Security News > 2020 > August
Amid pandemic concerns, efforts to modernize networks and applications to address this challenge are accelerating with 83% reporting budget increases for these initiatives over the next three years, NS1 reveals. Challenges to enterprise network and application modernization efforts.
A notorious banking trojan aimed at stealing bank account credentials and other financial information has now come back with new tricks up its sleeve to target government, military, and manufacturing sectors in the US and Europe, according to new research. In an analysis released by Check Point Research today, the latest wave of Qbot activity appears to have dovetailed with the return of Emotet - another email-based malware behind several botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks - last month, with the new sample capable of covertly gathering all email threads from a victim's Outlook client and using them for later malspam campaigns.
Dataguise announced a patent-pending method of projecting unique data counts that enables organizations to report the impact of a data breach faster and more accurately than ever before. "Dataguise has helped us improve our overall data governance and security posture by giving us an enterprise-wide view of sensitive data across the myriad data repositories we use, both on premises and cloud," said Lynn Winiarczyk, Business Technology Manager, Master Data and Data Governance at KeyBank.
CBTS announces the launch of its Secure Remote Collaboration portfolio of solutions, including video conferencing and security functionality that is optimized for work-from-home environments. The CBTS Secure Remote Collaboration solution portfolio, powered by Cisco Webex technology, offers video endpoints that combine high-definition cameras, microphones, and speakers, with automatic noise reduction.
CTM360 has announced the launch of its latest mobile app, 'The Threat Manager. ' The app aims to allow it's users to tackle threats on the go, with the aim to simplify security in an agile and efficient manner.
Google's own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn't want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered the shadowy surveillance, according to unsealed documents in a consumer fraud case. The files, unsealed late last week, reveal that Google knew it had a massive problem on its hands after an AP article published in August 2018 explained how the company continued to track users' whereabouts even after they had disabled the feature Google called "Location history."
Prpl Foundation announced the release of its prplMesh software stack, eligible for Wi-Fi Alliance certification as Release 1, for both Agent and Controller. The prplMesh release includes open-source code for both Agent and Controller, providing a complete EasyMesh network.
Zendesk announced the launch of Explore Enterprise, the newest solution within its service-first CRM platform, which enables companies to analyze real-time data in order to understand changing needs. As global ticket volume reaches record highs, leaders can use Explore Enterprise to share relevant insights instantly with other teams and departments, helping them make faster decisions to improve their entire customer experience.
Edgecore Networks announced a major addition to its product family - ecCLOUD, a comprehensive cloud controller featuring an intuitive user interface. EcCLOUD offers a centralized platform for unified visibility and control over Edgecore wired and wireless devices, saving the cost and complexity of on-site management system installations.
Cohesity announced major software advancements to Cohesity DataPlatform that bring modern data management capabilities to powerful all-flash solutions from key alliance partners Cisco and HPE. Cohesity DataPlatform now includes new I/O Boost technology that drives even greater data consolidation, lowers total cost of ownership, and delivers incredibly fast performance for backing up, accessing, and deriving insights from data in all-flash environments. Greater choice: Customers have the flexibility of choosing certified all-flash enterprise servers that suit their business needs, specifically Cisco UCS C220 M5, HPE ProLiant DL360 G10, Dell PowerEdge R640, and Intel Server System R1208WF. "The Cohesity DataPlatform with I/O Boost makes flash even more affordable, while meeting increasingly demanding SLAs for backup, recovery, file and object services, and data insights," said Matt Waxman, vice president of product management, Cohesity.