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Armis released new data uncovering the lack of knowledge and general awareness of major cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and an understanding of security hygiene. The survey of over 2,000 respondents from across the United States found that end users are not paying attention to the major attacks plaguing operational technology and critical infrastructure across the country, signaling the importance of businesses prioritizing a focus on security as employees return to the office.
According to the 200 CISOs and other security decision makers who participated in the survey, nearly 60% consider lack of visibility as well as inadequate identity and access management a major threat to their cloud infrastructure. 85% of organizations said they plan to increase their security spending this year, with a significant portion being allocated to cloud infrastructure security.
Aqua Security published a research revealing a continued rise in cyberattacks targeting container infrastructure and supply chains, and showing that it can now take less than one hour to exploit vulnerable container infrastructure. "At the same time, we're also seeing that attacks are now demonstrating more sinister motives with greater potential impact. Although cryptocurrency mining is still the lowest hanging fruit and thus is more targeted, we have seen more attacks that involve delivery of malware, establishing of backdoors, and data and credentials theft."
Attacks against the container infrastructure are continuing to increase in both frequency and sophistication. The attacks are becoming more evasive, while the supply chain is now targeted.
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US President Joe Biden and his Russian Federation counterpart Vladimir Putin have traded barbs over cyber-attacks at a summit meeting staged yesterday in Switzerland. Biden gave Putin a list of "16 specific entities defined as critical infrastructure under US policy, from the energy sector to our water systems."
Cyborg Security unveiled new capabilities within the HUNTER content platform. These capabilities are designed to defend against rapidly evolving threats, including growing attacks on critical infrastructure and supply chains, while reducing Mean-Time-to-Deployment of threat hunting and detection content.
Cognizant announced that it has extended its relationship with global engineering company Aker Solutions to modernize and simplify its entire IT infrastructure, including its business technology network and application maintenance and development. Aker Solutions helps companies unlock energy from sources such as oil, gas and offshore wind.
Oak9 launched its infrastructure as code security platform, backed by a seed round of $5.9 million led by Menlo Ventures, accompanied by Hyde Park Angels and Uncorrelated Ventures. The oak9 platform accelerates the delivery of cloud-native applications while providing comprehensive security.
Oak9 on Wednesday announced the launch of its Infrastructure-as-Code security platform, backed by a $5.9 million seed funding round. IaC is the process of managing and provisioning of infrastructure through code instead of through manual processes.