Cisco buys cybersecurity and observability company Splunk for $28 billion
Cisco is intending to acquire Splunk. To make this happen, Splunk will be delisted. Cisco offers $157 per share. Consequently, the total acquisition will cost Cisco about $28 billion.
The acquisition has already received unanimous support from the boards of directors of both parties, Cisco indi... Read more
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise doubles speed and removes privacy concerns
OpenAI is releasing ChatGPT Enterprise. The enterprise version is said to generate a response twice as fast and it accepts longer prompts.
ChatGPT Enterprise has been officially released. OpenAI aims to appeal to the enterprise audience with this chatbot and tries to lure them with additional f... Read more
Google Workspace updates secure actions in Gmail and help collaborations
Google is rolling out four updates to Google Workspace products. Google Meet, Gmail, Apps Script and Google Chat get new features.
Over the next two weeks, four updates will be rolled out to Google Workspace users. Google announced the updates yesterday.
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NIST designs cybersecurity framework to help every type of organization
NIST will release an updated Cybersecurity Framework in the spring of 2024. It is making a draft available now so companies can provide feedback.
NIST's Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) does not impose obligations on U.S. or European companies, but it does serve as a tool for many organizations as... Read more
CrowdStrike offers service against identity-based intrusions
CrowdStrike announces a new cybersecurity team and service offering: CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations. Its first service is Identity Threat Hunting, which addresses identity-based intrusions.
The new CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations bundles several existing solutions to enable o... Read more
Salesforce customers targeted in new ‘PhishForce’ phishing campaign
Salesforce customers became the target of the 'PhishForce' phishing campaign. The emails were set up in a way to slip past detection tools.
Cybersecurity researchers at Guardio Labs are on the trail of a new phishing technique. The attack is named PhishForce, a subtle reference to its target: S... Read more
Microsoft’s cybersecurity criticized again: ‘Even worse than we thought’
A "critical" vulnerability in Azure AD just won't be addressed by Microsoft. The tech giant appears to have known about it since March but keeps putting off fixing it. The CEO of the cybersecurity company that reported the vulnerability is now expressing his frustration with this slow response onli... Read more
Microsoft Defender for IoT soon to scan Linux devices
Microsoft is releasing the new Firmware Analysis feature for Defender for IoT. Soon, the software will be able to read Linux devices in your enterprise environment for vulnerabilities.
Firmware Analysis for Defender for IoT scans Linux devices for different types of vulnerabilities, ranging fro... Read more
Acronis: ‘AI helps hackers penetrate deeper into the organization’
AI tools are increasingly the weapon of cyber criminals. Hackers abuse the tools to create malicious content and carry out sophisticated attacks. Artificial intelligence is popular among hackers because it perfectly manages to bypass traditional antivirus software.
Acronis provides more insight... Read more
Extradition fight over a cybercriminal puts Russia and US at odds
The detention of Nikita Kislitsin in Kazakhstan is giving Washington and Moscow something else to fight over.
A Russian network security specialist who is wanted by the US and Russia for cybercrimes has been detained in Kazakhstan, according to a report in The Register. Nikita Kislitsin, who is ... Read more