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RedTorch Formed from Ashes of Norse Corp.

Krebs on Security

the company behind the interactive “pew-pew” cyber attack map shown in the image below? Flushed with venture capital funding in 2012, Norse’s founders started hiring dozens of talented cybersecurity professionals. An ad for RedTorch’s “Cheetah” counter-surveillance tech.

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North Korea-linked APT group ScarCruft spotted using new Android spyware KoSpy

Security Affairs

North Korea-linked threat actor ScarCruft (aka APT37 , Reaper, and Group123) is behind a previously undetected Android surveillance tool namedKoSpythat was used to target Korean and English-speaking users. Cyber attacks conducted by the APT37 group mainly targeted government, defense, military,and media organizations in South Korea.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. a16z Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Greylock Partners.

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Cybersecurity Report: June 29, 2015

SiteLock

LOT, the Polish national airline, announced on Sunday that it cancelled 10 flights due to the cyber attack towards its ground computer systems at Warsaw’s Okecie airport. These files were said to derive from directly targeted NSA surveillance of the communications of multiple French leaders.

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Cybersecurity Report: August 11, 2015

SiteLock

Department of Justice released a report that revealed some weaknesses in Next Gen Cyber, The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cyber security program begun in 2012. Next Gen Cyber originally has a budget of $314 million and a total of 1,333 full-time jobs (including 756 agents), while the DOJ also asked for an $86.6

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Microsoft alerts United States on Volt Typhoon Cyber Attack campaign

CyberSecurity Insiders

Adding to the concerns, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance has also issued an alert regarding a stealth surveillance campaign backed by China. It is important to note that while Western nations often attribute such incidents to countries like China and Russia, they remain relatively silent about their own surveillance campaigns.

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NYT Report: U.S. Cyber units planted destructive Malware in Russian Power Grid

Security Affairs

cyber army is targeting the Russian power grid since at least 2012 with reconnaissance operations, but recently it also carried out more offensive operations. According to the officials, US cyber soldiers attempted to deploy destructive malware inside the Russian power grid. ” states the NYT. … ALSO, NOT TRUE!

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