Security News > 2020 > November
CyberArk announced CyberArk Cloud Entitlements Manager, a privilege-based, artificial intelligence-powered service designed to strengthen the security of cloud environments. Through continuous monitoring of cloud access, CyberArk enforces least privilege by identifying and removing excessive cloud permissions that can leave organizations vulnerable - significantly reducing risk and improving overall visibility and security.
The fiscal year 2021 HPE Partner Ready Program is designed to provide partners with a profitable compensation model, access to financial resources and robust enablement opportunities. Dedicated as a service enablement: In FY21, HPE is extending partner enablement related to HPE GreenLake with a new "HPE GreenLake Introduction and Business Planning Workshop" to help partners assess their as a service strategy and become proficient in selling HPE GreenLake.
Four months after security researchers uncovered a "Tetrade" of four Brazilian banking Trojans targeting financial institutions in Brazil, Latin America, and Europe, new findings show that the criminals behind the operation have expanded their tactics to infect mobile devices with spyware. According to Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team, the Brazil-based threat group Guildma has deployed "Ghimob," an Android banking Trojan targeting financial apps from banks, fintech companies, exchanges, and cryptocurrencies in Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Germany, Angola, and Mozambique.
The world's second-largest white-label laptop manufacturer, has been hit by the file-scrambling DoppelPaymer ransomware gang - and the hackers want $17m in cryptocurrency before they'll hand over the decryption key. Compal staff say they arrived at work on Monday to be told of the outbreak, and that they needed to back up their files.
Avaya announced that Rob Theis, General Partner of venture capital firm World Innovation Lab, has been appointed as an independent member to its Board of Directors effective November 6, 2020. The appointment will increase the size of Avaya's Board to eight members, including seven independent directors.
All you want to do is get to know your powerful new friend, but lurking over there in the corner is the old one, staring at you. Whether you use an auction site like eBay or try to sell locally on Nextdoor or Craigslist, your old gadget might be the new hotness for someone else.
Zoom has been forced to agree to a range of security improvements in a settlement with America's consumer watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission, as a result of earlier wrongly claiming it offered true 256-bit end-to-end encryption. The pact [PDF], announced Monday, obliges the video-conferencing giant to carry out an annual security assessment of its software and have its internal security program assessed by a third-party every two years.
For Windows 10 PCs, the data security process to follow before donating a computing device involves a couple of steps. Before donating any Windows 10 computer, you want to reinstall a clean copy of Windows 10 using the "Remove everything" option.
Plenty of voter data is public in Arizona - but Social Security numbers and DoBs are supposed to be kept confidential. The security issue comes to light amid attacks targeting voters and voter data.
The University of Vermont health network is scrambling to recover its systems after a cyberattack led to widespread delays in patient appointments - including chemotherapy appointments, as well as mammograms and biopsies. While the UVM health network has been vague in regards to what data has been accessed, the scheduling of patient appointments has been impacted, according to reports, affecting important patient screenings and appointments.