US security company WatchGuard Technologies has concluded the acquisition of Spanish cybersecurity solutions provider Panda Security. WatchGuard announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase Panda in March 2020. Three months on, 30-year-old company Panda is now a wholly

A Virginia software company specializing in cloud-based solutions has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Exostar was developed as a joint venture between some of the world’s leading businesses, including BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon,

Enterprise mobile phishing encounters increased by 37% in the first quarter of 2020 compared with quarter four of 2019, according to the Lookout 2020 State of Mobile Phishing Spotlight Report. The rate of growth was especially high in North America,

The fourth year of the government-backed online cybersecurity training program Cyber Discovery will begin earlier than planned. Capitalizing on the thousands of young people who are currently unable to attend school, Cyber Discovery officially opened registration today to allow students

Thycotic, a provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions, has acquired fellow PAM solution provider Onion ID to extend its PAM coffering. With the acquisition, Thycotic adds three new products to its PAM portfolio to further protect enterprise cloud apps

Security experts are warning of a potential deluge of mobile SMS-based phishing (smishing) attacks as the UK’s Test and Trace service launches to mitigate a potential second wave of COVID-19 infections. The government scheme will require contact tracers to proactively

Law enforcement activity over recent years is eroding trust on the dark web and forcing cyber-criminals to try new tactics, according to new Trend Micro research. The security vendor’s latest report, Shifts in Underground Markets, charts changes over the past

A security researcher has been awarded $100,000 by Apple after disclosing a critical flaw in the firm’s sign-in process for third-party sites. Bhavuk Jain discovered the zero-day bug in Sign in with Apple, the Cupertino giant’s supposedly more privacy-centric version

Joomla is a popular free and open-source content management system used for publishing web content. The team behind the CMS discloses the data breach last week. The incident happens after a team member left an unencrypted full backup of the

The hackers behind the TrickBot Malware has updated their new propagation module known as “Nwrom.” As people are very familiar with the TrickBot malware, but this time, it appears with a new propagation module. Now many of you must be

Resilience and adaptability are key to organizations coming through the COVID-19 crisis, according to Uber CIO, Shobhana Ahluwalia, speaking at the Infosec Europe 20 Virtual Conference. She described to the audience how the company has had to display perseverance and

A major data breach at mobile payment app Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) has exposed the personal and financial data of millions of Indians. The breach occurred after BHIM failed to securely store vast swathes of data collected from users

An Australian football fan site has been found leaking 70 million records, including users’ personal details and racist private messages, via an unprotected Elasticsearch instance. The 132GB leak was discovered by SafetyDetectives researchers led by Anurag Sen and is linked

Amtrak has revealed that some customers may have had their personal information and log-ins stolen after it detected unauthorized access of rewards accounts by a third party. Also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, the state-backed US transportation provider

Police and city websites in Minneapolis have come under cyber-attack as both lawful protests and illegal rioting continue across America. The nationwide social upheaval was triggered by the death of Houston native George Floyd in the city a week ago.