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Cisco snaps up AI model and data security startup Robust Intelligence

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 01:23:05 +0000

Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it’s finalizing the acquisition of an artificial intelligence-focused security startup called Robust Intelligence Inc. for an undisclosed price. Robust Intelligence has created a platform that’s designed to protect AI models and the data they feed on throughout the entire development-to-production lifecycle. The company first got the attention of Cisco a […]

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SentinelOne achieves second-quarter profitability thanks to strong customer growth

Duncan Riley — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:06:44 +0000

Shares in SentinelOne Inc. rose only slightly in after-hours trading today after the cybersecurity company reported modest earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2025 second quarter and forecast a better-than-expected outlook for the full year. For the quarter that ended on July 31, SentinelOne reported adjusted earnings of a penny per share, reversing a loss of […]

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Researchers discover China-linked hacking campaign targeting US internet providers

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:49:45 +0000

Hackers are using a vulnerability in a network management tool to launch cyberattacks against U.S. internet providers. Black Lotus Labs, the cybersecurity research unit of telecommunications company Lumen Technologies Inc., revealed the hacking campaign today. The unit’s researchers believe that the campaign is likely run by Volt Typhoon, a state-backed hacking group linked to China. Black […]

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Check Point Software acquires cybersecurity startup Cyberint

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:08:31 +0000

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today announced that it’s acquiring Cyberint Technologies Ltd., a venture-backed cybersecurity startup. Financial terms were not disclosed. Tel Aviv-based Cyberint previously raised about $68 million in funding from investors. Following its most recent raise in mid-2022, the company disclosed that its annual recurring revenue had more than doubled over the […]

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Fortinet expands unified SASE solution with sovereign options and AI integration

Duncan Riley — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:00:37 +0000

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. today announced updates to its secure access service edge solution, introducing new sovereign SASE options and the integration of generative artificial intelligence capabilities to provide improved flexibility in managing hybrid networks. Fortinet Unified SASE provides complete integration between Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN solution and cloud-delivered security service edge under a single console for seamless […]

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BrowserStack acquires Bird Eats Bug to enhance bug reporting capabilities

Duncan Riley — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:30:45 +0000

Web and mobile testing company BrowserStack Inc. today announced that it has acquired bug reporting tool startup Bird Eats Bug for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2020 as Bird Labs GmbH, Bird Eats Bug offers a bug reporting tool that helps companies streamline their software development process by providing an efficient way to capture, track and […]

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DigitalOcean enhances role-based access control with new predefined roles

Duncan Riley — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:00:33 +0000

Developer-oriented cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean Holdings Inc. today announced updates to its role-based access control for streamlined company security and operations. Digital Ocean’s role-based access control is a method for managing the use of access to systems and resources within an organization by assigning permissions to roles rather than to individual users. The updates today offer a […]

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Seattle-Tacoma Airport suffers through third day of disruptions following possible ransomware attack

Duncan Riley — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:16:35 +0000

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, Washington, suffered through its third day of service disruptions today after a reported cyberattack disrupted services at the airport starting on Saturday. According to the Port of Seattle, which owns and operates the airport, the attack resulted in “internet web system outages,” which impacted some of the systems at the airport. A […]

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Flashpoint report reveals surge in vulnerabilities and infostealing malware in first half of 2024

Duncan Riley — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:00:30 +0000

A new report out today from business risk intelligence startup Flashpoint has found that new vulnerabilities that were discovered rose, though not by a lot, in the first half of this year and that cybercriminals are increasingly using info-stealing malware to steal personal information. The Flashpoint Cyber Threat Intelligence Index, based on data, trends and emerging […]

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Services at oil giant Halliburton disrupted by suspected ransomware attack

Duncan Riley — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:44:51 +0000

Oil giant Halliburton Co. was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday that disrupted business operations at the company’s Houston, Texas campus, as well as some of its global networks. The exact form of the attack has not been disclosed. Halliburton said only that it was aware of an issue affecting certain systems at the company […]

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Disaster recovery in action: Kaseya responds to CrowdStrike crisis

Devony Hof — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:00:53 +0000

The CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. outage caused huge ripples worldwide, with 96% of customers reporting that they saw an impact, leaving many companies scrambling for disaster recovery solutions. As a provider of information technology and security software, Kaseya Inc. was on the ground, helping customers repair their network and get their endpoint devices back up and […]

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Cyberthreat report from Critical Start shows significant uptick in ransomware and data leaks

Duncan Riley — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:00:44 +0000

A new report out today from managed detection and response company Critical Start Inc. reveals a significant uptick in cyberattacks across multiple industries, with healthcare and manufacturing emerging as primary targets in the first half of 2024. The biannual Critical Start Cyber Intelligence Report features the top threats observed in the first of 2024 and emerging […]

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McDonald’s Instagram hacked to promote cryptocurrency scam featuring Grimace

Duncan Riley — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:27:40 +0000

The official Instagram account of McDonald’s Corp. was reportedly hacked today to promote a cryptocurrency scam named after the McDonald’s character Grimace. Those behind the hack changed the biography on the McDonald’s Instagram page and also made posts in relation to the cryptocurrency scam. The McDonald’s bio was charged to a message that included a […]

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Mandiant uncovers critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Azure Kubernetes service

Duncan Riley — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:35:37 +0000

Google LLC’s Mandiant has published details of a critical privilege escalation vulnerability found in Microsoft Corp.’s Azure Kubernetes service that, though patched by Microsoft, could have allowed attackers to gain access to credentials for services used in Kubernetes clusters. The privilege escalation vulnerability was found in Azure Kubernetes Services clusters using “Azure CNI” for the […]

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Toyota alleges stolen customer data published on hacking site came from outside supplier

Duncan Riley — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:04:24 +0000

Data relating to customers of Toyota Motor Co. has been shared online in yet another case involving the Japanese car maker and a data breach, but Toyota is claiming that the data came from a third-party supplier and that it was not directly breached. The latest breach involving Toyota came to light after a threat […]

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Google Cloud unveils new convergence-focused security features

Duncan Riley — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:23:26 +0000

Google LLC today announced several new security features and capabilities at its annual Google Cloud Security Summit that are aimed at “reimagining cybersecurity through the power of convergence.” Convergence was a key theme at the annual conference, with Google intentionally choosing strategic capabilities that can have the largest impact on security posture and programs. Those […]

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Fortanix expands data security platform with new file system encryption feature

Duncan Riley — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:00:15 +0000

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced the addition of file system encryption to its Fortanix Data Security Manager to bolster full-stack data security. The new File System Encryption service has been designed to complement full disk encryption through the ability to protect individual file systems on specific hosts through encryption governed by granular decryption policies. The […]

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Fastly report reveals 91% of cyberattacks now target multiple organizations

Duncan Riley — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:30:54 +0000

A new report out today from edge cloud platform provider Fastly Inc. has found that 91% of all cyberattacks now target multiple organizations using mass scanning to uncover and exploit vulnerabilities, up from 69% in 2023. Based on data collected between April 11 and June 30 from Fastly’s Network Learning Exchange, Out-of-Band Domains and Fastly Bot Management, […]

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Symantec warns of new sophisticated backdoor exploiting patched PHP vulnerability

Duncan Riley — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:00:38 +0000

A new report out today from Symantec, a division of Broadcom Inc., is warning of a new sophisticated backdoor threat that has been spotted in the wild targeting a university in Taiwan. Dubbed Backdoor.Msupedge, the backdoor uses an infrequently seen technique that involves communicating with a command-and-control service via DNS traffic. Though the technique has been […]

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US intelligence agencies confirm that Iran is targeting both Trump and Harris presidential campaigns

Duncan Riley — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:13:56 +0000

U.S. intelligence agencies, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said in the statement today that they believe that Iran is behind attempts to hack both the Trump and Harris presidential campaigns. The statement follows previous reports, including one from Microsoft Corp., that Iran state-sponsored hackers were doing exactly that. The Iranian campaign first gained widespread […]

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Palo Alto Networks shares rise following Q4 earnings beat and strong 2025 outlook

Duncan Riley — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:45:06 +0000

Shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc. rose in late trading today after the network management and security firm reported beats in its fiscal fourth quarter and pleased investors with a higher-than-expected outlook. For the quarter ended July 31, Palo Alto Networks reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.51, up from $1.44 in the same quarter of […]

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Misconfigured access controls expose sensitive data on Oracle NetSuite websites

Duncan Riley — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:55:46 +0000

A new report out today from software-as-a-service security management company AppOmni Inc. is warning of an issue in Oracle NetSuite’s SuiteCommerce platform that could allow attackers to access sensitive data thanks to misconfigured access controls on custom record types. NetSuite, owned by Oracle Corp. since 2016, is a popular SaaS enterprise resource planning platform. One of […]

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Russian state-sponsored phishing campaign targets Western NGOs and diplomats

Duncan Riley — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:54:47 +0000

A Russian state-sponsored spear phishing campaign has been found to be targeting Western and Russian civil society targets, including nongovernmental organizations, independent media and at least one former U.S. ambassador. The campaign, detailed Wednesday by Citizen Lab and dubbed “River of Phish,” engaged targets with personalized and highly plausible social engineering in an attempt to gain […]

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Google to remove potentially risky app from Pixel devices following security report

Duncan Riley — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:28:18 +0000

Google LLC has committed to removing a dubious application found on some or all Pixel phones following a report about it representing a serious security vulnerability, be it that the severity of the vulnerability is in dispute. A report released today by mobile device security company iVerify LLC, in conjunction with the security team at […]

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New report identifies critical vulnerabilities found in open-source tools used in AI

Duncan Riley — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:00:26 +0000

A new report released today by Protect AI Inc. has detailed a range of new vulnerabilities found in artificial intelligence systems as the AI market and the tools therein continue to expand and grow at a rapid pace. The vulnerabilities were found through Protect AI’s “huntr” AI and machine learning bug bounty program, which has more […]

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Mimecast acquires Aware to enhance security and compliance in workplace collaboration tools

Duncan Riley — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:36:19 +0000

Email security provider Mimecast Ltd. announced today that it has acquired artificial intelligence collaboration security platform startup Aware for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2017 as Nullable Inc., Aware offers a purpose-built platform and targeted AI models that identify risk in unstructured data found in workplace collaboration tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. Designed to prevent the […]

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Kiteworks raises $456M to secure file transfers in the enterprise

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 21:27:28 +0000

Kiteworks Inc., a startup that helps enterprises prevent unauthorized access to their data, has secured a $456 million funding round at a valuation exceeding $1 billion. The company disclosed the investment today. Insight Partners and Sixth Street Growth provided the capital. TechCrunch, citing data from PitchBook, reported the deal included at least $228 million in equity […]

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Strengthening cyber resilience: How Dell and Index Engines are redefining data protection

Chad Wilson — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:46:40 +0000

As organizations confront a surge of cyber threats daily, cybersecurity partnerships have become crucial. The demand for strong, proactive data protection measures is more pressing than ever. Artificial intelligence integration into cybersecurity is driving groundbreaking advancements in threat detection and response, outpacing traditional methods. Collaborations between leading tech firms are spearheading innovations in data protection […]

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NIST releases new standards for post-quantum cryptography

Duncan Riley — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:00:59 +0000

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today released its Federal Information Process Standards for post-quantum cryptography, a new set of standards that address the emerging security challenges posed by quantum computing. The three new standards have been designed to ensure that digital communications remain secure against future threats while strengthening current […]

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Services at Swiss manufacturer Schlatter disrupted in likely ransomware attack

Duncan Riley — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:38:40 +0000

Information technology services at Swiss industrial manufacturer Schlatter Industries AG have been disrupted after the company was hit by a cyberattack on Friday. In a statement released today, the company described the attack as a “cyber-attack using malware,” with internal specialists, together with external experts, taking measures to limit the damage as fast as possible. […]

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