Startup With NSA Roots Wants Silently Disarming Cyberattacks on the Wire to Be the Norm

[TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( May 12, 2021 LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY [A Startup With NSA Roots Wants Silently Disarming Cyberattacks on the Wire to Become the Norm]( Trinity Cyber takes a new spin on some traditional network-security techniques, but can its approach catch on widely? [Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 4 Critical CVEs, 3 Publicly Known, 1 Wormable]( Microsoft releases security patches for 55 vulnerabilities in its monthly roundup, which includes a critical, wormable flaw in the HTTP protocol stack. [Critical Infrastructure Under Attack]( Several recent cyber incidents targeting critical infrastructure prove that no open society is immune to attacks by cybercriminals. The recent shutdown of key US energy pipeline marks just the tip of the iceberg. [3 Cybersecurity Myths to Bust]( Deeply rooted cybersecurity misconceptions are poisoning our ability to understand and defend against attacks. 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