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Former Security Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Hacking Crypto Exchanges

Security Week - Mon, 04/15/2024 - 6:58am

Former security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to prison for hacking and defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Palo Alto Networks Releases Fixes for Firewall Zero-Day as Attribution Attempts Emerge

Security Week - Mon, 04/15/2024 - 5:57am

Palo Alto Networks has started releasing hotfixes for the firewall zero-day CVE-2024-3400, which some have linked to North Korea’s Lazarus. 

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House Passes Reauthorization of Key US Surveillance Program After Days of Upheaval Over Changes

Security Week - Sat, 04/13/2024 - 9:28am

The bill was approved on a bipartisan basis, 273-147, though it will still have to clear the Senate to become law.

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State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit Zero-Day to Backdoor Palo Alto Networks Firewalls

Security Week - Fri, 04/12/2024 - 3:52pm

A state-sponsored threat actor has been exploiting a zero-day in Palo Alto Networks firewalls for the past two weeks.

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Wiz Acquires Gem Security, Pushes Security Tools Consolidation

Security Week - Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:18pm

Financial terms of the translation were not disclosed but reports out of Tel Aviv valued the deal in the range of $350 million.

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