Secarma finds an ExplodingCan
Security provider Secarma is warning of a new vulnerability on the scale of WannaCry called ExplodingCan. The company says that it believes around 375,000 systems worldwide that are running Windows Server...
Equifax breach was carried out by Chinese military
The massive Equifax data breach which exposed the details of over 147 million people worldwide, has now been pinned on Chinese military hackers. The allegation is contained in an indictment by...
Palo Alto Prisma Cloud targets unprotected VMs and container security
Palo Alto has announced that Prisma Cloud is to secure unprotected cloud workloads and improve container security. The new capabilities are part of the 21-04 (April ‘21) release. Palo Alto releases...
A tip for delivering customer advocacy at a cybersecurity firm
A tip by Theresa Jones, Chief Revenue Officer at #NTT Groups Cyber Security Division about customer advocacy in a #cybersecurity firm @GlobalNTT
BlueVoyant acquires 202 Group – targets US government supply chain
Cybersecurity platform vendor BlueVoyant has acquired 202 Group as it targets US federal government supply chain. 202 Group has two separate platforms 202scrm and 202scout. BlueVoyant plans to integrate the 202scrm...
Distil Networks gets its own ScrapeSentry
Distil Networks has acquired Swedish managed security services provider ScrapeSentry. There were no figures given for the acquisition although it won't have come too cheap. For Sentor, who spun out ScrapeSentry...
FBI jails two Kazakhstan citizens for ad fraud campaign
Two Kazakhstani citizens have pleaded guilty to a massive malvertising fraud that netted them millions of dollars. The accused, Sergey Ovsyannikov and Yevgeniy Timchenko also forfeited a number of online domains...
Lifeboat Networks all at sea over security
Lifeboat Networks, a developer of games on Minecraft, has confirmed that it has suffered a security breach. In a press release it said: "We regret to inform you that the contents...
Glasswall says “Dridex no UK threat”
UK security firm Glasswall Solutions claims the Dridex banking malware is of no threat to UK bank accounts: "if security professionals take the necessary precautions." While Glasswall is keen to push...
Public Cloud adoption up but not without its problems
A new survey from Barracuda shows increased confidence in the public cloud but not without reservations. It seems that companies are adopting multi-cloud environments to get the apps they want. However,...