Mobile cybersecurity startup Zimperium is set to be acquired for nearly $525 million by Liberty Strategic Capital, which was founded by former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who will serve as the chair of the Zimperium board.
The FBI has warned that at least nine states had their elections officials targeted by an invoice-themed phishing campaign last October, CyberScoop reports.
SecurityWeek reports that more than 25% of employees have been tricked by phishing emails in 2021, more than half of whom noted that a senior executive at their organization was spoofed by the emails, which was 41% higher than in 2020.
Besides basic vulnerabilities, financial institutions face potential access from bad actors due to employees leaving ports open or making use of "risky services," according to a recent report from LookingGlass.
Microsoft is extending its cyberskills development initiative to 23 new countries, including the UK, Australia, Sweden, France and Canada, to address increasing demand as well as lack of diversity.
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Estonian national Maksim Berezan has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years imprisonment following his involvement in 13 or more ransomware attacks, seven of which were aimed at U.S. businesses and resulting in losses exceeding $53 million.
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