Robert Downey Jr, K-Shaped, GPT-4, Rapid7, & SVB – ESW #309
Finally, in the enterprise security news, We quickly explain the SVB collapse, A few interesting fundings, Rapid7 acquires Minerva who? We’ll explain. GPT-4 - what’s new? Detect text written by an AI! Then, produce text that can’t be detected as written by an AI! The K-Shaped recovery of the cybersecurity industry, Software Security is More than Vulnerabilities, Microsoft Outlook hacks itself, Robert Downey Jr. gets into teh cyberz, & Reversing intoxication!
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- 1. DUMPSTER FIRE: Over 100 VCs, investors voice solidarity with Silicon Valley Bank
And then they told their portfolio companies to remove $44B from it.
Should we even bother talking about it? I guess not everyone has binged the details like we have...
- 2. FUNDING: Capital One Ventures and Citi Ventures Invest in Securiti – Securiti
- 3. FUNDING: Samsung Next Invests In Mitiga, Brings Total Funding to $45M
- 4. FUNDING: Want data security? Concentrate on cybersecurity training, RangeForce raises $20M
- 5. FUNDING: Revelstoke Announces $20M Series B Funding Following Exponential Growth in Its First Year in Market
- 6. FUNDING: a16z-backed Uno launches a design-centric password manager
If someone finds a vulnerability in this app, it needs to be called "Uno Attack"
- 7. ACQUISITIONS: Rapid7 Acquires Minerva Labs to Extend Leading Managed Detection and Response Service with Ransomware Prevention Technology
The Malware 'sandman' company finally gets an exit. I had lost track of this company, but they innovated a neat trick where they can convince malware that it's being investigated, which causes many malwares to get sleepy...
- 8. NEW PRODUCTS: GPT-4
AI marches on. Unclear as to whether it's updating itself at this point.
- 9. NEW TOOL: AI Content Detector Checks GPT-3, ChatGPT, & More for Free
Detect text written by an AI! Then, obfuscate it so no one can detect it as written by an AI! This tool giveth and then taketh away...
- 10. NEW OPEN SOURCE: gh-sbom (automatically generate SBOMs!)
- 11. NEW OPEN SOURCE: Bearer (FOSS SAST tool)
- 12. ESSAYS: Cloud Security from First Principles
- 13. ESSAYS: Software Security is More than Vulnerabilities
- 14. ESSAYS: The K-Shaped Recovery of the Cybersecurity Industry
- 15. ESSAYS: CISO Role Undergoes Evolution as Role Grows More Complex
- 16. ESSAYS: Looking for ways to promote products and services that make cybersecurity a better place: five unique case studies
- 17. REPORTS: Cybercrime Losses Exceeded $10 Billion in 2022: FBI
Not $10 Trillion? Are we sure about the numbers here? /sarcasm
- 18. VULNERABILITIES: Critical Microsoft Outlook/365 bug CVE-2023-23397 under attack
We don't usually cover these, but this one is just incredible. :face_palm:
- 19. SQUIRREL: Robert Downey Jr. joins Boston-based cybersecurity company’s board of directors – The Boston Globe
- 20. SQUIRREL: UT Southwestern scientists discover agent that reverses effects of intoxication
