Cisco acquires Isovalent, stresses importance of open-source
Cisco has acquired Isovalent. The company is thus expanding its offerings in the direction of open-source networking and security. It hopes to protect public cloud environments even better than it has before.
With this acquisition, of which no financial details were disclosed, Cisco ultimately w... Read more
Explosive rise in ransomware attacks since 2022
The number of ransomware attacks continues to increase worldwide. This is despite a previous dip in the number of attacks, NCC Group researchers note based on figures from November this year.
Whereas in the month of October, NCC Group researchers noted a small dip in the number of global ransomw... Read more
Cegeka acquires Key-Performance, which focuses on observability
Cegeka is expanding its activities again with an acquisition within Belgium, where the IT service provider also has its origins. Belgian Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) specialist Key-Performance was recently taken over.
The takeover gives Cegeka a specialist in the field of services such as... Read more
Anthropic seeks more money to compete with OpenAI
Anthropic is starting an investment round to raise new capital. The AI developer wants to raise more than 685 million euros ($750 million).
The reason for the investment round is that Anthropic wants to secure even more capital to compete with OpenAI in particular. The round is led by venture ca... Read more
Ivanti fixes 14 critical vulnerabilities in Avalanche MDM solution
Ivanti recently patched as many as fourteen critical security vulnerabilities in its enterprise MDM solution Avalanche. These vulnerabilities allowed hackers to easily execute code remotely without the need for end-user interaction.
Ivanti discovered as many as 20 security vulnerabilities in its... Read more
Temporary fix for Wi-Fi connection issues after Windows 11 updates available
Update, Laura Herijgers, 20/12/2023, 5:40 PM: Microsoft acknowledges the problems the latest Windows 11 updates can cause. Corporate networks also appear to be affected by the latest problems. The company also proposes a solution: Known Issue Rollback.
It is not a patch to end the connection pr... Read more
Salesforce acquires commission tracker Spiff
Salesforce recently announced its acquisition of Spiff. That company provides a platform for automating commission management for sales teams. The platform will be integrated into Salesforce Sales Performance Management.
The acquisition of Spiff gives Salesforce a platform to easily automate com... Read more
No agreement, but EC sticks to introduction of client-side scanning
The European Commission stands by its proposal to introduce client-side scanning to check messages from EU residents. This is despite the fact that no agreement has been reached within the EU for the time being.
According to Swedish EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson, it remains important that the E... Read more
Okta acquires Spera, which aims to secure the “identity jungle”
Okta recently acquired Israeli start-up Spera Cybersecurity for between $100 million and $130 million. With this, Okta aims to expand into the so-called identity threat detection and response (ITDR) market segment.
Okta has recently been significantly expanding its business in the identity threa... Read more
macOS patch now prevents random window sharing
Apple has made new releases available for macOS Sonoma and iOS 17. Release 14.2.1 fixes a vulnerability issue for macOS Sonoma around screen sharing with others.
Release 14.2.1 of macOS Sonoma addresses an issue when sharing screens with others. This recently discovered bug can share content fro... Read more