Security News > 2021

Gigaset has revealed a malware infection discovered in its Android devices was the result of a compromise of a server belonging to an external update service provider. Impacting older smartphone models - GS100, GS160, GS170, GS180, GS270, and GS370 series - the malware took the form of multiple unwanted apps that were downloaded and installed through a pre-installed system update app.

Guardicore announced new capabilities that extends microsegmentation and zero trust security to the industry broadest catalog of legacy servers, applications, and operating systems. Customers using Guardicore Centra to protect their hybrid data centers that include legacy servers can now extend zero trust policies and granular microsegmentation to IBM iSeries AS/400 servers.

Avaya has expanded the availability of its Avaya OneCloud CCaaS contact center solution into forty countries, providing organizations globally with digital capabilities that better connect customers and employees across any touchpoint, modality, device, and channel. Avaya OneCloud CCaaS is a key part of the AI-powered Avaya OneCloud experience platform that includes workstream collaboration, unified communications and communications platform as a service solutions with OneCloud UCaaS and OneCloud CPaaS. According to IDC, 84 percent of consumers consider "Experience" as important as a company's product or service, and 92 percent say customer experience has a great influence on future purchase decisions.

Fujitsu and Trend Micro have collaborated to focus on the security of private 5G networks. The companies will demonstrate the effectiveness of Trend Micro's security for private 5G using a simulated smart factory environment and an operational Fujitsu environment prior to the product's public availability.

Accenture is collaborating with SAP on a unique joint initiative to design, develop and deliver new cloud-based capabilities that strengthen existing SAP Intelligent Asset Management solutions. Accenture is bringing its industry-specific assets and knowledge to extend asset management solution functionality, helping companies in industries such as energy, life sciences and natural resources improve performance by shifting maintenance strategies from reactive to proactive.

Glassbeam announced it is working closely with Deloitte in a strategic ecosystem relationship to meet the urgent business needs of customers in the healthcare IoT analytics sector. Glassbeam and Deloitte will help healthcare organizations drive higher Return on Assets by deploying Glassbeam's Clinsights solution which delivers improved machine uptime and utilization across an entire fleet of medical equipment.

PQShield announces that it is further strengthening its cryptographic hardware team with the appointment of Ben Marshall, the editor and main author of the RISC-V "K" Cryptography Extension, as a Cryptography Engineer. Ben will continue to contribute to RISC-V International's cryptography standardisation efforts while also working on PQShield's post-quantum hardware architecture.

Backblaze announced the appointment of Nick Tran as VP of marketing, as the company continues to bolster its leadership and grow its developer marketing capacity to drive growth. Backblaze provides businesses and consumers with cloud services to store and use their data in an easy and affordable manner, serving as a foundation for companies, developers, IT professionals, and individuals to build their applications, host content, manage media, back up & archive data, and more.

Kaiser Permanente announced that Diane Comer has been named the organization's new chief information technology officer. Who has served as interim chief information officer since June 2020, will report directly to Kaiser Permanente chair and chief executive officer Greg A. Adams.

Image: CISA. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a companion Splunk-based dashboard that helps review post-compromise activity in Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Office 365, and Microsoft 365 environments. CISA's new tool, dubbed Aviary, helps security teams visualize and analyze data outputs generated using Sparrow, an open-source PowerShell-based tool for detecting potentially compromised applications and accounts in Azure and Microsoft 365.