Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Acquisition of Zero Trust Tool Secures Remote Access to Critical IT InfrastructureCloudflare acquired BastionZero to provide its platform with enhanced zero trust controls for servers, Kubernetes clusters and databases. The purchase aims to secure remote access, improve compliance and simplify infrastructure management for hybrid IT environments.

Also: Cloudflare Was Hacked With Stolen Okta TokenThis week, former CIA programmer gets 40-year sentence, zero trust prevents widespread damage, possible ransomware attack in Georgia, alleged hacker detained in Ukraine, USB-spread malware in Italy, LockBit attack on non-bank home mortgage lender, and Ukrainian critical infrastructure disrupted.

Also, TLC gets schooled by Karakurt, and Cloudflare is offering free zero trust stuff to some small companies In brief Business email compromise (BEC) continues to be a multibillion-dollar threat, but it's evolving, with the FBI and other federal agencies warning that cybercriminals have started using spoofed emails to steal shipments of physical goods – in this case, food. …

Cloudflare has made its 'Cloudflare One Zero Trust' security suite free to public interest groups, election sites, and state organizations that are currently part of Project Galileo and the Athenian Project. [...]