Security News > 2020

New infosec products of the week: March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 06:00

HYAS Insight lets analysts connect specific attack instances and campaigns to billions of historical and real-time indicators of compromise faster than ever before, bringing invaluable new intelligence and visibility to security efforts. Contrast Security announced Route Intelligence, a major new capability for application security.

Overcoming crypto assessment challenges to improve quantum readiness
2020-03-20 05:30

Crypto systems, in contrast, are often perceived to already be hardened and less vulnerable than software applications. You'll also want to evaluate exposure to attack, the sensitivity of information that is being protected, and whether there's support for crypto agility to determine if the system will need to be replaced by something more agile.

Oracle VirtualBox, Adobe Reader, Windows Hacked at Pwn2Own 2020
2020-03-20 05:12

On the second day of the Pwn2Own 2020 hacking competition, participants earned a total of $90,000 for exploits targeting Oracle VirtualBox, Adobe Reader and Windows. Amat Cama and Richard Zhu of team Fluoroacetate earned $50,000 for demonstrating that they could hijack a system by exploiting use-after-free vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and the Windows kernel.

How people deal with fake news or misinformation in their social media feeds
2020-03-20 05:00

Researchers at the University of Washington wanted to know how people investigated potentially suspicious posts on their own feeds. Previous research on how people interact with misinformation asked participants to examine content from a researcher-created account, not from someone they chose to follow.

How finance leaders plan to react to COVID-19
2020-03-20 04:30

The potential for COVID-19 to lead to a global economic downturn is the top concern for finance leaders in the US and Mexico, according to PwC. However, 90% of finance leaders say their business would return to normal in less than 3 months if COVID-19 were to end immediately. Key findings All finance leaders say their business is experiencing some impact as a result of coronavirus.

ENISA looking for talented cybersecurity professionals
2020-03-20 04:00

ENISA seeks to recruit a number of talented professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, to reinforce its capacity to shape Europe's cybersecurity future. Work opportunities at ENISA are open to nationals of the 27 European Union Member States.

Wipro’s Business Unit to leverage Microsoft’s technologies to meet customers’ cloud needs
2020-03-20 02:30

Wipro, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced the launch of its Microsoft Business Unit. "Bhanumurthy B.M, President and Chief Operating Officer, Wipro Limited said,"Our newly formed Microsoft Business Unit will aid organizations in accelerating their innovation and modernization journey by leveraging Wipro's deep domain expertise along with Microsoft's futuristic enterprise-class offerings.

Semafone Cardprotect Relay+ achieves global certification under the PCI DSS
2020-03-20 02:00

Semafone, the leading provider of data security and compliance solutions for call and contact centers, announced that it has achieved global certification under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard for its omnichannel digital payments solution, Cardprotect Relay+. Semafone has also been named on the Visa Global Registry of Service Providers demonstrating its ability to adhere to strict, updated and ongoing PCI DSS compliance, while upholding a strong defense against cardholder data compromise by supporting secure technologies such as point-to-point encryption and tokenization.

IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas RX includes new features and updated device support
2020-03-20 01:30

IAR Systems, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, launches a new version of its functional safety edition of IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas' RX Family of microcontrollers. The toolchain now supports the latest RX devices including the RX66T, RX72T, RX65N and RX72M MCUs with Renesas Trusted Secure IP. "The new version of our functional safety tools for RX not only extends its safety capabilities, it also enables new possibilities for secure applications thanks to the support of several security-focused RX MCUs," comments Stefan Skarin, CEO and President, IAR Systems.

Dataiku 7: Bringing deeper integration for technical data pros and explainability for white-box AI
2020-03-20 01:00

Dataiku, the leading Enterprise AI and machine learning platform, announced the release of Dataiku 7, bringing deeper integration for technical data professionals to work on machine learning project development and row-level explainability for white-box AI. Additional feature highlights with this latest release include Kubernetes-powered web apps to expand on the capabilities introduced in Dataiku 6 and a machine learning-assisted data labeling plugin. "Collaboration has been at the core of Dataiku since our founding in 2013, and with Dataiku 7, we're continuing to add features that deepen our philosophy to effectively democratize AI in the enterprise," said Dataiku CEO, Florian Douetteau.

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