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Cybercrime cartels know that banks’ nonpublic market information is their most valuable asset, and criminals can use it to facilitate digital insider trading and front running. -
Money Moves: March 2021
McAfee sold its enterprise business for $4 billion; VMware joined the cloud-native app security frenzy; and Orca scored a whale of a Series C. -
Headcount: Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — March 2021
Amazon tapped former VP Selipsky to helm AWS; Nokia slashed more than 2,000 jobs in 2020; and Hewlett Packard Enterprise is expanding its Ireland workforce. -
Megaport ties NaaS platform into Cisco SD-WAN
Megaport's NaaS offering combines middle-mile transport with edge compute capabilities
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SolarWinds CEO: Here’s What We’re Doing to Prevent Another Attack
A software vulnerability led to the SolarWinds supply chain attack, and according to CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, software is also part of the solution to prevent a future breach.
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Apcela pairs MPLS backbone with Versa’s SASE
The service provider's Arcus platform pushes MPLS connectivity into Versa's SASE points of presence
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Google Cloud drives SD-underlays into Cisco SD-WAN
“For the first time, Google is making their global network available to enterprises to consume through NCC,” Cisco's Raj Gulani said
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Microsoft Confronts Unintentional Harms of ‘Covering’ Diversity
Microsoft strives to recognize the unintentional harm we all propel onto ourselves and others by covering — the act of downplaying a known stigmatized identity to blend into the -
Cloudflare SASE magically solidifies VMware, Aruba SD-WAN
The new service, dubbed Magic WAN, is essentially a software-defined underlay designed to replace slow and expensive MPLS links
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Why Huntress Wants You to ‘Break Out Your Hacker Hoodie and Get Shady’
“Understanding how the offense works is the best defense,” said John Hammond, a senior security researcher at Huntress. -
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42: Highest Ransomware Demand Hit $30M in 2020
The highest ransom paid by an organization to a cybercriminal gang doubled from $5 million in 2019 to $10 million in 2020, while the average ransom paid skyrocketed 171%. -
Intel Report Finds Growing Appetite for Security Transparency
A survey conducted by Ponemon Institute found 73% of respondents wanted more transparency from their technology partners. -
10 APT Groups Exploit Microsoft Exchange Security Flaws
At least 10 different advanced persistent threat groups in addition to China-linked Hafnium have been actively exploiting the recent Microsoft Exchange security flaws. -
US Reels From SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange Attack One-Two Punch
Microsoft issued patches for older, unsupported versions of its Exchange Server email software in the wake of a major hack linked to China. -
AT&T taps Fortinet for managed SASE
AT&T tapped Fortinet for its first managed secure access service edge offering and plans to add other SASE partners in the year ahead
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McAfee Sells Enterprise Security Biz for $4B
About a year ago, STG bought security vendor RSA from Dell Technologies for a little over $2 billion. -
Headcount: Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — February 2021
AWS' Jassy was tapped to lead Amazon; Biden bolstered open source recruiting coders; and ex Microsoft exec was tapped to lead CloudSphere. -
Cyber-Risk Disclosure Drum Beats Louder
Cybersecurity practitioners are calling on public companies to disclose the risks they face from cyber threats, including supply-chain security risks like the SolarWinds breach. -
Daily Roundup: Intel Celebrates Bug Hunting Success
Intel celebrates a successful bug bounty; Gula Tech awards $1 million for diversity; and the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative stalls. -
Gula Tech Foundation Grants $1M to Make Cybersecurity More Diverse
The grant process is also about encouraging the cybersecurity industry to engage with these nonprofits because diversity is imperative to moving the industry forward. -
Intel Celebrates Successful Year of Bug Hunting
Intel and its partners discovered 231 vulnerabilities affecting the companies product portfolio. None are known to have been exploited. -
Did COVID-19 Usher In Cybercrime’s Golden Age?
“The pandemic was the heyday that attackers were looking for,” said Limor Kessem, executive security advisor at IBM Security. -
Ex-CISA Chief Warns Cybercriminals: We’re Coming For You
“If they came after and disrupted our ability to respond to COVID, we would come after them using our very particular set of skills,” Krebs said, channeling Liam Neeson -
SolarWinds Lessons Learned, More Stolen Microsoft Source Code
The top White House cybersecurity official said the alleged Russian hackers compromised at least 100 companies, and President Joe Biden plans to take executive action in response.