Island Raises $175 Million at $3 Billion Valuation

The $175 million Series D funding round for Island was led by new investor Coatue and existing investor Sequoia Capital, with additional funding from other existing investors.

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Cuttlefish Malware Targets Routers, Harvests Cloud Authentication Data 

Cuttlefish malware platform roaming around enterprise SOHO routers capable of covertly harvesting public cloud authentication data from internet traffic.

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New Wpeeper Android Malware Hides Behind Hacked WordPress Sites

A new Android backdoor malware named ‘Wpeeper’ has been spotted in at least two unofficial app stores mimicking the Uptodown App Store, a popular third-party app store for Android devices with over 220 million downloads.

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Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds

A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet market.
The findings come from Elliptic in collaboration with researchers from the&

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Google Boosts Bug Bounty Payouts Tenfold in Mobile App Security Push

Researchers can earn as much as $450,000 for a single vulnerability report as Google boosts its mobile vulnerability rewards program.

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Adobe Adds Content Credentials and Firefly to Bug Bounty Program

Adobe is providing incentives for bug bounty hackers to report security flaws in its implementation of Content Credentials and Adobe Firefly.

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CISA Unveils Guidelines for AI and Critical Infrastructure

The CISA on Monday released safety and security guidelines for critical infrastructure, a move that comes just days after the Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of a safety and security board focused on the same topic.

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DeepKeep Launches AI-Native Security Platform With $10 Million in Seed Funding

AI-Native Trust, Risk, and Security Management (TRiSM) startup DeepKeep raises $10 million in seed funding.

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Android Malware Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented malware targeting Android devices that uses compromised WordPress sites as relays for its actual command-and-control (C2) servers for detection evasion.
The malware, codenamed Wpeeper, is an ELF binary that leverages the HTTPS protocol to secure its C2 communications.
“Wpeeper is a typical backdoor Trojan for Android

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