Episode #122 - Selling Surveillance, New Era Security, Chatty Hacker, $50M Safe Security

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It's 5:05. Glad you can be here on Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 from the Sourced Podcast Network in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. This is your host, Bob Bannon. Stories in today's episode come from Mark Miller in New York City, Katy Craig in San Diego, California, Shannon Leitz, in San Diego, California, Edwin Kwan in Sydney, Australia. Ian Garrett in Arlington, Virginia. and Marcel Brown in St. Louis, Missouri. Pokes on vacation. I have the controls.

Let's get to it.

2023 State of Cyber Assets Report

🇺🇸 Mark Miller, New York City ↗

JupiterOne, 2023 State of Cybers Assets Report

The 2023 State of Cyber Assets Report

QuaDream secretly selling surveillance platform to governments

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

DEV-0196: QuaDream’s “KingsPawn” malware used to target civil society in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia

DEV-0196: QuaDream’s “KingsPawn” malware used to target civil society in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia - Microsoft Security Blog

Citizen Lab

A First Look at Spyware Vendor QuaDream’s Exploits, Victims, and Customers - The Citizen Lab

A new era of software security is upon us

🇺🇸 Shannon Lietz, San Diego, California ↗

U.S. and International Partners Publish Secure-by-Design and -Default Principles and Approaches  

U.S. and International Partners Publish Secure-by-Design and -Default Principles and Approaches | CISA

Chatting with a Hacker

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

ABC News

Chatting with a hacker about cybercrime gangs, Medibank and supporting Russia's attacks on Ukraine - ABC News

Safe Security raises $50M Series B round

🇺🇸 Ian Garrett, Arlington, Virginia ↗

Yahoo Finance

Safe Security Raises $50 Million Series B Round for AI-Driven Platform to Manage and Mitigate Cyber Risk

PRNews Wire

Safe Security Raises $50 Million Series B Round for AI-Driven Platform to Manage and Mitigate Cyber Risk

Wall Street Journal

Safe Security Raises $50 Million in Series B Round

This Day in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

https://thisdayintechhistory.com/04/18