Security News > 2021
Leading technology companies said Tuesday that a months-long breach of corporate and government networks was so sophisticated, focused and labor-intensive that a nation had to be behind it, with all the evidence pointing to Russia. In the first congressional hearing on the breach, representatives of technology companies involved in the response described a hack of almost breathtaking precision, ambition and scope.
BBVA and Google Cloud announced a new strategic partnership to transform the bank's security strategy by optimizing and improving its security infrastructure. BBVA is the first bank in Europe to deploy Chronicle, Google Cloud's security analytics platform that allows teams to store and analyze all their security data in one place to detect and investigate threats at scale.
Vietnam-backed hacking group APT32 has coordinated several spyware attacks targeting Vietnamese human rights defenders between February 2018 and November 2020. The state hackers also pointed their attacks at a nonprofit human rights organization from Vietnam, as Amnesty International's Security Lab revealed.
The private sector should be legally obliged to disclose any major hacks of their systems, says Microsoft's president and top lawyer Brad Smith. While only Smith was willing to say categorically that it was Russia, FireEye's CEO Kevin Mandia noted that following an intensive investigation by his team, which included looking for clues in reams of decompiled code, they had concluded that the hack was "Not consistent with China, North Korea or Iran, and was most consistent with Russia."
The private sector should be legally obliged to disclose any major hacks of their systems, says Microsoft's president and top lawyer Brad Smith. While only Smith was willing to say categorically that it was Russia, FireEye's CEO Kevin Mandia noted that following an intensive investigation by his team, which included looking for clues in reams of decompiled code, they had concluded that the hack was "Not consistent with China, North Korea or Iran, and was most consistent with Russia."
IBM announced availability of Red Hat software on IBM Power Systems as well as new IBM Power Systems hardware. New IBM Power Private Cloud Rack solution - Providing clients an optimized, production-level OpenShift platform to modernize traditional environments with cloud-native applications, the IBM Power Private Cloud Rack combines on-premises hardware, a complete software stack of IBM and Red Hat technology, and installation from IBM Systems Lab Services to deliver 49% lower cost per request as compared to similarly equipped x86-based platformsii.
Origin Wireless announced it has closed its recent financing round and raised a total of $14 million from key investors and partners including Verizon Ventures and Alarm.com. Prior to closing, Origin achieved key milestones as a high-tech startup, including its first award-winning commercial product with the Linksys Aware in 2019, and continues to build a solid IP portfolio.
The investment will support the company's continued innovation in the AIOps market and further broaden ScienceLogic's position within the $30+ billion IT Operations Management software market. We believe ScienceLogic is poised to meet that demand as organizations look for hybrid-cloud toolsets from trusted partners to securely harness business agility, cost savings and innovation.
New investors participating in this Series A round include banking and asset management executives Jack Klinck, a former State Street and Bank of New York Mellon management committee member; Heidi Miller, an HSBC board director and former President of JP Morgan International; Jay Mandelbaum, former Head of Strategy at JP Morgan Chase, and member of both JP Morgan Chase's and Citigroup's management committees; Stanton Green, a fintech leader and former senior managing director at Guggenheim Capital, as well as Mindset Ventures and Maccabee Ventures. The financing round brings the total amount of capital raised by FundGuard to $16 million.
Keysight Technologies announced it has completed the acquisition of Sanjole. The acquisition of Sanjole supports Keysight's goal to deliver a comprehensive, innovative 5G solutions portfolio at the forefront of advancing communications technology.