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Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box raises $10.6M Series A led by Paladin Capital

TechCrunch

Cybersecurity training startup Hack The Box , which emerged originally from Greece, has raised a Series A investment round of $10.6 Started in 2017, Hack The Box specializes in using “ethical hacking” to train cybersecurity techniques. It will use the funding to expand. Most recently it launched Hack The Box Academy.

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Finite State lands $30M Series B to help uncover security flaws in device firmware

TechCrunch

Columbus, Ohio-based Finite State, a startup that provides supply chain security for connected devices and critical infrastructure, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. . The funding lands amid increased focus on the less-secure elements in an organizations’ supply chain, such as Internet of Things devices and embedded systems.

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NSTAC’s Cyber Report — Leveraging AI to Measurably Reduce Risk

Palo Alto Networks

For over 40 years, the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) has demonstrated a long track record of providing forward-looking private sector advice to the President of the United States on the most critical issues at the nexus of technology and national security.

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Panera Bread’s feckless security puts consumers at risk

The Parallax

Security researcher Dylan Houlihan says he notified Panera Bread, a chain of more than 2,000 stores in the United States, of a website vulnerability in August 2017. How to attack security issues like Google and Microsoft just did. Not extortion. Bug bounties break out beyond tech. The dark side of bug bounties. ”—Rep.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Critical Infrastructure Orgs Cautioned About Chinese Drones, While Water Plants Advised To Boost Incident Response

Tenable

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA) agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said this week. To mitigate this risk, the agencies recommendations include: Using drones built with secure-by-design principles, such as those manufactured in the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Pros Taxed by Overwork, Understaffing and Lack of Support, as Stress Takes a Toll

Tenable

Life is getting harder for cybersecurity pros, but there are ways to improve working conditions. Meanwhile, there’s a new, free attack-emulation tool for OT security teams. 2 - OT security teams get new adversary-emulation tool Are you tasked with securing your organization’s operational technology (OT) systems?

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Apache Log4j Flaw: A Fukushima Moment for the Cybersecurity Industry

Tenable

Apache Log4j Flaw: A Fukushima Moment for the Cybersecurity Industry. The discovery of a critical flaw in the Apache Log4j software is nothing short of a Fukushima moment for the cybersecurity industry. We’re long past time for the creation of a security classification system for open-source code libraries. Renaud Deraison.

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