SecurityWeek Briefing

Here's the latest cybersecurity and cybercrime update from "SecurityWeek Briefing."

Views expressed in this cybersecurity and cybercrime summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.

Accessed on 05 August 2022, 2215 UTC.

Content provided by email subscription to "SecurityWeek Briefing."

Source:  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGqPpcnFflWbjXfcCXdkfxKhT

Please click link or scroll down to read your selections.

Thanks for joining us today.

Russ Roberts

https://www.hawaiicybersecurityjournal.net

https://paper.li/RussellRoberts (machine learning, artificial intelligence, IoT, information security)

SecurityWeek Briefing | Friday, August 5, 2022 [Beta] Latest Cybersecurity News Headlines Slack Forces Password Resets After Discovering Software Flaw Popular TLP Information Classification System Gets Updates, Label Changes FEMA Urges Patching of Emergency Alert Systems, But Some Flaws Remain Unfixed F5 Fixes 21 Vulnerabilities With Quarterly Security Patches Ghost Security Snags $15M Investment for API Security Tech Zimbra Credential Theft Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks Disruptive Cyberattacks on NATO Member Albania Linked to Iran SMBs Exposed to Attacks by Critical Vulnerability in DrayTek Vigor Routers Cybersecurity Firm ZeroFox Begins Trading on Nasdaq via SPAC Deal Critical Vulnerabilities Allow Hacking of Cisco Small Business Routers Secure Enterprise Browser Startup Talon Raises $100 Million Cyber Readiness Measurement Firm Axio Raises $23 Million How a VC Chooses Which Cybersecurity Startups to Fund in Challenging Times Despite plummeting valuations of companies in public markets and concerns over the economic climate, venture capital is still available, especially for cybersecurity startups. To understand why cybersecurity investment is insulated from other effects, and what might happen over the rest of 2022 if the world slips into recession, SecurityWeek spoke with Jake Flomenberg, a partner in Seed and Series A specialist funding firm Wing Venture Capital. (Read the Feature by Kevin Townsend) The Secret to Automation? Eat the Elephant in Chunks. The goal of security automation is to accelerate detection and response, but you’ll waste a lot of time if you try to eat the elephant all at once. Read the Column by Marc Solomon The Benefits of ZTNA Make it Hard to Ignore Ensuring that the right people have access to the proper resources when they need them whilst maintaining security and access controls across multiple data centers and cloud environments is one of the biggest technical challenges any organization faces. Read the Column by Laurence Pitt  Securing the Metaverse and Web3 Security must be built into the metaverse as it moves from science fiction to science reality. With users concerned about the misuse, abuse and commercialization of their personal data, they are likely to welcome the additional privacy offered by web3. (Read the Feature by Kevin Townsend) Applied ICS Security Training Lab 2022 ICS Cybersecurity Conference - October 24th - Atlanta This full-day lab course gives participants hands-on experience attacking and hardening a simulated power plant network to learn about common ICS vulnerabilities and defenses. Learn More More Headlines Power Electronics Manufacturer Semikron Targeted in Ransomware Attack Thoma Bravo to Acquire Ping Identity for $2.8 Billion RSS Feed | Webcasts | Virtual Events © 2022 Wired Business Media