The agency “strongly encourages” all of the cloud database customers to roll and regenerate their certificate keys and review Microsoft’s guidance on securing data.

Wiz, a newly minted cybersecurity unicorn founded by the team that built Microsoft Azure’s cloud security stack, disclosed the “unprecedented breach.”

Microsoft bought RiskIQ; Sysdig acquired Apolicy; and the US Defense Department canceled its $10B JEDI contract with Microsoft.

CISA director Jen Easterly announced the launch of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) at Black Hat 2021.

Arista posted strong Q2 earnings; Cisco patched a firewall vulnerability; and 86% of organizations expect a serious cyberattack.

The vulnerability exploits a flaw in the FDM On-Box’s REST API, which enabled attackers to run arbitrary code on Cisco Firepower firewalls.

AWS, Microsoft, and Google ate up most of the Q2 cloud market; McAfee built its own ZTNA; and Alkira’s Cloud Services Exchange platform is now available.

“Some of the key features offered are continuous discovery and inventory of APIs, ML-powered API and web protection, and real-time API vulnerability detection,” Traceable CMO Ashish Kuthiali said.

The launch continues the vendor's Connected Security strategy that involves enforcing security policies at every connection point across the network: switches, firewalls, routers, public and private cloud, and endpoints.

SolarWinds released patched a critical bug; SonicWall warned of an “imminent” ransomware campaign; and Bharti Airtel expanded its relationship with Cisco.

“Organizations that fail to take appropriate actions to mitigate these vulnerabilities are at imminent risk of a targeted ransomware attack,” the security alert said.

Hackers, which Microsoft says in high confidence are based in China and have been dubbed DEV-0322, exploited the zero-day CVE-2021-35211 vulnerability.

'Just because you turn off the lights doesn’t mean the cockroaches aren’t there. You just can’t see them,' Cisco's Bob Everson said

RiskIQ integrations could allow Microsoft to “do some pretty amazing things around attack surface management,” Forrester senior analyst Brian Kime said.

Microsoft buys ReFirm Labs for an IoT security boost; Illumio reaches a $2.75 billion valuation; and other M&A and VC news from June 2021.

The software giant released its annual bug bounty review just days after disclosing a critical Windows bug dubbed PrintNightmare.

“There is hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into this illicit marketplace right now and, unfortunately, things are gonna get worse,” Cisco Talos threat researcher Nick Biasini said.

Deutsche Telekom activated its “O-RAN Town;” Cisco closed its Kenna Security acquisition; and June’s hirings, firings, and retirings shook up industry exec teams.

Only about 3% to 5% of an organizations’ vulnerabilities are actually susceptible to an attack, Kenna CEO Karim Toubba said: “The name of the game is precision.”

This isn’t a pivot for the SDN pioneer, but rather an “expansion of the field of view,” said CTO and co-founder Brandon Heller.

AT&T divested its entertainment business; Cisco went on a buying spree; and tons of venture financing deals are part of the May Money Moves.

Huawei wants to prove security critics wrong; ransomware gangs provide security tips; and Verizon pushed private 5G for enterprises.

The FBI and ransomware gangs agree on this one point: If you don’t want to be the next Colonial Pipeline or JBS, use strong passwords.

Huawei is outraged by claims that it is acting as a global spying apparatus for the Chinese government and willing to give its critics unrestricted access to test and