Webroot buys BrightCloud for website reputation services

Dan KaplanJuly 8, 2010

Internet security firm Webroot announced Wednesday that it has acquired BrightCloud, provider of hosted web content reputation and classification services for vendors. Now part of the Boulder, Colo.-based Webroot, BrightCloud's product will be integrated into its malware detection and security-as-a-service offerings. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. — DK

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Network Security

DDoS attacks spike in first quarter

SC StaffApril 17, 2024

Fifty percent more distributed denial-of-service attacks have been launched by threat actors during the first quarter of 2024 over the same period last year, with thwarted DDoS attacks increasing by 93% year-over-year, SiliconAngle reports.

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Application security

Updated LightSpy spyware targeted at South Asia

SC StaffApril 17, 2024

Security Affairs reports that attacks with an updated iteration of the LightSpy iOS spyware using the "F_Warehouse" framework have been deployed against Southern Asian targets as part of a new cyberespionage campaign.

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Critical Infrastructure Security

Russian infrastructure disrupted by Ukrainian hackers

SC StaffApril 16, 2024

Operations of Russia's industrial sensor and monitoring infrastructure were claimed to have been disrupted by Ukrainian hacking operation Blackjack following a Fuxnet malware attack against Moscow-based underground infrastructure firm Moscollector, reports SecurityWeek.

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