Security News > 2020 > September

Stealthbits announced the release of Stealthbits Privileged Activity Manager 3.0, their third-generation solution designed with a modernized and simplified approach to Privileged Access Management. SbPAM 3.0 continues Stealthbits' commitment to renovate and simplify PAM. The company approaches PAM from the perspective of the abundance of privileged activities that need to be performed, not a group of privileged admins needing accounts.

The latest innovations help finance teams leverage touchless operations, predictive planning, and digital assistants to pivot towards growth. "Our newest innovations help finance teams rapidly adapt to the current economic climate, drive new business models, and improve strategic decision making; all designed to help our customers define their future."

ePlus announced that it has strengthened its Managed Cloud Security Service portfolio by adding a market-leading managed detection and response solution to its lineup of capabilities. Utilizing Alert Logic MDR, ePlus can offer organizations an additional option to secure their cloud deployments, one that includes continuous threat monitoring and cutting-edge threat intelligence, enabling complete visibility across an organization's IT estate.

ANNKE unveiled its pro-upgrade CZ400, an AI 4MP Super HD 4X optical zoom PoE security camera, challenging the limits of security solutions and delivering flagship monitoring experience. The OmniVision Ultra HD image sensor brings the clearest 4MP Super HD images & 65 ft crystal night vision, enabling users to capture and view exactly what they want.

Rogue domain certificates have been mostly limited to bad actors acquiring what are called domain-validated certificates acquired for free from services such as Let's Encrypt. Domain-validation certificates are a bare-bones solution for securing communications between a web browser and a server using TLS encryption.

NETGEAR is introducing the industry-first WiFi 6 mesh system with built-in multigigabit modem - the Orbi WiFi 6 Tri-band Mesh System with DOCSIS3. The new NETGEAR Orbi WiFi 6 with Built-in Cable Modem enables households to take advantage of the latest technologies to enjoy the most advanced broadband internet speeds and high-performance WiFi available.

Intel 471 has announced the release of a MISP integration with premium cybercrime feeds. MISP is an open source threat intelligence platform for gathering, sharing, storing and correlating indicators of compromise of targeted attacks, threat intelligence, financial fraud information, vulnerability information or even counterterrorism information.

DeepSurface Security announced $1 Million in seed funding to launch the automated Predictive Vulnerability Management suite of tools. The company, which has been in beta for the past year with several large healthcare, SaaS, and financial services businesses, allows cybersecurity teams to automate the stubbornly manual and imprecise process of analyzing and prioritizing vulnerabilities on enterprise networks.

A spokesperson for the software giant told KrebsOnSecurity, "We've seen no indication that the multi-state 911 outage was a result of yesterday's Azure service disruption." According to officials in Henderson County, NC, which experienced its own 911 failures yesterday, Intrado said the outage was the result of a problem with an unspecified service provider.

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a warning on Monday alerting the public about the potential for widespread disinformation campaigns designed to cast doubt about the legitimacy of the coming elections in November. The FBI and CISA have no information suggesting any cyberattack on US election infrastructure has prevented an election from occurring, compromised the accuracy of voter registration information, prevented a registered voter from casting a ballot, or compromised the integrity of any ballots cast."