Security News > 2020 > December
WatchGuard announced the release of its new Firebox M4800 and M5800 appliances. "The industry-leading speed and performance of our new M Series appliances, paired with their simplicity, modularity and affordability gives our partners and customers a Unified Security Platform that can adapt to remote work deployments and evolve along with the business."
Security policy management firm Tufin announced this week that the SecureCloud component of the Tufin Orchestration Suite now supports the Google Cloud Platform. Adding support for Google Cloud now allows Tufin customers to secure applications across the three leading cloud providers - Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
To help tech professionals get a stronger grasp on the important technology and how to leverage it within their own organizations, ISACA has released two new resources: Blockchain Framework and Guidance and Blockchain: An Executive View. Blockchain Framework and Guidance offers a comprehensive blockchain reference, including overview, history, information about types and their benefits and features, as well as use cases and a framework for enterprise adoption.
Facebook said Tuesday that it had removed two networks based in Russia and one linked to the French military, accusing them of carrying out interference campaigns in Africa. Two networks running multiple Facebook accounts were assigned to people associated with the Russian Internet Research Agency, and the third had "Links to individuals associated with French military," the social media platform said.
Mindtree announced the launch of a dedicated Microsoft go-to-market business unit centered on building new solutions based on Microsoft platforms and technologies, as well as developing the next generation of talent across the Mindtree organization globally. The Microsoft go-to-market business unit is a component of Mindtree's multi-tiered initiative to support the continued demand of cloud services and solutions.
ADVA launched a unique set of edge and access network synchronization devices with enhanced capabilities for next-generation applications such as 5G. The latest Oscilloquartz solutions address key challenges for a wide range of industries by bringing new levels of timing accuracy and resilience to edge networks. The OSA 5412 and 5422 offer precise phase, frequency and time-of-day synchronization and can be used for time-as-a-service applications.
Arrow Electronics announced a Security Starter Kit suite that integrates various wireless solutions and single-board computers with the OPTIGA TPM2.0 and OPTIGA Trust M security solutions from Infineon Technologies AG. The kit provides companies seeking to add security to their end products with a straightforward security implementation path with Root of Trust capabilities. "Over the past five years, we've seen an exponential growth in connected devices that sense, monitor and control things from smart home/building solutions to manufacturing equipment and everything in between, yet it is conservatively estimated that 70 percent of these devices have little or no security implemented in them," said Arrow Electronics' vice president of IoT global solutions Aiden Mitchell.
The funding continues the ongoing partnership that began in January 2017, in which Bastille helps to secure government organizations through its patented software-defined radio and machine-learning technology that senses, identifies and localizes threats from RF devices. "Government agencies are under constant threat of a cyberattack due to the sensitive nature of the data they possess as well as their access to infrastructure that affects millions of people," said Chris Risley, CEO at Bastille Networks.
In a message to The Register, Kumar said that on November 19, 2019, he told SolarWinds "Their update server was accessible with the password 'solarwinds123' which is leaking in the public Github repo. They fixed the issue and replied to me on." Using the exposed account name and password, he was able to upload a file to prove the system was insecure, he said he wrote in his report to SolarWinds, adding that a hacker could use the credentials to upload a malicious executable and add it to a SolarWinds update.
Entrust has announced its new partnership with Mirantis and the certification of its nShield hardware security modules with the Mirantis Kubernetes Engine. Entrust nShield HSMs become the first Mirantis-certified HSMs in the market to deliver enhanced security to the Mirantis Kubernetes Engine.