Security News > 2020 > August
Tempered announced new hardware and software designed to protect data, applications, and devices across on-premise, remote, and cloud environments. Airwall uses the industry's only truly native zero-trust approach to enable microsegmented, secure networking for important network assets by making them invisible to unauthorized users such as insider threats, external bad actors, and even nation states - while enabling authorized users to connect to the 'things' they need from anywhere in the world.
D-Link made available its EXO AX5400 Mesh WiFi 6 Router with ultra-fast speeds and efficient performance benefits of WiFi 6 protocol. The AX5400 Router is the latest model in D-Link's trio of best-in-class WiFi 6 routers developed for superior coverage, increased capacity, reduced network congestion, and improved device battery life in device-dense homes.
BT Security has announced the key partners that it will work with going forward to provide industry-leading managed security services to customers. "Kevin Brown, Managing Director of BT Security, said:"Our new security partner ecosystem showcases the benefits of BT Security as a Managed Security Services Provider.
The Southern California cities of Irvine, Hermosa Beach, Camarillo, Montebello, Glendora, Cypress, Orange, Stanton, and Torrance, as well as the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District are partnering with OpenGov to drive staff productivity, increase accountability, and improve customer service and community engagement. "Southern California cities are leading when it comes to modernizing internal operations and customer service delivery through cloud software," says OpenGov Vice President Tim Melton.
NTT DATA Services has entered an agreement to acquire Acorio to expand its capacity to drive transformative business outcomes for clients. "Especially now, our clients are looking to accelerate their digital transformations. Acorio is a proven leader in implementing ServiceNow and its ecosystem to automate workflows in order to unite and empower all other enterprise technology," said Eric Clark, Chief Digital Officer, NTT DATA Services.
Automox announced Amy Mustoe has been appointed as VP of Customer Experience to elevate the customer experience for Automox's growing customer base. In her new role, Amy is responsible for ensuring engagement, success, and retention of over 1,500 Automox customers across 30 countries by uniting departments and establishing processes that focus exclusively on delivering value to customers.
Rose will be responsible for creating and advancing Pure Storage's global digital-led marketing narrative and strategy and amplifying Pure Storage's market recognition to accelerate revenue growth. With more companies than ever making the rapid and massive shift online, Pure recognizes that a digital-first marketing strategy has never been more important.
ERP security: Dispelling common misconceptionsThe various applications integrated in ERP systems collect, store, manage, and interpret sensitive data from the many business activities, which allows organizations to improve their efficiency in the long run. Needless to say, the security of such a crucial system and all the data it stores should be paramount for every organization.
Stop us if you've heard this one before: a remote-code execution vulnerability needs patching in Pulse Secure VPNs. Professional code-probers at GoSecure uncovered a host of security flaws, including CVE-2020-8218, which it publicly disclosed this week after a patch was issued. What we do know is that CVE-2020-8218 can be exploited to execute code on the VPN system by tricking an administrator into, say, opening a URL. "Many vulnerabilities had been found in previous versions of the VPN, so we were eager to see if we could find shortcomings of our own in the latest one," GoSecure's Jean-Frédéric Gauron explained.
Turkish-speaking cybercriminals are sending Instagram users seemingly legitimate messages from the social media company, with the aim of stealing their Instagram and email credentials. While previous phishing messages leveraging Instagram as a lure have been sent via email, the attackers in this campaign send the phishing messages on Instagram's platform itself.