Industrial cybersecurity start-up CyberX bought by Microsoft
The industrial cybersecurity start-up CyberX is the latest acquisition of Microsoft. The deal was made in May of 2019, but now became public. Microsoft paid 165 million dollars for the startup.
CyberX was started in 2013 by former military cybersecurity experts to provide industrial cybersecurit... Read more
CrowdStrike expands Falcon Platform with Linux protection capability
CrowdStrike announced that the Falcon platform is enhanced with Linux protection capabilities. The platform offers new protection capabilities in the form of machine learning prevention, dynamic Indicators of Attack (IoAs), and custom IoAs. CrowdStrike is one of the industry leaders in cloud-delive... Read more
WhatsApp displayed phone numbers of users in Google search results
WhatsApp users who used the Click to Chat feature in the app unknowingly had their phone number appear in Google's search results. An estimated amount of 300.000 phone numbers of WhatsApp users worldwide were published online.
Cybersecurity expert Athul Jayaram discovered the problem after he no... Read more
C-level is the weakest link when it comes to cybersecurity
A study by MobileIron shows that 74 percent of C-level executives ask for less strict security of mobile security protocols. Even though this group is the most vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
The study stresses that C-level executives are the most vulnerable to potential cyber-attacks. Out of IT de... Read more
Remote working creates security problems for organisations
Many companies have inadequate security measures in place to support remote workers. This is revealed in the 2020 Remote Work Report by cloud security firm Bitglass.
Bitglass analysed how organisations adapted to the sudden shift from working at the office to working from home. The report also e... Read more
Most companies use at least 50 cybersecurity products simultaneously
The majority of companies use at least 50 cybersecurity solutions at the same time, according to a new report by Oracle and KPMG. The use of so many different products poses a threat to data security.
The report states that 78 percent of enterprises use at least 50 security products at the same ... Read more
Acronis launches Cyber Protect to make remote working safer
Acronis has launched the new Acronis Cyber Protect, a solution with anti-malware, backup, disaster recovery and management functionality.
Managed service providers will now have access to a single solution for these functions. For example, they can control vulnerability assessments, URL filterin... Read more
Deloitte collaborates with Palo Alto Networks to expand cybersecurity services
Deloitte has announced a new partnership with Palo Alto Networks. The purpose of the new partnership is to expand Deloitte's portfolio of managed security services for clients around the world.
The partnership between Deloitte and Palo Alto Networks also includes the integration of Cor... Read more
Cybercrime becomes more sophisticated: ‘we can’t continue like this.’
Recently, the latest batch of cybersecurity experts was trained in Amsterdam by the SANS Institute. For Techzine it was a good moment to talk to one of the instructors delivering cybersecurity training at the event. What is most important? Where is more attention needed?
We talked to Chris Dale,... Read more
‘GDPR ensures faster detection of cyber attacks’
According to FireEye, becoming a victim of a cyber attack is still common enough, but the company found that such attacks are being detected more and more quickly. According to the company, the reason for this is the use of stricter regulations regarding data collection, such as the General Data Pr... Read more