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IBM announced the appointment of Martin Schroeter as Chief Executive Officer of the independent company that will be created following the separation of IBM's Managed Infrastructure Services business, effective January 15. Mr. Schroeter served as IBM's Senior Vice President, Global Markets, where he was responsible for IBM's global sales, client relationships and satisfaction, and worldwide geographic operations, before leaving IBM in June 2020.
Simple to use and deploy offensive security tools, making it easier than ever for criminals with little technical know-how to get in on cybercrime are seeing a significant rise, researchers say. Recorded Future's 2020 Adversary Infrastructure Report explained that researchers anticipate increased adoption of open-source tools because they're easy to use and accessible to criminals without deep technical expertise.
Daimler and Infosys announced a long-term strategic partnership for a technology-driven IT infrastructure transformation. After the receipt of all regulatory approvals, Daimler AG will transform its IT operating model and infrastructure landscape across workplace services, service desk, data center, networks and SAP Basis together with Infosys.
IT leaders shared that their primary challenges for the upcoming year primarily center around adapting infrastructure and networking strategies for remote work or returns to the office. "At every level of the economy and society, IT infrastructure and the professionals tasked with operating it are keeping the world moving in 2020," said Michael Sicoli, President and CEO, INAP. "The results of our survey indicate that the hybrid infrastructure future is becoming a reality a lot sooner for many organizations. As we enter 2021, the technology challenges presented by remote work and accelerated digital transformation initiatives will remain at the forefront for IT infrastructure managers, and as a result, technology professionals have solidified their position as an essential workforce."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a Private Industry Notification to warn of DoppelPaymer ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure. DoppelPaymer emerged as a forked version of BitPaymer, both believed to be the work of TA505, the threat actor best known for the infamous Dridex Trojan and Locky ransomware families.
Amazon Web Services announced that Twitter has selected AWS to provide global cloud infrastructure to deliver Twitter timelines. Millions of people and organizations use Twitter to share and react to what's happening and what people are talking about right now, and Twitter will leverage AWS infrastructure and services to continue improving performance and security for them.
Cloudhouse has acquired UpGuard Core, from third-party risk and attack surface management platform UpGuard. UpGuard Core will now be known as Cloudhouse Guardian, joining Cloudhouse's Application Compatibility Packaging solution to offer customers the unique capability to find, manage and resolve infrastructure and application compatibility, configuration and compliance issues.
According to researchers at Armis, a whopping 97 percent of the OT devices impacted by URGENT/11 have not been patched, despite fixes being delivered in 2019. "URGENT/11 could allow attackers to remotely exploit and take over mission critical devices, bypassing traditional perimeter and device security. Every business with these devices needs to ensure they are protected," said Yevgeny Dibrov, CEO and co-founder of Armis, when the bugs were discovered.
Xsight Labs announced a bold vision to rearchitect the foundation of cloud infrastructure by delivering a broad portfolio of products that enable end-to-end connectivity. Xsight Labs is developing a portfolio of products that will drive the seamless adoption of these innovative technologies.
Authentic8 announced a partnership with Google Cloud to expand availability of Silo across Google Cloud's infrastructure with 1-click procurement. Authentic8 is now a Google Cloud Technology Partner providing security, and Authentic8 gains access to Google Cloud's ability to run compliant web-based workflows at the highest levels of civilian classification.