Category: Security

Sophos buys Salt Lake City-based startup Braintrace
July 23 2 min Security
Sophos announced on Thursday that it is acquiring Braintrace, a startup with technology that detects malicious data traffic in enterprises’ on-premises and public cloud environments. Sophos is a major player in the cybersecurity game and is owned by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm that acquire...

Thales Biometric Payment Card: a post-COVID security solution
July 23 2 min Security
The innovation would allow banks to remove limits on contactless payments. This week Paris-based Thales announced the launch of a new payment card that includes an onboard fingerprint sensor. The innovation promises to deliver improved security and usability as well as an end to contactless paym...

Sysdig’s plans to move into IaC involve acquiring Apolicy
July 22 2 min Cloud
Since many breaches occur due to misconfiguration, Sysdig has moved to collect more 'infrastructure-as-code' expertise by entering an agreement to acquire Apolicy. To that end, and as a cloud-native security company, Sysdig looks to leverage Apolicy’s Policy-as-code for purposes of remediation...

Microsoft acquires CloudKnox to boost multi-cloud cybersecurity
July 22 2 min Cloud
CloudKnox Security, a startup with venture capital funding, is being bought by Microsoft. The software giant announced that it is acquiring CloudKnox to reduce the risk of breaches experienced by enterprises in public cloud environments. Microsoft's multi-cloud capabilities are going to get a bo...

New malware that infects Windows via search results ads
July 22 2 min Security
A newly discovered form of malware has been detailed and shows an interesting system of delivery. Named MosaicLoader, the malware is delivered through adverts in search results. The malware can steal passwords, install cryptocurrency miners and deliver other trojan malware. MosaicLoader was deta...

Snowflake partners with Securonix to get into the security market
July 22 2 min Cloud
In a move that has been described as Snowflake’s entry into cybersecurity, the data cloud company has formed a partnership with Securonix, a firm that makes cloud-native security information and event management systems. The deal is a nonexclusive partnership at this point with no indication t...

Chrome 92 is here with bug fixes and new features
July 22 2 min Security
Google has released Chrome version 92, with several fixes for highly severe flaws and new privacy features. Chrome for iOS now lets users lock their incognito tabs with Touch ID, FaceID, and a passcode. To enable this, one has to navigate to the settings> privacy> lock incognito tabs. T...

France warns of Chinese threat to home and office routers
July 22 2 min Security
A group of hackers backed by the Chinese government may be expanding from state based targets to go after the private sector. French cyber-security agency ANSSI warned of an ongoing cyberespionage campaign aimed at French organizations carried out by China-linked APT31 group. APT31 (aka Zirco...

Google Cloud introduces intrusion detection security measures
July 21 2 min Security
Google's 'invisible security' plan is advancing after the company released several updates for its existing security services and introduced new ones. The announcement came during its Security Summit on Tuesday. Sunil Potti, Google’s Veep and General Manager of Cloud Security, said in a blog p...

A severe flaw has been found in Linux Systemd
July 21 2 min Security
Systemd, the Linux system and service manager, has become more prevalent than init as a Linux startup and control program. However, it has always faced criticism from some quarters. Now, after the discovery of a security bug in systemd by Qualys, systemd will have even more critics. How bad is t...
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