Significantly more content management system website compromises have been attributed to vulnerable plugins and extensions, compared with outdated CMS files, ZDNet reports.

The Satellite Cybersecurity Act aims to develop voluntary cybersecurity standards and recommendations for protecting commercial U.S. satellite networks.

Organizations impacted by ransomware attacks incur financial burdens more than seven times higher, compared with demanded ransoms, BleepingComputer reports.

California-based semiconductor and security testing vendor Synopsys has entered a $330 million to purchase software-as-a-service security provider WhiteHat Security, reports CRN.

Cisco has addressed 19 security vulnerabilities in its security products including Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, Firepower Management Center, and Firepower Threat Defense with 11 of the fixed bugs having high severity, SecurityWeek reports.

SecurityWeek reports that billions of "harmful" app installations have been averted by Google after blocking 1.2 million apps from the Google Play store.