Year on Rec...