(Menlo Security/Facebook) Menlo Security raises $40 million in Series C round Menlo’s business has grown on the back of its malware isolation platform. Dec 11, 2017 By Greg Otto
(Getty) Conficker worm still spreading despite being nearly 10 years old Approaching its silver anniversary, Conficker tallied over 2.5 million successful infections in 2017. Dec 8, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
(Christiaan Colen / Flickr) Hacking group turns Microsoft Office flaw into an exploit in less than a week APT34 has been especially active since mid-2016, based on publicly available research authored by analysts with FireEye and Kaspersky Lab. Dec 8, 2017 By Chris Bing
(Spark Truck / Flickr) Steven Hernandez named new Department of Education CISO Hernandez was the Department of Health of Human Service’s Office of Inspector General, where he served as CISO since 2010. Dec 7, 2017 By Greg Otto
(Pexels) Critical vulnerability found in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine The vulnerability was found and reported by an organization under GCHQ. Dec 7, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
Stanford University. Photo by Jitze Couperus/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Stanford U. official ousted after keeping quiet about huge exposure of sensitive data The data exposure led to controversy about how the school said it dealt out financial aid versus how the process actually worked in practice. Dec 6, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
(Getty Images) Ethiopia using Israeli spyware to spy on dissidents, journalists A Citizen Lab researcher, Bill Marczak, was also targeted during the course of the investigation. Dec 6, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
Kirstjen Nielsen at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 20, 2016. (World Economic Forum / CC-BY-2.0) Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen's confirmation comes despite criticism on her relative lack of leadership experience, independence and ethics that hampered her nomination process. Dec 5, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill
(Thomas Hawk/Flickr) Pepsi denies claim that it hacked Russian government watchdog A strange tale of government bureaucracy comes to light in Russia. Dec 5, 2017 By Greg Otto
(Getty Images) Andromeda botnet mastermind arrested in Belarus, identified by his ICQ number The suspect "is recognized as a leading expert in malware development and reverse engineering, network security, and antivirus technology," researchers wrote. Dec 5, 2017 By Patrick Howell O'Neill