cybersecurity2019 – SiliconANGLE https://siliconangle.com Extracting the signal from the noise. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 03:16:06 -0400 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.22 Lookalike scam domains surge ahead of the holiday shopping season https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/14/look-alike-scam-domains-surge-ahead-holiday-shopping-season/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/14/look-alike-scam-domains-surge-ahead-holiday-shopping-season/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2019 03:06:38 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=497058
Cybersecurity firm Venafi Inc. is warning about an explosion in scam sites using lookalike domains to target shoppers in the lead-up to this year’s holiday shopping season. Security researchers at the firm said Tuesday they found more than 100,000 lookalike domains, sites that use a domain name very similar to legitimate sites, in an attempt to […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/14/look-alike-scam-domains-surge-ahead-holiday-shopping-season/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE At Universe conference, GitHub launches new Security Lab https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/14/github-launches-new-security-lab-day-two-annual-conferece/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/14/github-launches-new-security-lab-day-two-annual-conferece/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:00:12 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=496944
Open-source hosting and repository service GitHub Inc., acquired by Microsoft Corp. for $7.5 billion in October 2018, today announced a series of new security products at its annual GitHub Universe event in San Francisco. Leading the announcements is GitHub Security Lab, a new service that brings together security researchers, maintainers, and companies across the industry who share a […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/14/github-launches-new-security-lab-day-two-annual-conferece/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE Mexican state-owned petroleum firm Pemex crippled by ransomware https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/13/mexican-state-owned-petroleum-firm-pemex-crippled-ransomware/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/13/mexican-state-owned-petroleum-firm-pemex-crippled-ransomware/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2019 02:53:34 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=496936
Mexican state-owned petroleum company Petróleos Mexicanos, known as Pemex, has been targeted in a ransomware attack whose perpetrators are demanding a ransom of 565 bitcoin, worth $4.93 million. The attack, which forced the company to shut down much of its computer network including payment systems, struck on Sunday. According to Reuters, the Ryuk ransomware was used […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/13/mexican-state-owned-petroleum-firm-pemex-crippled-ransomware/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE Aqua Security buys CloudSploit to expand into cloud security posture management https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/12/aqua-security-acquires-cloudsploit-expand-cloud-security-posture-management/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/12/aqua-security-acquires-cloudsploit-expand-cloud-security-posture-management/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:00:19 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=496501
Container security startup Aqua Security Software Ltd. today revealed that it has acquired cloud security-as-a-service startup CloudSploit LLC for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2015 and based in the Washington D.C. area, CloudSploit’s SaaS platform offers open-source and hosted automated security and configuration monitoring software for Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Azure cloud environments. […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/12/aqua-security-acquires-cloudsploit-expand-cloud-security-posture-management/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE As cloud security improves, a weak link emerges: people https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/10/cloud-security-improves-weak-link-emerges-people/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/10/cloud-security-improves-weak-link-emerges-people/#respond Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:48:14 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=496246
Last summer Capital One Financial Corp. was the victim of a massive data breach encompassing more than 100 million credit card applications and revealing 140,000 Social Security numbers. The cause: a misconfigured web application firewall, which is an appliance or software application that protects applications that run on the web. The misconfiguration enabled the attacker, […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/10/cloud-security-improves-weak-link-emerges-people/feed/ 0 (C) Brian Smithson 2009 Analysis: The cybersecurity industry is evolving, but it’s still broken https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/10/analysis-cybersecurity-space-evolving-still-broken/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/10/analysis-cybersecurity-space-evolving-still-broken/#respond Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:45:03 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=496502
The cybersecurity industry has undergone a sea change over the past decade as organizations find themselves under almost constant attack from an array of state-sponsored attackers and increasingly skillful and professional criminals. And not surprisingly, money is behind the spread of cybercrime, with one estimate from Cybersecurity Ventures that puts the cost to enterprises at […]

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Google LLC’s cybersecurity division Chronicle is imploding amid staff departures and uncertainty over its future, according to a report published today by Motherboard. Chronicle was announced as an Alphabet Inc. moonshot spinoff in January 2018, finally launching Backstory, its first custom in-house built product, in March. Chronicle launched with a promise that it was aiming to simplify the […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/07/report-googles-chronicle-imploding-staff-issues-uncertainty/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE NortonLifeLock, formerly Symantec, names Vincent Pilette its new CEO https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/07/nortonlifelock-names-vincent-pilette-new-ceo/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/07/nortonlifelock-names-vincent-pilette-new-ceo/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:55:03 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=496322
Vincent Pilette today was named chief executive at Symantec Corp.’s former consumer cybersecurity division, now known as NortonLifeLock Inc. NortonLifeLock came into existence earlier this week following the completion of Broadcom Inc.’s acquisition of Symantec’s enterprise security business, a deal that was first announced in August. Under the terms of the acquisition, Broadcom took the rights to […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/07/nortonlifelock-names-vincent-pilette-new-ceo/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE Symantec is now NortonLifeLock as Broadcom closes purchase of its enterprise business https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/05/symantec-now-nortonlifelock-broadcom-completes-acquisition-enterprise-business/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/05/symantec-now-nortonlifelock-broadcom-completes-acquisition-enterprise-business/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2019 02:12:45 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=496006
Symantec Corp. is no longer Symantec, as the company changed its name following the completion today of Broadcom Inc.’s acquisition of its enterprise security business announced in August. The company is now NortonLifeLock Inc., but its previous name will live on since Broadcom owns the rights to the Symantec name for the company’s previous enterprise security […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/05/symantec-now-nortonlifelock-broadcom-completes-acquisition-enterprise-business/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE CrowdStrike’s Falcon security platform lands on AWS with new container features https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/05/crowdstrikes-falcon-security-platform-lands-aws-new-container-features/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/05/crowdstrikes-falcon-security-platform-lands-aws-new-container-features/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:12:38 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=495912
Microsoft Ignite isn’t the only enterprise technology conference going on this week. CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., the recently public cybersecurity provider, is hosting an event of its own in California today where it unveiled new features for its flagship Falcon endpoint protection software. The main highlight: The product is now available on Amazon Web Services via the […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/05/crowdstrikes-falcon-security-platform-lands-aws-new-container-features/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE Sumo Logic acquires Dell-backed Jask for its security automation technology https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/04/sumo-logic-acquires-dell-backed-jask-security-automation-technology/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/04/sumo-logic-acquires-dell-backed-jask-security-automation-technology/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2019 20:47:37 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=495785
Sumo Logic Inc.,  an analytics and cybersecurity provider that recently achieved unicorn status, today announced that it has acquired Jask Labs Inc. for an undisclosed sum to provide more threat detection capabilities for customers. Redwood City, California-based Sumo Logic provides an analytics platform that information technology departments use to gain deeper insight into the health […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/04/sumo-logic-acquires-dell-backed-jask-security-automation-technology/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE Cybersecurity stalwart Sophos to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for $3.9B https://siliconangle.com/2019/10/14/cybersecurity-stalwart-sophos-acquired-thoma-bravo-3-9b/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/10/14/cybersecurity-stalwart-sophos-acquired-thoma-bravo-3-9b/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:36:23 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=493429
British cybersecurity provider Sophos Group plc today said that it has received a buyout offer from Thoma Bravo LLC valuing it at $3.9 billion. The company’s board plans to recommend the bid unanimously to shareholders. If the deal is approved, Sophos investors will receive $7.40 per share in cash, a 37% premium to the stock’s […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/10/14/cybersecurity-stalwart-sophos-acquired-thoma-bravo-3-9b/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE Alliance including IBM and McAfee aims to make cybersecurity products interoperable https://siliconangle.com/2019/10/08/new-alliance-including-ibm-mcafee-launches-bring-interoperability-cybersecurity-products/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/10/08/new-alliance-including-ibm-mcafee-launches-bring-interoperability-cybersecurity-products/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:00:19 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=492804
A new cybersecurity alliance of 14 leading companies launched today with a pledge to bring interoperability and data-sharing across cybersecurity products The Open Cybersecurity Alliance consortium, founded under the OASIS open standards and open source group, includes a raft of companies: IBM Corp., McAfee LLC, Advanced Cyber Security Corp., Corsa Techology Inc., CyberArk Software Ltd., […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/10/08/new-alliance-including-ibm-mcafee-launches-bring-interoperability-cybersecurity-products/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE Security solutions startup Acronis becomes a unicorn with $147M in new funding https://siliconangle.com/2019/09/18/security-solutions-startup-acronis-becomes-unicorn-147m-new-funding/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/09/18/security-solutions-startup-acronis-becomes-unicorn-147m-new-funding/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:10:55 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=490946
Cybersecurity solutions startup Acronis International GmbH today became the latest tech unicorn. The company raised $147 million in new funding to allow it to expand its headcount, accelerate its business growth in North America, build additional data centers and to grow through acquisitions. The round was led by Goldman Sachs on a valuation of “over $1 billion,” the […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/09/18/security-solutions-startup-acronis-becomes-unicorn-147m-new-funding/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE Years in the making: Carbon Black is the capstone for VMware’s security business strategy https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/30/carbons-blacks-relationship-with-vmware-started-well-before-acquisition-vmworld-guestoftheweek/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/30/carbons-blacks-relationship-with-vmware-started-well-before-acquisition-vmworld-guestoftheweek/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2019 21:00:15 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=488824
(This article has been updated with an extended review of Carbon Black to reflect Tom Barsi’s selection as theCUBE’s Guest of the Week.) Don’t look now, but VMware Inc. has built a significant cybersecurity practice. The August acquisition of Carbon Black Inc. for $2.1 billion represented a major step forward for the network virtualization vendor’s […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/30/carbons-blacks-relationship-with-vmware-started-well-before-acquisition-vmworld-guestoftheweek/feed/ 0 SiliconANGLE VMware COO Sanjay Poonen on the acquisition of Carbon Black and plans to transform security https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/28/vmwares-coo-discusses-acquisition-of-carbon-black-and-plans-for-transforming-security-vmworld/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/28/vmwares-coo-discusses-acquisition-of-carbon-black-and-plans-for-transforming-security-vmworld/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:20:42 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=488612
The acquisition of Carbon Black by VMware Inc., announced last week, did not come cheap. The price tag was $2.1 billion, but one of VMware’s top executives feel strongly that the company got its money’s worth in the deal. “We looked at the landscape and felt it was ripe for disruption,” said Sanjay Poonen (pictured), […]

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]]> https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/28/vmwares-coo-discusses-acquisition-of-carbon-black-and-plans-for-transforming-security-vmworld/feed/ 0 ©Pat Johnson Broadcom acquires Symantec’s enterprise security business for $10.7B https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/08/broadcom-acquires-symantecs-enterprise-security-business-10-7b/ https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/08/broadcom-acquires-symantecs-enterprise-security-business-10-7b/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2019 00:11:59 +0000 https://siliconangle.com/?p=486896
Computer chipmaking company Broadcom Inc. announced Thursday that it’s buying Symantec Corp.’s enterprise security business in a deal valued at $10.7 billion, confirming earlier reports that discussions of an acquisition were at an advanced stage. The acquisition means Symantec will effectively split into two, with Broadcom taking over its portfolio of enterprise security products and […]

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