Security News > 2020 > October

InterSystems IRIS now generally available to Epic customers
2020-10-14 23:45

InterSystems announced that Epic will use the InterSystems IRIS Data Platform beginning with the August 2020 release of its electronic health record. InterSystems IRIS is now generally available to Epic customers.

Saviynt integrates with Microsoft Azure AD to provide identity-centric, zero trust security service
2020-10-14 23:30

Saviynt announced new and expanded integration with Microsoft Azure Active Directory to provide additional advanced governance scenarios for enterprise customers. The new integration with Azure AD brings additional identity governance capabilities for Microsoft 365 and Azure IaaS using the Saviynt Cloud PAM solution.

Barnes & Noble hit by cyberattack that exposed customer data
2020-10-14 23:25

U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were victims of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers' data. In an email sent to customers late Wednesday night and seen by BleepingComputer, Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they suffered a cyberattack on October 10th, 2020.

Barnes & Noble hit by cyberattack that may have exposed customer data
2020-10-14 23:25

U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were victims of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers' data. In an email sent to customers late Wednesday night and seen by BleepingComputer, Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they suffered a cyberattack on October 10th, 2020.

Nagarro to resell Rootstock cloud ERP in the United States, Nordics, DACH and Middle East regions
2020-10-14 23:15

Rootstock Software and Nagarro announced the two companies are entering a partnership to penetrate the cloud ERP market in the United States, Nordics, DACH, and Middle East regions. "Viyom Jain, Global Business Unit Head, CRM & ERP at Nagarro, said,"With Industry 4.0, a cloud strategy with a 360-degree view of customers and business intelligence tools is crucial to the new enterprise.

Accurics raises $20M to continue to develop technology that self-heals cloud native infrastructure
2020-10-14 23:00

The new investment will support Accurics' market momentum and help the company continue to develop technology that self-heals cloud native infrastructure by codifying security throughout the development lifecycle. The core security issue with cloud native infrastructure is that it's programmatically built and provisioned using Infrastructure as Code; the manual approaches to security currently in place can't keep pace with the high velocity of change.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Michael Breslin joins U.S. Cyber Investigations Advisory Board
2020-10-14 22:45

Michael Breslin, Strategic Client Relations director for Federal Law Enforcement at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, has been selected by the U.S. Secret Service from a small group of private sector executives, government officials and academic experts to advise the agency's investigations team on how it can better use technology to get ahead of criminals. The newly formed 16-member Cyber Investigations Advisory Board will provide the Secret Service's Office of Investigations with outside strategic input for the agency's investigative mission, including insights on the latest trends in cybercrime, financial crime, technology, and investigative techniques.

Shane McNamee joins Avast as Chief Privacy Officer
2020-10-14 22:30

Avast has announced the appointment of Shane McNamee as Chief Privacy Officer. McNamee has over seven years' experience focusing on data protection and digital rights in a number of high profile organizations, and most recently the Irish Department of Finance and the Data Protection Commission of Ireland.

Online proctor service ProctorTrack disables service after hack
2020-10-14 21:27

The online proctoring service ProctorTrack has disabled access to their service after its parent company was hacked. ProctorTrack is one such solution by Verificient that is used by numerous universities, including Rutgers, University of Western Ontario, Ohio University, Illinois State University, Purdue University, and MIT. Verificient and ProctorTrack was hacked.

Travelex, Other Orgs Face DDoS Threats as Extortion Campaign Rages On
2020-10-14 20:40

Companies worldwide have continued to receive extortion emails threatening to launch a distributed denial-of-service attack on their network, unless they pay up - with British foreign-exchange company Travelex reportedly being one recent high-profile threat recipient. While the ransom DDoS campaign has been ongoing since August and has received widespread coverage, researchers with Radware said in a Wednesday post that they are continuing to see companies worldwide receive the extortion emails - and that attackers are becoming more sophisticated.