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Prominent security practitioner Matt Tait kicked off the annual Black Hat security conference Wednesday with a call for platform vendors to make major technology changes to help cope with the surge in major software supply chain attacks. Tait, an outspoken researcher who has held stints at Google's Project Zero and the U.K.'s GCHQ intelligence agency, said mobile platforms must immediately start providing improved "On-device observability" to help defenders cope with ongoing in-the-wild zero-day attacks.
UfiSpace launched its S9600 series open aggregation routers based on Broadcom's Qumran2c silicon. "With our previous open disaggregated solutions for the cell site, core and edge networks, service providers were able to foster innovation, reduce vendor lock-in and obtain better TCO synergies within their network," says UfiSpace CEO, Vincent Ho. "We are excited to provide our customers with even more benefits by enabling open disaggregation for their aggregation network as well."
AnyVision announced the availability of OnPatrol, a tactical surveillance mobile application that protects law enforcement and military personnel by recognizing persons of interest and alerting officers in real-time via their mobile device. "Public trust in the safety and security provided by law enforcement agencies is of paramount importance. AnyVision OnPatrol can help de-escalate potential threats and prevent physical harm by identifying criminals and dangerous individuals in real-time through our Recognition AI technology," said Dieter Joecker, AnyVision's CTO. "It is designed specifically to recognize and check individual faces against a designated watchlist - even when people are in motion, captured in poor lighting, or partially obscured by surrounding people."
Vocera introduced its new cloud-based clinical communication and collaboration solution for smartphones called Vocera Edge. Designed for the cloud, Vocera Edge enables healthcare systems to get the most out of their electronic health record investments, while empowering nurses, physicians, and other care team members by delivering meaningful information at the point of care.
Microsoft on Monday announced that it has included the Teams mobile applications for Android and iOS within the scope of its bug bounty programs. The company added the desktop client of the Teams business communication platform to the Applications Bounty Program back in March, and is now expanding the program to include the mobile clients as well.
Microsoft's Applications Bounty Program has been extended to cover Microsoft Teams mobile apps, and bug hunters can earn up to $30,000 for reports about specific vulnerabilities. Microsoft Teams is an enterprise communication and collaboration platform that provides workspace one-on-one and group chat, videoconferencing, VoIP, file sharing and storage, and meetings.
The study was conducted to provide banking, financial services, and investing/trading mobile apps with insights on the state of mobile app login authentication and the friction when a user resets their password. This surge in both fraud losses and mobile usage highlights the need of financial services companies to look to multi-factor authentication solutions that provide stronger security than passwords without interfering with a great mobile user experience, a key competitive advantage in today's app-driven world.
Kdan Mobile Software announced that it has raised $16M in Series B funding from a who's who of global investors, including Dattoz Partners, WI Harper Group, Taiwania Capital and Golden Asia Fund Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. Lead Series B investor, Dattoz Partners, will take a seat on the Kdan Mobile Board to help guide the company as it expands its global footprint.
HUMAN Security announced its newly-named BotGuard and a range of new features to further help enterprise customers defend their website and mobile applications from sophisticated bot attacks and fraud. BotGuard is powered by the Human Verification Engine, which combines technical evidence, machine learning, and continuous adaptation to deliver "Human or not" bot detection decisions with accuracy.
To help achieve progress on Zero Trust, there is now a new, easy way to implement continuous user verification by connecting directly to the authentication systems used by mobile operators - without the overhead of processing or storing user data. The Zero Trust model of identity verification essentially means never trusting that a returning user is whom they claim to be, regardless of their location or previous successful attempts.