Security News > 2020 > April
Okta, the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, announced the appointment of David Bradbury as Chief Security Officer. Bradbury brings more than 20 years of security and engineering experience to Okta and will report directly to Todd McKinnon, Okta's Chief Executive Officer and co-founder.
SS8 Networks, the leader in Lawful Intercept and Monitoring Center platforms, announced that it has named Keith Bhatia as Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Bhatia, who previously served as SS8's Chief Operations Officer, succeeds Dennis Haar, who remains on the SS8 Board of Directors.
ThreatX, the leading provider of SaaS-based web application and API protection solutions, has appointed longtime cybersecurity executive Gene Fay as the company's new CEO. Gene's proven leadership experience will help catapult ThreatX forward, cementing the company's mission to protect complex web application and API environments in today's rapidly evolving threat landscape. "I am excited to lead ThreatX forward to tackle some of today's most pressing cybersecurity challenges that our customers and prospects face as business infrastructures aggressively migrate into the cloud," said Fay.
Quest Software, a global systems management and security software provider, announced it has appointed Patrick Nichols as the company's new Chief Executive Officer. A software technology veteran with over 20 years of strategy and business development experience, Nichols will lead Quest through the company's next phase of growth.
Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer and a leading used equipment seller, announced the appointment of Baron Concors as Chief Information Officer. Concors will lead a strategic, enterprise organization to deliver added value for customers, team members and shareholders through innovative use of digital technology platforms and data.
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The flaw exists in Cisco IOS XE. This Linux-based version of Cisco's Internetworking Operating System is used in Cisco software-defined wide area network routers. In March, Cisco issued 24 patches tied to vulnerabilities in its IOS XE operating system.
The attacks are a likely offshoot of cybercriminals looking to take advantage of the unprecedented numbers of employees working from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers noted. A successful attack would give cybercriminals remote access to the target computer with the same permissions and access to data and folders that a legitimate user would have.
Facebook Inc. in 2018 beat back federal prosecutors seeking to wiretap its encrypted Messenger app. Now the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to find out how.
Radware noted that cybercriminals use bots in many ways: Sophisticated bots built to circumvent security measures and take over user accounts by mimicking human behavior; denial-of-service bots that prevent online checkouts or take down specific pages; bots built for mobile environments; those that exploit vulnerabilities in applications and APIs; and custom, targeted bots that are built to attack specific companies or competitors. "Bot developers now use JavaScript and HTML5 web technologies to enable bots to leverage full-fledged browsers. The bots are programmed to mimic human behavior when interacting with a website or app to move the mouse, tap and swipe on mobile devices and generally try to simulate real visitors in order to evade security systems."