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IoT security firm, Armis, recently announced that it has closed its latest investment round and increased its valuation to $3.4 billion. One Equity Partners (“OEP”), in conjunction with existing investors, made a combined $300 million investment to accelerate strategic platform development and global GTM initiatives, and to support future acquisitions. OEP will also be joining the board of directors. “One Equity Partners is the exact type of investors we need at this juncture. They deeply...

PICCASO - which stands for "Privacy, InfoSec, Culture Change & Awareness Societal Organisation" - is a Special Interest Group (SIG) founded by CEO Steve Wright at Privacy Culture Limited June 2021,  with the driving purpose of opening conversations about why and how a culture of privacy should be embedded into organisations and be at the heart of privacy compliance & strategy. By discussing specialised privacy topics such as Culture, Behaviour, Change & Communication, and looking...

 Armis, the unified asset visibility and security platform provider, has formally announced its leadership in the OT / ICS cybersecurity category with the world’s leading enterprises after seeing a huge 400% increase in demand this past year. Only the Armis platform spans multiple verticals and can cater to the convergence of IT & OT. No other cybersecurity provider can secure OT, ICS, IT, IoT, IIoT & IoMT across multiple industries and sectors. Armis was rated...

Digital identities are significantly increasing on a global scale, One Identity reveals in their global survey findings, which were published today. This phenomenon – known as identity sprawl – has been driven by surges in user identities (internal, third parties, and customers), machine identities and new accounts generated in response to an uptick in remote work. More than 8 in 10 respondents indicated that identities managed has more than doubled, and 25% reported a 10X increase during...

Papua New Guinea’s finance department acknowledged late Thursday that its payment system, which manages access to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid money, was hit with a ransomware attack. The attack on the Department of Finance’s Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) occurred at 1 a.m. local time on Oct. 22, according to a statement released by John Pundari, finance minister and acting treasurer, Bloomberg reported. Commenting on the news, Robert Golladay, EMEA and...

Edgescan, the provider or fullstack vulnerability management, has released its Q3 Vulnerability Snapshot, a new, brief report showing the current vulnerability landscape based on thousands of assessments performed globally. Compiled by Eoin Keary, CEO of Edgescan, the report's findings highlight the variability when it comes to cybercriminals' favourite vulnerabilities to exploit. Looking at this quarterly report, we can already tell that the 2022 Vulnerability Satistics Report will highlight an every changing attack surface and once...

The Amazon-owned video game streaming platform Twitch has exposed roughly 135 gigabytes of data, revealing source code and payout figures for streamers. Twitch confirmed the leak after the data was advertised on 4chan. Here's what cybersecurity experts had to say on the matter: Javvad Malik, lead security awareness advocate, KnowBe4 The Twitch breach is a large one and contains some potentially very sensitive information relating to some of its streamers. Changing passwords, especially if the...

One Identity, a provider of unified identity security, has acquired OneLogin, a provider of Identity Access Management (IAM) solutions, to expand the scope of One Identity’s Unified Identity Security Platform. Combined with its existing Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), and Active Directory Management and Security (ADMS) solutions, the company says it will now enable customers to take a holistic approach to identity security with trusted, proven technology in each major category....

Kaspersky has this week released the findings of their research on the malware dubbed BloodyStealer. According to its creators, the malware can steal passwords, cookies, bank card details, browser autofill data, screenshots and more, and it is advertised on underground forums. It looks like the criminals behind BloodyStealer are targeting gamers, as they are selling access to specific accounts, both individually and wholesale. Accounts with add-on and expensive items hold particular value, but they are...

A new survey from Arctic Wolf has asked over 1,400 IT decision makers' about their attitudes on a wide array of cybersecurity and business issues. After a year of high-profile cyberattacks, it appears executives lack faith in the government's ability to protect them from cyberattacks, with 60% of respondents saying they are spending on new security tools as they believe it is the most effective way to secure their organisations. Nation State sponsored attacks remain...