Security News > 2020 > June
Elliptic Labs announced that it has joined the Qualcomm Platform Solutions Ecosystem and that its AI Virtual Smart Sensor Platform is available to OEMs designing devices based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform. Through this collaboration, Elliptic Labs and Qualcomm Technologies will work together to facilitate, validate and support OEMs in the implementation of Elliptic Labs' suite of AI Virtual Smart Sensors on the Snapdragon 865 including its latest 5th generation Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence Engine.
The Samsung Galaxy S20 will be the first and only device on the market to feature Thales' technological breakthrough - the world's first smartphones featuring a secure single-chip solution to support both mobile connectivity and trusted contactless services. Galaxy S20 users will be able to enjoy seamless mobile connectivity and contactless applications such as payments, transit ticketing and digital ID in compliance with the relevant industrial specifications.
As part of the partnership, the companies will migrate SAS' analytical products and industry solutions onto Microsoft Azure as the preferred cloud provider for the SAS Cloud. "Through this partnership, Microsoft and SAS will help our customers accelerate growth and find new ways to drive innovation with a broad set of SAS Analytics offerings on Microsoft Azure," said Scott Guthrie, Microsoft Executive Vice President of Cloud and AI. "SAS, with its recognized expertise in analytics, data science and machine learning, is a strategic partner for Microsoft, and together we will help customers across dozens of industries and horizontals address their most critical and complex analytical challenges."
This infusion of capital will enable Salt Security to continue investing in product development and innovation, address new use cases, and expand sales and marketing to meet increasing demand. Salt Security is the first to market with a new breed of patented API Security solutions, able to uncover the vulnerabilities unique to each API and identify and respond to attackers before an attack is successful.
Skybox Security announced Claire Darling joins the company as chief marketing officer. Darling has a proven track record of bringing innovative marketing strategies for relevance and growth to the companies she serves.
BioCatch announced that Mark Elliot has joined the senior leadership team as Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Mark will lead all marketing efforts and grow the brand globally as BioCatch looks to broaden its product offerings and further support its expanding client base into new verticals following a $145 million Series C investment led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, the growth investing business of Bain Capital.
The CIA was so focused on developing whizzbang exploit code, it left any thought of basic computer security principles on the kitchen counter before dashing off to work each morning. If you followed our coverage of the trial of Joshua Schulte, the CIA sysadmin accused of passing the files to WikiLeaks, this much will already be known to you.
All the bugs were found by researchers from Fortinet Fortiguard labs. A combination of out-of-bounds read and write bugs, and and heap overflows, left Windows and macOS users at risk.
Qbot, an ever-evolving information-stealing trojan that's been around since 2008, has reappeared after a hiatus to target customers of U.S. financial institutions. Qbot harvests browsing data and financial info, including online banking details.
Adobe patched three flaws in Premiere Pro, another version of Adobe's video editing software that is more advanced than Adobe Premiere Rush. Adobe Premiere Pro versions 14.2 and earlier are affected; users are urged to update to version 14.3.