SolarWinds
Offensive Security unveils a new Federal practice area
Offensive Security announced a new Federal practice area. The company also announced that Keith Peer has joined Offensive Security as Head of Federal to lead its work in the …
3 areas of implicitly trusted infrastructure that can lead to supply chain compromises
The SolarWinds compromise in December 2020 and the ensuing investigation into their build services put a spotlight on supply chain attacks. This has generated a renewed …
Semperis DSP 3.5 provides automated security assessments of Microsoft Active Directory
Semperis announced the general availability of Directory Services Protector (DSP) 3.5, which includes DSP Intelligence, a new module that provides automated security …
QOMPLX Identity Assurance now automatically detects identity-based attacks on cloud service providers
QOMPLX announced the extension of its Identity Assurance analytics solution to automatically detect identity-based attacks on cloud service providers. The company’s new Cloud …
N-able partners with DNSFilter to provide MSPs with threat protection and content filtering
N-able (formerly SolarWinds MSP) announced a collaboration with DNSFilter to integrate its cloud-based security solution with N-able N-central and RMM, providing MSPs with …
Cado Security raises $10M to accelerate adoption of its cloud-native digital forensics platform
Cado Security announced that it closed $10 million in Series A funding, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $11.5 million. Led by Blossom Capital with participation …
4 things you can do to minimize cyberattacks on supply and value chains
Supply chain attacks target the weakest spot in most every enterprise’s security program: third-party access. The SolarWinds hack was a classic supply chain attack, …
Venafi surpasses $100M in annual recurring revenue
Venafi announced that the company has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), cementing its leadership as category creator. This news comes on the heels of …
Massive increase in endpoint attacks, rising rate of encrypted malware and new exploits targeting IoT
Fileless malware and cryptominer attack rates grew by nearly 900% and 25% respectively, while unique ransomware payloads plummeted by 48% in 2020 compared to 2019, according …
SolarWinds breach severity perception increasing over time
(ISC)² has published the results of an online survey of 303 cybersecurity professionals from around the globe in which respondents compared their perception of the severity of …
Cisco simplifies networking and security operations with an expanded SASE offer
Cisco expanded Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offer. This is the next important step in Cisco’s journey to radically simplify security and networking by helping network …
Nearly 40% of new ransomware families use both data encryption and data theft in attacks
Data-stealing ransomware attacks, information harvesting malware, and supply chain attacks are among the critical threats to organizations, according to F-Secure. One of the …