Tens of cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions were announced in May 2021, including by Imperva, Accenture, Cisco, HelpSystems, Splunk, Twilio, and Zscaler. May 1-9 Acuant acquires Hello Soda Identity verification and fraud prevention company Acuant acquired UK-based identity verification and KYC solutions provider Hello Soda. Acuant said the acquisition will help it improve its products and ..
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JBS USA, the US subsidiary of the world’s largest meat processing company, said Monday that some operations were shut down following a cyberattack that affected its North American and Australian IT network. Headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, JBS USA (JBS Foods) is a global food company wholly owned by Brazil-based JBS S.A., the largest meat processing ..
Looking to build stronger responses against cyberattacks in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, Microsoft on Monday announced the creation of a cybersecurity council for the public sector in the region. The Asia Pacific Public Sector Cybersecurity Executive Council consists of policy makers and influencers from Brunei, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It seeks seeks to ..
Interpol revealed last week that specialized law enforcement officers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region intercepted more than $83 million in fraudulent money transfers as part of a six-month coordinated effort aimed at cyber-enabled financial crime. Codenamed HAECHI-I, the operation mainly targeted five types of online financial crime: investment fraud, money laundering (from illegal online gaming), ..
A Kenyan security guard now facing charges in Qatar after writing compelling, anonymous accounts of being a low-paid worker there found himself targeted by a phishing attack that could have revealed his location just before his arrest, analysts say. While analysts from Amnesty International and Citizen Lab said they were unable to say who targeted ..
SonicWall last week announced the availability of patches for a severe vulnerability in its Network Security Manager (NSM) product. NSM is a firewall management application that provides the ability to monitor and manage all network security services from a single interface, as well as to automate tasks to improve security operations. SonicWall’s platform is available ..
A new piece of ransomware named Epsilon Red has been used to target at least one organization in the United States, and its operators have apparently already made a significant profit. Cybersecurity firm Sophos reported last week that Epsilon Red operators have been spotted targeting a US-based company in the hospitality sector. The cryptocurrency address ..
An alert released on Friday by the FBI and the DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) revealed that the number of organizations targeted in a recent attack abusing a legitimate email marketing service was higher than initially reported. Microsoft reported last week that the Russia-linked threat actor it tracks as Nobelium, which is believed ..
A group of online privacy activists said Monday it is taking action against hundreds of websites over their use of pop-up banners asking users to consent to “cookies”, the files that track users’ activity. The Vienna-based NOYB group (an acronym of “none of your business”) said it would be presenting more than 500 draft complaints ..
The White House says it believes U.S. government agencies largely fended off the latest cyberespionage onslaught blamed on Russian intelligence operatives, saying the spear-phishing campaign should not further damage relations with Moscow ahead of next month’s planned presidential summit. Officials downplayed the cyber assault as “basic phishing” in which hackers used malware-laden emails to target ..
