Security News

Touch panels deployed in critical infrastructure vulnerable to remote attacks
2020-02-05 10:15

Manufacturing facilities and processing centers using AutomationDirect C-more Touch Panels are advised to upgrade their firmware ASAP, as older versions contain a high-risk vulnerability that may allow attackers to get account information such as usernames and passwords, obscure or manipulate process data, and lock out access to the device. Manufactured by US-based AutomationDirect, the vulnerable C-more Touch Panels EA9 series are human-machine interfaces capable of communicating with a wide variety of programmable logic controllers.

Trend Micro and Baker Hughes collaborate to help deliver protection for critical infrastructure
2020-02-04 01:00

Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced that it will collaborate with Baker Hughes' Nexus Controls operational technology security experts through a strategic framework agreement, signed in late 2019. Under the terms of the agreement, Trend Micro and Baker Hughes plan to work together to help mitigate these and other cyber-risks in support of IT and security leaders looking to drive digital transformation success.

Syniverse and AiRXOS to provide a communications infrastructure that manages drones
2020-01-24 01:15

Technology innovators Syniverse and AiRXOS, a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Aviation, announced they are working together to protect the skies by providing a communications infrastructure that manages drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles operating at low altitudes. Syniverse Secure Global Access provides a guarded pathway for the data generated from these SIM cards to the AiRXOS cloud applications.

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE and Peterson Companies to develop a data center campus in Manassas, VA
2020-01-24 00:30

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE, the data center company built from the ground up to address the technology infrastructure needs of rapidly scaling enterprises and hyperscale businesses, and Peterson Companies, one of the largest privately-owned real estate development companies in the DC region, announced plans to develop a data center campus in Manassas, Virginia. "Northern Virginia continues to be the largest, most important data center market in the world, and we are excited to partner with Peterson on this opportunity," said Brian Cox, Chief Executive Officer of STACK. "Prince William County offers robust power infrastructure and low latency connectivity within one of the densest concentrations of fiber networks in the world. This, in combination with the low total costs of ownership available in this market, enables us to offer an especially attractive value proposition to clients."

Revenue from cloud IT infrastructure products declines
2020-01-21 04:30

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, declined in the third quarter of 2019 as the overall IT infrastructure market continues to experience weakening sales following strong growth in 2018, IDC reveals. Spending on private cloud IT infrastructure has shown more stable growth since IDC started tracking sales of IT infrastructure products in various deployment environments.

A look at cybersecurity for rail systems, building automation and the future of critical infrastructure
2020-01-20 08:24

Some of the markets we are planning to expand into are rail transport and Building Automation Systems markets. Starting only one or two years ago, we saw the entire industry kind of look around and say "Safety is job one, and cybersecurity is essential to safety. Oh rats!" And we saw a lot of operators start looking seriously at cybersecurity.

Perfect Sense unveils Gyro to simplify cloud infrastructure management
2020-01-15 02:30

Perfect Sense, which leverages its Brightspot publishing platform to drive innovations in web and mobile development, launched Gyro - a powerful cloud management tool that mitigates the risks associated with manually provisioning and managing infrastructure, lack of standards in configurations, and unpredictable results from changes to cloud infrastructure. Gyro dramatically improves DevOps productivity by allowing users to manage and maintain infrastructure using its simple, logic-ready configuration language, built for the cloud.

Know your enemy: Mapping adversary infrastructure quickly and accurately
2019-12-19 14:33

Group-IB is a known quantity in the information security arena: in the sixteen years since its inception, the company – now headquartered in Singapore – has detected and detailed many high-profile...

Wind River Cloud Platform: A Kubernetes-based offering for managing edge cloud infrastructure
2019-11-22 03:00

Wind River, a leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge, announced Wind River Cloud Platform, a high-performance, production grade Kubernetes-based offering for managing edge cloud...

NS1 extends suite of integrations to offer control over app and infrastructure resources
2019-11-20 01:00

NS1, a leader in next generation DNS and application traffic management solutions, announced the expansion of its suite of integrations to include Kubernetes, Consul, Avi Networks (VMWare NSX),...