LAPSUS$ group is part of a growing breed of extortion-only cybercriminals, focusing solely on data theft and extortion by gaining access to victims via tried-and-true methods such as phishing and stealing the most sensitive data .

“Nessus is the gold standard for vulnerability assessment. We’ve enhanced capabilities to address cloud instances that are constantly updating and connecting to various sources. We’re upping the ante with Nessus Expert,” said Glen Pendley,

Ransomware groups have recently added a variety of other extortion techniques to their arsenal, such as launching DDoS attacks and contacting victims’ customers, making it even more difficult for defenders.

Tenable Holdings, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Bit Discovery, Inc. (“Bit Discovery”), a provider of external attack surface management solutions (EASM).

Tenable, the Cyber Exposure company, announced that Terrascan, the open-source cloud security analyzer that helps developers secure Infrastructure as Code, is now included in Nessus® (IaC).