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Attackers looking to exploit CVE-2020-0688, a critical Microsoft Exchange flaw patched by Microsoft in February 2020, don’t have to look hard to find a server they can attack: according to an internet-wide scan performed by Rapid7 researchers, there are at least 315,000 and possibly as many as 350,000 vulnerable on-premise Exchange servers (out of 433,464 total) out there. What Rapid7 discovered The scan also revealed more depressing statistics: Over 31,000 Exchange 2010 servers have not … More →

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Avast has released an Android version of Avast Secure Browser to extend its platform support beyond Windows and Mac on desktop to mobile. Avast Secure Browser for Android Avast Secure Browser for Android was developed following Avast’s 2019 acquisition of Tenta, a private browser backed by Blockchain pioneers ConsenSys, and has been built from the ground up by privacy and cybersecurity engineers focused on total encryption. At its core is strong encryption including AES-256, ChaCha … More →

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CSIRO‘s Data61, the digital specialist arm of Australia’s national science agency, announced the creation of the seL4 Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, to accelerate the development of the seL4 microkernel and related technologies. An Australian innovation, seL4 is the world’s first operating system (OS) kernel that is mathematically proved secure, and is the world’s fastest and most advanced OS microkernel. The kernel is the piece of software that runs at the core of any computer system … More →

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In order to help global organizations of all sizes address cybersecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of vendors provide free (time-limited) access to their solutions. All of the offers below are available immediately, and they cover a number of areas. Vendors are listed alphabetically, and all require registration. Armorblox – Free email protection Armorblox made its fully-featured email security platform free for businesses that have between 100 and 2,000 employees until April 30th and … More →

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You can’t see it, but corporate airspaces are under attack via radio frequencies. Foreign governments, competitors and cyber criminals are all conducting radio-based attacks on enterprises. These sophisticated attacks use compromised RF devices as their entry points. Cell phones, wearables, health performance monitors and IoT infrastructure devices all offer new and unmonitored threat surfaces to launch attacks in order to gain access to company networks and secrets. The cybersecurity industry has seen an increase in … More →

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There’s an intrinsic link between developer happiness and application security hygiene, and an alarming level of application breaches, according to Sonatype. For the first time ever, the findings prove the correlation between developer happiness and application security hygiene, with happy developers 3.6x less likely to neglect security when it comes to code quality. Happy developers are also 2.3x more likely to have automated security tools in place, and 1.3x more likely to follow open source … More →

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As organizations accelerate digital initiatives such as cloud and the IoT, and data volumes and types continue to rise, IT professionals cite protection of customer personal information as their number one priority, according to nCipher Security and the Ponemon Institute. Threats, drivers and priorities For the first time, protecting consumer personal information is the top driver for deploying encryption (54% of respondents), outranking compliance, which ranked fourth (47%). Traditionally compliance with regulations was the top … More →

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It’s a fact that a majority of us are working from home right now. It’s also a fact that threat actors are hard at work looking for gaps and vulnerabilities as the number of endpoints you must secure just grew exponentially. Join Wes Hutcherson, Director of Product Marketing, and Mark Sangster, VP and Industry Security Strategist, as they explore risks associated with remote workers and the security strategies, controls and services you can quickly deploy … More →

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Tufin, a company pioneering a policy-centric approach to security and IT operations, announced the availability of the Tufin Firewall Change Tracker, a new free tool that delivers real-time visibility into firewall rule changes for organizations of all sizes. The new tool enables security teams to view multi-vendor firewall changes in real time and centrally monitor what was changed by whom, when and why – regardless of whether the firewall is physical, virtual, in the cloud … More →

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Brightcove, the leading provider of cloud services for video, announced Brightcove Continuum, a new business continuity suite to support business communication functions across the enterprise. By leveraging live and on-demand streaming services, organizations can employ the use of video to stay connected to employees and customers. Launching through direct and channel sales, Brightcove Continuum is available to all organizations looking to strategically manage video communications. The newly launched suite helps organizations conduct critical business activities … More →

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Cypress Semiconductor unveiled solutions that give IoT product developers a simplified path to build high-quality, secure, and reliable IoT products. The solutions, branded IoT-AdvantEdge, include connectivity devices and microcontrollers, software, tools and support, and capabilities from ecosystem partners to slash development complexity by solving critical IoT product design problems. With IoT-AdvantEdge, companies can overcome the challenges of wireless connectivity, device and cloud security, power consumption, device management and maintenance, component integration, consumer ease-of-use, human-machine interfaces, … More →

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Asavie, a leader in secure Enterprise Mobility and IoT Connectivity services announced an industry first with the launch of Asavie SD Edge. This clientless solution unifies the management of mobile and IoT endpoints within the enterprise SD-WAN offering enterprise CIOs uniform visibility and control without any compromise on security or performance. In the mobile-first digital enterprise, workloads are moving to multi-cloud and SaaS, with the endpoint estate diversifying to include increasing numbers of mobile and … More →

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Blackline Safety, a global leader of gas detection and connected safety solutions, is pleased to announce it has partnered with STANLEY Security, a division of STANLEY Black & Decker, to provide 24/7 monitoring and emergency response management to Blackline customers in the United Kingdom and Europe. Beginning this month in the UK and throughout Europe by the end of 2020, Blackline’s partnership with STANLEY Security will centralize Blackline’s monitoring and emergency response functions to streamline … More →

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Rubean and CCV, in partnership with Intertrust and Riscure, announced the launch of a jointly developed contactless payment application that transforms Android handsets running 8.0 Oreo or later into contactless payment terminals, supporting PIN entry with no additional hardware. Developed to PCI CPoC standards and certified to Visa and Mastercard brand pilot-programs, PhonePOS will launch first in Germany and then roll-out more broadly throughout Europe. The solution will be deployed through European-based acquiring banks, and … More →

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Verimatrix, formerly known as Inside Secure, a global provider of innovative, customer-friendly cybersecurity solutions that protect content, devices, software and applications, announced a partnership with Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, to offer global enterprise server-side watermarking capabilities. By using Verimatrix server-side Watermarking pre-integrated with Akamai’s Intelligent Edge Platform, Akamai customers can take advantage of a highly efficient, powerful approach to ensure that their premium video content stays protected. The … More →

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Crossword Cybersecurity, the knowledge transfer company focused solely on cyber security and risk, announced that it will be collaborating with leading security reseller and managed security services provider Satisnet, on the provision of third party assurance technology to its clients, as part of the expansion of Crossword’s partner programme. Satisnet will help its customers take control of third party risks through Crossword’s Rizikon Assurance third party risk management platform. This will help them automate supplier … More →

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Science Applications International (SAIC) has been awarded a contract from the State of Texas Department of Information Resources to provide cybersecurity services protecting data center infrastructure and network systems. The contract has a projected value of $36 million over the initial four year term. “We are thrilled to expand SAIC’s state and local portfolio into Texas, and to strengthen our multi-sourcing integration capabilities through the provision of cross-functional cybersecurity operations,” said Bob Genter, executive vice … More →

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Privitar, the leading data privacy platform provider, announced that it has completed an $80 million Series C funding round led by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, with participation from Accel, Partech, IQ Capital, Salesforce Ventures and ABN AMRO Ventures. The investment comes less than a year after a $40 million Series B funding round led by Accel in June 2019. This raise enables Privitar to further accelerate the development … More →

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Axiado Corporation’s Board of Directors announced that it has named Gopi Sirineni as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective April 3, 2020. He will assume day-to-day leadership of the company and will also join Axiado’s Board of Directors. “As a Silicon Valley veteran with over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor, software and systems industries, Sirineni will drive Axiado’s growth trajectory forward from our current development phase to rolling out an industry-first, hardware-based, line-rate … More →

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Brother Mobile Solutions, a premier provider of mobile, desktop and industrial printers widely used in the retail, supply chain, field service, home healthcare, transportation and manufacturing industries, unveils its new ‘Shift & Print’ Subscription Service for technology acquisition. Among the first-to-market in the Auto-ID industry, the new monthly subscription service is an innovative Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) model, designed to help businesses acquire the state-of-the-art mobile and industrial printing and labeling technology needed to maintain efficient and … More →

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