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.

The service provider's Arcus platform pushes MPLS connectivity into Versa's SASE points of presence

“For the first time, Google is making their global network available to enterprises to consume through NCC,” Cisco's Raj Gulani said

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

The new service, dubbed Magic WAN, is essentially a software-defined underlay designed to replace slow and expensive MPLS links

“Understanding how the offense works is the best defense,” said John Hammond, a senior security researcher at Huntress.

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%.

A survey conducted by Ponemon Institute found 73% of respondents wanted more transparency from their technology partners.

At least 10 different advanced persistent threat groups in addition to China-linked Hafnium have been actively exploiting the recent Microsoft Exchange security flaws.

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 tapped Fortinet for its first managed secure access service edge offering and plans to add other SASE partners in the year ahead

About a year ago, STG bought security vendor RSA from Dell Technologies for a little over $2 billion.

AWS' Jassy was tapped to lead Amazon; Biden bolstered open source recruiting coders; and ex Microsoft exec was tapped to lead CloudSphere.

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.

Intel celebrates a successful bug bounty; Gula Tech awards $1 million for diversity; and the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative stalls.

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 and its partners discovered 231 vulnerabilities affecting the companies product portfolio. None are known to have been exploited.

“The pandemic was the heyday that attackers were looking for,” said Limor Kessem, executive security advisor at IBM Security.

“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

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.

The 5-year-old startup developed a data ingestion and analytics platform that CrowdStrike says will enable it to provide contextual index-free XDR.

Meanwhile, Malaysian network operator Allo Technology rolled out Infinera's 600 Gb/s GX-series appliances on its network.

Another new feature, which is available in preview, provides insights into software-as-a-service application usage, risk levels, and trends over time.

Two of the four vulnerabilities are particularly potent as they didn't require authorization to exploit, said Positive Technologies' Andrey Medov.