Security News > 2020 > May
The ai Corporation, an FCA approved expert in payments, fraud and risk management, announced that it has upgraded EazyFuel, its closed loop fuel card platform, to be fully PCI compliant, in anticipation of the expansion of PCI Data Security Standard to cover fuel cards. Ai, whose aiGateway - omni-channel payment gateway - was granted Level 1 Service Provider accreditation recently, has rolled out PCI compliance across its suite of payments, fraud and risk management solutions for the fuel industry, in advance of any change to PCI DSS compliance or regulation.
Immuta, the automated data governance company, announced native support for Snowflake, along with new privacy and security automation capabilities, that help organizations fully leverage cloud-based data analytics and data sharing - even on their most sensitive data sets. Enhancements to the Immuta platform include k-anonymization, the latest addition to Immuta's suite of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies, automated decryption of cloud-based data, and a new, native integration with Snowflake that lets joint customers easily analyze and share sensitive data.
CloudKnox Security, provider of the only cloud permissions management platform for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, announced key capabilities in its platform that help enterprises optimize operational efficiency for critical cloud infrastructure. CloudKnox customers who are accelerating cloud adoption and digital transformation realize up to 75% cost savings across all operational areas, including security, infrastructure, and audit and compliance.
Digital Realty developed a pre-configured Data Hub footprint based on typical customer deployment scenarios on NVIDIA DGX and DGX PODTM configurations. Delivered as part of NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program, the Data Hub solution accommodates a typical enterprise deployment of AI infrastructure to address the placement, connectivity and hosting of critical data infrastructure in proximity to users, networks, clouds and things.
Immuta, the automated data governance company, announced a technology and business partnership with Snowflake, the cloud data platform, enabling joint customers to securely share sensitive data with automated privacy protection, while adhering to data privacy regulations and business rules. Featuring a new, native integration with Snowflake, the Immuta platform now empowers Snowflake customers to safely share even the most sensitive data sets securely by utilizing advanced, automated anonymization techniques.
Privitar, the leading data privacy platform provider, announced that the Privitar Data Privacy Platform now natively integrates with the Google Cloud Platform. "Traditional security measures such as encryption and attribute based access control are not sufficient as we increase the exposure to sensitive data assets in the cloud. Complimentary privacy controls are essential, particularly for analytics applications that need to optimise data utility," said Jason du Preez, CEO of Privitar.
Iguazio, the data science platform for real-time machine learning applications, announced a strategic partnership with NetApp that provides enterprises with a simple, end-to-end solution for developing, deploying and managing AI applications at scale and in real-time on top of the ONTAP AI framework. Iguazio's integration with NetApp ONTAP AI leverages enterprise grade data management, data versioning and NetApp Cloud Volumes for a seamless hybrid cloud experience.
Orca Security, founded last year by a group of former Check Point executives and architects, announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by GGV Capital with participation from YL Ventures and SVCI. The funding will fuel additional company growth to help more worldwide customers gain deeper visibility into AWS, Azure, and GCP at a fraction of the time and operational cost of alternative solutions. Since its inception, Orca Security has been on an explosive path to solve a fundamental challenge-to provide frictionless cloud security with the breadth and depth to quickly analyze all cloud assets for risks.
A recently identified botnet built using the Golang programming language is targeting Linux systems, including Internet of Things devices, using a custom implant, Intezer reports. The botnet, which security researcher MalwareMustDie named Kaiji, is of Chinese origin and spreads exclusively via SSH brute force attacks, targeting the root user only.
Web hosting provider and domain registrar GoDaddy was hit by a data breach that compromised the account credentials of around 28,000 customers. "On April 23, 2020, we identified SSH usernames and passwords had been compromised by an unauthorized individual in our hosting environment. This affected approximately 28,000 customers. We immediately reset these usernames and passwords, removed an authorized SSH file from our platform, and have no indication the individual used our customers' credentials or modified any customer hosting accounts. The individual did not have access to customers' main GoDaddy accounts."