Security News > 2020 > December
Deloitte announced a global, multi-year strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services Professional Services on cloud migration and application modernization for enterprise and public sector customers. "The nature of our C-suite relationships often enables us to design a holistic migration approach focused on driving the right business outcomes for our clients, including speed and efficiency of getting to the cloud, in a transformational context," said Patrick Jehu, principal and AWS Professional Services general manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP. "Our joint model with AWS uses automation to accelerate and optimize our clients' cloud migrations, and industry-leading solutions to modernize applications."
IRONSCALES announced integrations with Microsoft Teams and Slack, to natively notify security teams using these two popular collaboration and messaging tools about phishing incidents in real-time. The integrations further bolster IRONSCALES' industry-leading on-the-go incident management platform, which already includes native mobile app applications for both iOS and Android devices and supports push notifications, to reach security teams wherever they are.
The Egregor ransomware operation has breached Metro Vancouver's transportation agency TransLink with the cyberattack causing disruptions in services and payment systems. From the picture of the ransom note, BleepingComputer can confirm that it was the Egregor ransomware operation behind the attack.
DXC Technology announced an expanded strategic collaboration with Microsoft to deliver a more personalized, intelligent, secure and modern workplace experience to help companies to address rapidly evolving business challenges and customer and employee needs. DXC and Microsoft are joining forces to deliver a solution and suite of services that will help companies to empower their employees with a modern workplace experience and to ensure customers' employees can seamlessly and securely work anytime, anywhere and on any device.
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Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed details of a previously undiscovered in-memory Windows backdoor developed by a hacker-for-hire operation that can execute remotely malicious code and steal sensitive information from its targets in Asia, Europe, and the US. Dubbed "PowerPepper" by Kaspersky researchers, the malware has been attributed to the DeathStalker group, a threat actor that has been found to hit law firms and companies in the financial sector located in Europe and the Middle East at least since 2012. The espionage group first came to light earlier this July, with most of their attacks starting with a spear-phishing email containing a malicious modified LNK file that, when clicked, downloads and runs a PowerShell-based implant named Powersing.
Okta announced significant momentum in the financial services industry with new and expanded deployments for Canadian Western Bank, First National of Nebraska, and Nota, powered by M&T Bank. Following a successful rollout of the Okta Identity Cloud across its workforce, Canadian Western Bank decided to expand its deployment to include Okta Customer Identity and to support its goal of creating a consistent customer experience across all lines of business.
announced that it has reached a landmark number of 20,000 certified members and associates across the Asia-Pacific region. These professionals make up more than 13% of²'s total global membership, which exceeds 150,000 certified members in 175 countries.
RSA announced Reed Taussig has joined RSA as CEO of the RSA Anti-Fraud Business Unit. As a privately-owned independent business, RSA is one of the largest pure-play providers of solutions for risk, security and anti-fraud teams and host of the world's largest cybersecurity conference: RSA Conference.
Mimecast announced the appointment of Shahriar Rafimayeri as chief information officer. "Putting our customers first has always been one of Mimecast's core values," said Peter Bauer, chief executive officer at Mimecast.