As Google works to gain cloud market share and unseat Microsoft, Google CEO Sundar Pichai pointed to security as a competitive differentiator and “our strongest product portfolio.”

GitHub recruits Jacob DePriest as VP of security operations; Intel’s Rob Perez says confidential computing is all about “trust, but verify.”

“It’s time for Cyber Command to take the gloves off and proportionately disrupt and degrade the infrastructure and capabilities associated with the attackers,” VMware’s Tom Kellermann said.

Intel is rumored to be buying GlobalFoundries; T-Mobile and Lumen Technologies paired assets; and STIX and TAXII are approved as OASIS standards.

“We developed our own kill chain that’s fully compatible with MITRE ATT&CK, but also extends it,” Stellar Cyber VP Sam Jones said.

STIX powers the Cyber Threat Alliance’s threat-intelligence sharing platform and plays an important role in Open Cybersecurity Alliance’s push for security product interoperability.

“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.

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

Netskope reaches a $7.5 billion valuation; Microsoft’s bug bounty program pays $13.6 million to security researchers; and a recap of June’s biggest funding news.

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.

A recap of the six largest cybersecurity deals in the first half of the year; gender imbalances persist at MWC; and FTC files a monopoly complaint against Broadcom.

“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.

“This needs to be, even at the head of state level, something that’s brought up in every conversation between presidents and prime ministers as a problem that can no

Kestrel uses automation to accelerate threat hunting and allows security analysts to express hunts in an open, composable language.

“The bombardment of ransomware attacks is forcing organizations into a constant state of defense rather than an offensive stance,” SonicWall CEO Bill Conner said.

Cisco urges a move beyond ransomware thoughts and prayers; Intel targets private 5G networks; and AT&T divested its entertainment business.

Successfully disrupting ransomware campaigns and infrastructure will require “a step beyond” the traditional public-private partnership, Talos’ Matt Olney said.

Bell Canada ties 5G ambitions to Amazon Web Services; and catch up on this week's top news with the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap podcast.

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

The latest update to Cisco's DNA Center management console delivers ThousandEyes integrations, machine learning insights, and lower barriers for zero-trust networking.

AT&T appears to be the home team network for the homeland, having landed about 40% of federal agency network modernization contracts to date.

VMware names a new CEO; Nutanix's CEO talks layoffs; and other top headcount moves that happened across the industry in May.

AT&T is on a roll with the federal government. It's landed multiple 9-figure wins with some of the country's largest federal agencies.