Security News > 2021

Google late Monday raised the alarm about a "Government-backed entity based in North Korea" targeting - and hacking into - computer systems belonging to security researchers. Google's Threat Analysis Group, a team that monitors global APT activity, said the ongoing campaign is aimed at security researchers working on vulnerability research and development at different companies and organizations.

Platform9 announced a number of new features to provide operational efficiencies for its freedom, growth, and enterprise managed Kubernetes products. "Kubernetes is on a clear glide path to broad deployment in the enterprise and Platform9's unique SaaS managed approach unburdens users from the complexities of Kubernetes while ensuring the fastest adoption possible," Maskasky explained further.

A coastal South Carolina county says hackers broke into its computer network over the weekend. A statement from Georgetown County's local government Monday said the county's computer network "Suffered a major infrastructure breach over the weekend." Most of the county's electronic systems, including emails, were impacted.

Ivanti Wavelink announced that Ivanti Velocity 2.1 and Ivanti Speakeasy 1.0 have achieved SAP certification as integrated with SAP S/4HANA and SAP NetWeaver. Adding SAP Extended Warehouse Management and the browser apps for the mobile internet transaction server component within SAP S/4HANA to its portfolio of supported solutions, Ivanti Wavelink brings a modern, mobile interface to SAP environments.

CloudNatix announced the close of a $4.5M seed round financing. The new funds will be used to help the company scale the engineering and sales organizations to meet the great demand for their product across multiple geographies and vertical market segments.

The Internet Society Foundation has awarded over $1 million through its Research grant programme to seven projects that examine the future and sustainability of the internet. Project title: Creating a research strategy to green the internet.

Mr. Krishnan will report to Matthieu Caillat, Chief Operating Officer, AXA XL and will be based in London. Mr. Caillat said: "I am pleased to welcome Ashok to AXA XL. His extensive expertise and background in analytics and data science, combined with his knowledge of the P&C insurance market, will further strengthen AXA XL's innovation and technology-led approach as we accelerate our data strategy."

Mail Transfer Agent-Strict Transport Security is a relatively new standard that enables mail service providers the ability to enforce Transport Layer Security to secure SMTP connections and to specify whether the sending SMTP servers should refuse to deliver emails to MX hosts that that does not offer TLS with a reliable server certificate. SMTP TLS Reporting is a standard that enables reporting issues in TLS connectivity experienced by applications that send emails and detect misconfigurations.

InfluxData announced the appointment of Vidya Peters to its Board of Directors, and introduced a new Advisory Board team to support strategic and accelerated growth. Peters is the first member of the InfluxData Board of Directors with a marketing background.

A very active phishing campaign is underway pretending to be from the UK's National Health Service, alerting recipients that they are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The phishing email, shown below, asks the recipient if they want to accept or decline the invitation to schedule their COVID-19 vaccination.