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Home media coverage Arctic Wolf makes Bengaluru its largest global R&D hub. Sep. 07, 2026 at 10:54 pm Expands the workforce from 46 in 2024 to more than 550in 2026. Arctic Wolf today announced the expansion of its Research and Development (R&D) centre in Bengaluru, making it the company's largest R&D centre worldwide. This marks the second expansion since Arctic Wolf launched its India operations in September 2024. The expansion grows the Arctic Wolf India workforce from 46 employees in 2024 to more than 550 today. Arctic Wolf plans to hire 90 additional employees as it continues to scale its India operations. The expansion also grows the Bengaluru facility itself. The site now spans 55,000 square feet with seating capacity for 550 employees. Located at The Helios Business Park in Marathahalli, the facility serves as Arctic Wolf's core engineering and product development hub for its cloud-native Aurora(R) Platform and plays a growing role in the company's AI-driven threat detection and response work. Bengaluru now accounts for nearly 20% of Arctic Wolf's global workforce. Teams there span engineering, IT infrastructure, product management, program management, AI and Security Operations. Nick Schneider, President and CEO of Arctic Wolf, said, "The investment reflects the company's next phase of growth. "The threat landscape is constantly evolving and staying ahead requires continuous research to anticipate emerging threats before they materialize. Our teams in India are playing an increasingly important role in that work, and this expansion is a clear step toward scaling it further." "India has moved from being a delivery centre to being central to how we build our platform," said Devendra Rath, Vice President, Engineering, Arctic Wolf India. Since it was established in 2024, Arctic Wolf's India operations have grown from a newly formed team into an integral part of the company's global R&D organization. This latest expansion reflects the depth of that capability, and the role India will play in Arctic Wolf's growth going forward.

Sectigo appoints Ian Hassard as Chief Product Officer. Wed, 2nd Sep 2026 (Today) Sectigo has appointed Ian Hassard as Chief Product Officer, adding a senior product executive to the certificate management company's leadership team. Hassard will lead global product strategy and oversee further development of Sectigo Certificate Manager, the company's certificate lifecycle management platform. The appointment comes as companies face shorter certificate lifespans, rising numbers of non-human identities, and preparations for post-quantum cryptography. Certificate lifecycle management has become a closer focus for cyber and IT operations as businesses handle growing numbers of digital certificates used to secure websites, applications, devices, and machine-to-machine communications. Shorter certificate validity periods can increase the operational burden on internal teams, particularly when certificate inventories are fragmented or renewal processes remain manual. In the role, Hassard will work with engineering and go-to-market teams to set product direction and shape how Sectigo adapts its platform to changing customer and market requirements. The hire brings Sectigo an executive with more than 20 years of experience across identity, cybersecurity, and software-as-a-service markets. Before joining Sectigo, Hassard was Vice President of Product Management at Okta, where he led product strategy across the Auth0 and Okta Customer Identity portfolio. Earlier in his career, he co-founded RootSecure, a cybersecurity company later acquired by Arctic Wolf. He then held product leadership roles at Arctic Wolf during a period of growth for the business. Sectigo is framing the appointment as part of a broader push to expand its certificate lifecycle management platform as digital identity management becomes more complex. It says it serves more than 700,000 customers, including 65% of the Fortune 500. Digital certificates sit at the centre of secure online communications, but they also create operational risks when organisations lose visibility into where certificates are deployed and when they expire. Unmanaged certificates can lead to service outages, compliance problems, and disruption across networks, cloud systems, and connected devices. Market pressure The issue has gained prominence as machine identities proliferate across enterprise environments. As more workloads move across hybrid and cloud infrastructure, companies are managing far larger certificate inventories than in the past, making automated oversight a more important part of security operations. That backdrop has created a competitive market for vendors offering tools to discover, issue, renew, and revoke certificates across complex IT estates. Identity and access management groups, cybersecurity specialists, and certificate authorities have all sought to deepen their role in that market. Chief Executive Officer Kevin Weiss described Hassard as a product leader suited to that environment. "Ian is the kind of product leader who can turn a rapidly changing market into a clear and compelling product vision," said Kevin Weiss, Chief Executive Officer, Sectigo. "He has an impressive track record of building and scaling security and identity products through periods of significant growth and complexity, while translating major technology shifts into solutions customers can adopt and trust. Ian's leadership will strengthen our ability to deliver on our promise of Simplicity at Scale and accelerate the next phase of innovation across our CLM platform." Hassard's experience at Okta is likely to be relevant as identity products increasingly overlap with certificate and machine identity management. Businesses are under pressure to manage not only workforce and customer identities, but also the credentials used by software workloads, devices, and automated systems. His focus will include helping customers simplify certificate operations, reduce risk, and prepare for shifts in digital trust requirements, including the eventual transition to cryptographic standards designed to withstand attacks from quantum computers. Product focus Post-quantum cryptography has become a strategic planning issue for many security vendors and large enterprises, even though broad implementation remains at an early stage. For certificate management providers, that creates a need to support migration planning and lifecycle controls as cryptographic standards evolve. Hassard said certificate lifecycle management now sits at the centre of digital operations for many organisations. "Certificate Lifecycle Management is becoming foundational to how organizations secure digital operations at scale," said Hassard. "Sectigo has the market position, technology and depth of expertise to define where this category goes next. I'm excited to build on that strength and advance a platform that makes it easier for organizations to manage growing certificate complexity, reduce risk and prepare for what comes next." Hassard also brings an inventor's background to the role, with multiple patents spanning identity, security, and emerging technologies, according to Sectigo. The profile suggests the company is seeking product leadership with both commercial and technical depth as competition intensifies in digital trust and machine identity management. Sectigo has operated in the certificate authority market for more than 20 years. It remains one of the larger established providers in a sector being reshaped by automation demands, tighter security controls, and the growing volume of certificates inside modern IT environments.

Ethereum news: GoCaracal turns to ETH smart contract for backup C2 access. 2 hrs ago Updated 2 hrs ago Highlights * GoCaracal was found during a June 2026 intrusion at a communications organization in Venezuela. * The malware can query Ethereum for a replacement C2 address when its primary server becomes unreachable. * Arctic Wolf links GoCaracal to Dark Caracal with medium confidence based on technical and campaign evidence. * Arctic Wolf released a YARA rule and IoCs covering hashes, domains, IPs, wallets and Ethereum contracts. A newly documented malware framework called GoCaracal is using Ethereum infrastructure to support command-and-control recovery during cyberattacks. Arctic Wolf observed the Go-based malware during a June 2026 intrusion involving a communications organization in Venezuela. The framework gives operators remote shell access and allows them to retrieve and execute additional payloads. Its extended version also supports browser data theft, keylogging, remote desktop control, and SOCKS5 proxy functions. GoCaracal uses Ethereum for backup C2 access. GoCaracal first attempts to communicate with a configured command-and-control server through a normal off-chain connection. When repeated attempts fail, the malware can query a public Ethereum JSON-RPC endpoint for another address. The request uses "eth_getStorageAt" to read data stored within a configured Ethereum smart contract. That response contains a replacement C2 address, which GoCaracal places into its active memory configuration. The malware then returns to conventional internet communication and tries reaching the newly supplied command server. Arctic Wolf said the process does not place the complete C2 channel on Ethereum. "This mechanism does not place the malware's full command-and-control channel on Ethereum," Arctic Wolf said. The blockchain instead acts as a method for distributing updated server details. Smart contract lets operators change server addresses. The Ethereum setup gives operators a way to change the fallback address without distributing another GoCaracal binary. Multiple public RPC providers can also read the same smart contract data. That design reduces reliance on one specific RPC service and gives the malware several possible routes to retrieve updated information. However, Arctic Wolf did not confirm successful fallback reconnection during the June incident. The company said its public evidence does not show a compromised host using Ethereum and then reconnecting successfully. The confirmed victim count outside the reported Venezuelan organization also remains unknown. Arctic Wolf links activity to Dark Caracal. Arctic Wolf assessed with medium confidence that the activity is connected with the Dark Caracal threat group. "We assess with medium confidence that this activity is linked to Dark Caracal," the company said. Its assessment draws from several technical and operational patterns seen in earlier campaigns. These include Bandook malware, Delphi loaders, Spanish-language financial lures, malicious SVG files and URL shorteners. Bandook was also deployed during the intrusion and operated alongside the lighter GoCaracal profile. Arctic Wolf said available evidence does not show GoCaracal replacing Bandook within the attacker's toolset. Defenders receive YARA rule and Ethereum indicators. Arctic Wolf published detection material that organizations can use when searching for GoCaracal activity. The released data includes a YARA rule covering the lightweight version of the malware. Arctic Wolf also released hashes, domains, IP addresses, host paths, and Ethereum contract indicators. The company said the public indicators are representative rather than a complete set. Consequently, Arctic Wolf suspects phishing, citing more than 100 related SVG files linked to the same malicious infrastructure. Despite all of this, investigators did not recover the original phishing email or malicious SVG attachment from the victim. For more protection, Web3 enterprises can deploy blockchain transaction monitoring tools to detect and block suspicious smart contract interactions in real time. Investment disclaimer: The content reflects the author's personal views and current market conditions. Please conduct your own research before investing in cryptocurrencies, as neither the author nor the publication is responsible for any financial losses. Ad Disclosure: This site may feature sponsored content and affiliate links. All advertisements are clearly labeled, and ad partners have no influence over its editorial content. BestChange Instant Currency Exchange at BestChange with Ease * Compare Rates Across 1000+ Exchanges * Access 250+ Cryptocurrencies & Pairs * Save Time with Real-Time Price Tracking * Trusted & Verified Exchange Listings Why Trust CoinGape * Latest * / * Trending