Orca Security Raises $20M to Secure Cloud Platforms
Michael Vizard | | agent software, application development, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Public cloudOrca Security has raised an additional $20 million in funding to drive adoption of an approach to discovering cloud security issues without having to deploy agents. Company CEO Avi Shua said the Orca Security platform looks for issues including vulnerabilities, malware, misconfigurations, leaked and weak passwords, lateral movement risk and ... Read More
Quarantine Monitoring: China Throws Privacy Out the Door
The world continues to reel from COVID-19, as the pandemic rages on. In China, government entities are explicitly stating they are in test, trace and isolate mode. In “COVID-19: Contact Tracing Your Privacy or Your Health,” we noted the role the China Health Application plays in the Chinese effort. And ... Read More
Cybersecurity and COVID: 5 Lessons
Mark Rasch | | coronavirus, COVID-19, cybersecurity lessons, cybersecurity planning, cybersecurity response, data protection, Fraud, riskWithout belaboring the point, there are many similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and cybersecurity. We can learn from the response to the COVID pandemic lessons about cybersecurity. We Know It Is Coming For decades, public health planners have been warning that there would be a novel (no-immunity) disease that would ... Read More
Xiaomi U-Turn: Admits Sending Private Data it Said it Didn’t
This just gets weirder: Xiaomi was caught out by security researchers, who found its devices phoning home ... Read More
The Economic Shutdown’s Impact on Security Budgets
George V. Hulme | | budgets, Cloud Security, economy, Infrastructure Security, security spending, work from homeCybersecurity spending, even if only driven by industry and government regulatory compliance mandates, has proven itself to be relatively resilient through previous downturns. Will this downturn prove different? Toward the end of March, S&P Global Ratings cut its global GDP growth from 2.8% to as low as 1%, and research ... Read More
The Linux Foundation Takes on Digital Trust With ToIP Foundation
The Linux Foundation announced it will host the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation, an independent project to enable trustworthy exchange and verification of data between any two parties on the internet in a way that does not require third-party verification. The founding members of the ToIP Foundation include Accenture, BrightHive, ... Read More
Steal Data Sonically, Sans Speaker?
A researcher has figured out how to get a PC’s power supply to make noises. Why’s that interesting? Because it could be used to transmit data ... Read More
Manufacturing Also Faces Remote Working Security Risks
Threats to the operational technology network in manufacturing facilities during remote work are high considerations in the time of COVID-19 When talking about security risks due to COVID-19, much of the discussion centers around displaced workers moving from office to home. What’s left out of the discussion is the security ... Read More
Security Pros Pulling Double IT Duty During Pandemic
The widespread work from home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing security professionals into work outside their typical infosec duties. A new survey from (ISC)² of 256 cybersecurity professionals finds 81% of respondents, all typically responsible for securing their organizations’ digital assets, say that their job function has ... Read More
Quibi, JetBlue, Others Leaked Millions of Emails
Hundreds of millions of people might have had their email addresses given to advertising and analytics companies. According to a new report, brands such as the Washington Post and Mailchimp have been quietly leaking the personal data—often for years. It’s yet another reminder of how the secretive adtech industry uses ... Read More
