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Update: Broadcom Beefs Up Security Business With $61B VMware Buy

ICYMI: Deal Will Bring Together the $1.6B Symantec and $1B VMware Security Practices Broadcom has agreed to buy cloud and virtualization giant VMware for $61 billion, bringing together the $1.6 billion Symantec and $1 billion VMware security teams. Broadcom will incorporate its existing security offerings into the VMware portfolio and bring them to market under…
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Popular Service Being Used To Send Phishing Emails

Google SMTP relay service is wildly popular and used every day by legions of users.  Unfortunately, hackers around the world are aware of this and increasingly they’ve begun abusing the SMTP relay …http://dlvr.it/SRB2XS

Ransomware Costs City of Quincy, Illinois, $650,000

No Evidence of Data Being Stolen From Affected Systems The City of Quincy, Illinois’ administrative systems were hit by a ransomware attack on May 7, confirmed Mayor Mike Troup in a press conference held on Tuesday. Consulting fees and a ransom were paid but critical services continued to operate throughout the incident.http://dlvr.it/SR9vYB

Cribl Raises $150M to Incubate New Observability Features

ICYMI: Cribl Plans to Develop Hosted Versions of the Company’s On-Premises Technology Cribl has raised $150 million to drive the development of new features such as hosted versions of the company’s technology. The company will build out separate tools for each piece of the observability process rather than forcing customers to purchase a bundle with…
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Update: Broadcom Beefs Up Security Business With $61B VMware Buy

Deal Will Bring Together the $1.6B Symantec and $1B VMware Security Practices Broadcom has agreed to buy cloud and virtualization giant VMware for $61 billion, bringing together the $1.6 billion Symantec and $1 billion VMware security teams. Broadcom will incorporate its existing security offerings into the VMware portfolio and bring them to market under the…
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Developing Medical Device Cybersecurity Maturity Benchmarks

ICYMI: An effort to establish industry benchmarks for medical device cybersecurity maturity aims to help advance overall cybersecurity in the healthcare sector, says Rob Suárez, CISO of medical device maker Becton, Dickinson and Co. He discusses how to improve the state of medical device cybersecurity.http://dlvr.it/SR6kRv

Attempted Ransomware Attack Grounds SpiceJet Flights

ICYMI: Indian Airline Says Attack on IT Infrastructure ‘Contained’; Threat Actor Unknown Indian passenger airline SpiceJet says an attempt at a ransomware attack was made against its IT infrastructure on Tuesday night. The airline says the attack was “contained,” and it has resumed regular operations. Passengers continued to complain about takeoff delays until noon local…
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Cribl Raises $150M to Incubate New Observability Features

Cribl Plans to Develop Hosted Versions of the Company’s On-Premises Technology Cribl has raised $150 million to drive the development of new features such as hosted versions of the company’s technology. The company will build out separate tools for each piece of the observability process rather than forcing customers to purchase a bundle with features…
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Developing Medical Device Cybersecurity Maturity Benchmarks

An effort to establish industry benchmarks for medical device cybersecurity maturity aims to help advance overall cybersecurity in the healthcare sector, says Rob Suárez, CISO of medical device maker Becton, Dickinson and Co. He discusses how to improve the state of medical device cybersecurity.http://dlvr.it/SR3Rw6