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Industry News: ESG5

    Geopolitical Tensions Fuel Surge in OT and ICS  Cyberattacks

    2025-02-25

    CSO Online: Attacks against operational technology (OT) networks are on the rise, fueled by geopolitical tensions and conflicts, as OT security fast becomes a mainstream concern.

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    NinjaOne Snags $5B Valuation In Massive $500M Round

    2025-02-24

    Crunchbase: NinjaOne, which provides endpoint management, security and monitoring, raised $500 million in Series C extensions at a $5 billion valuation — more than doubling its value from just 12 months ago.

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    Cybersecurity Firm Sues Advocis For $560K

    2025-02-24

    Investment Executive: Advocis faces its fourth legal claim in just over a year, this one arising from a cybersecurity contract the association allegedly terminated after naming its new CEO last fall. 

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    Cybersecurity As A Brand Differentiator: Building Consumer Trust

    2025-02-24

    Forbes: Amid rising concerns about data breaches, identity theft and privacy violations, cybersecurity has become more than just an IT and business operations necessity—it has become a brand differentiator. 

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    Bybit Hack Exposes Multi-Sig Security Flaws as Industry Reevaluates Protections

    2025-02-24

    Wealth Professional: Bybit, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a US$1.5bn security breach that has since triggered US$5.5bn in outflows.

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    Tech Investment Firm Insight Partners Discloses Data Breach

    2025-02-19

    Cybersecurity Dive: Insight Partners suffered a data breach in January stemming from what it described as “a sophisticated social engineering attack.” In a statement the private equity and venture capital firm said it initially detected unauthorized access to “certain Insight information systems” on Jan. 16. 

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    What A New Presidency Means For Global Cybersecurity—And For SMEs

    2025-02-19

    Forbes: As a cybersecurity leader dedicated to safeguarding small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from cyber threats, the shifting sands of the cybersecurity landscape are always top-of-mind.

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    Palo Alto Networks Warns Firewall Vulnerability Is Under Active Exploitation

    2025-02-18

    Cybersecurity Dive: Palo Alto Networks confirmed that a high severity vulnerability, listed as CVE-2025-0108, in its PAN-OS management web interface was being exploited by attackers in the wild.

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    Fintech Giant Finastra Notifies Victims of October Data Breach

    2025-02-17

    Bleeping Computer: Financial technology giant Finastra is notifying victims of a data breach after their personal information was stolen by unknown attackers who first breached its systems in October 2024.

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    Know Your Breach: HPE

    The Target: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, an American multinational information technology company.

     The Take: A breach notification filing with the state of Massachusetts indicated that Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and credit/debit card numbers were compromised in the attack.

     The Vector: HPE was notified on Dec. 12, 2023, that a suspected nation-state threat group had breached its Office 365 email environment. An investigation revealed that starting in May 2023, Midnight Blizzard actors accessed emails and pilfered data from mailboxes “belonging to individuals in our cybersecurity, go-to-market, business segments, and other functions.”

     As phishing actors continue to explore every potential abuse opportunity on legitimate service providers, novel security gaps constantly threaten to expose users to severe risks. It is essential not to rely solely on email protection solutions, and also scrutinize every email that lands on your inbox, look for inconsistencies, and double-check all claims made in those messages.

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