Thoma Bravo acquires Sophos
Sophos will most likely be in the hands of Thoma Bravo soon. The company has, in fact, received a takeover bid from the American private equity company of USD 7.40 per share. This amounts to a total of approximately 3.9 billion dollars (3.53 billion euros).
The board of directors will unanimousl... Read more
With DynamicScale, Okta focuses on apps with a lot of traffic
E-commerce websites and enterprise applications sometimes have to handle a lot of traffic, but are not always able to do that. Cyber security vendor Okta has updated its Identity Cloud solution to make this possible.
With the Identity Cloud, companies can manage access to
their systems. If a use... Read more
Juniper Threat Labs discovers new malware
Juniper Threat Labs has discovered a new Trojan that
spreads spyware. The spyware uses Telegram to get stolen information. By using
Telegram as a Command and Control (CnC) channel, the malware has the potential
to infect the devices of some 200 million active users every month.
The malware is ca... Read more
REvil ransomware is recruiting distributors
The ransomware known as Sodinokibi, also known as REvil,
is setting up a team of 'all-star affiliates', criminals who distribute the
ransomware for a share of the profits. The Sodinokibi Ransomware was discovered
at the end of April, when it tried to enter vulnerable WebLogic servers.
Experts a... Read more
Box announces updates to Box Shield and Box Relay
Box revealed a series of improvements to help companies
secure their critical information, facilitate internal and external
collaboration, and encourage better workflows. The updates should also lead to
better integration of content into all applications used by teams within
companies.
Box annou... Read more
Infoblox protects service providers and enterprises with DDI approach
The Domain Name System (DNS) has long been the foundation
for a stable Internet by translating domain names into IP addresses. In order
to convert a series of numbers into an understandable domain name, a lot of DNS
information usually needs to be shared between servers. To ensure that this
process... Read more
Major tech companies collaborate in CyberPeace Institute
A number of major tech companies have decided to collaborate and set up a non-governmental organization (NGO) that aims to stop the growth of global cybercrime. The group is called the CyberPeace Institute, and was founded by Microsoft and Mastercard, among others.
The CyberPeace Institute was s... Read more
‘DevOps and cyber security go hand in hand’
A report by Puppet shows that the DevOps approach and good cyber security policy complement each other. This is in contrast to the common misconception that cyber security prevents a smooth roll-out of newly developed software.
The findings are clear: "This year's findings are clear: Good secur... Read more
Barracuda launches new version of CloudGen Firewall
Barracuda has announced the eighth version of CloudGen Firewall, with a number of new features, including improved SD WAN management and better protection of multi-client environments.
Barracuda announced in a press release that the latest version of CloudGen Firewall includes an API for automat... Read more
Barracuda adds new features to Managed Workplace
Barracuda's latest version of Managed Workplace offers users improvement in software deployment, as well as better patch management and smoother software updates. Also, there is now a monitoring-function of backup processes with Barracuda Intronis Backup.
Barracuda's RMM (Remote Monitoring &... Read more