Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) , Data Loss Prevention (DLP) , Endpoint Security Data Security Posture Management Deal Will Help CrowdStrike Guard Endpoints, Clouds Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • March 5, 2024 CrowdStrike plans to purchase a data security posture management startup led by an Israeli Defense Forces team leader to safeguard information across […]
Organizations constantly work to ensure optimal threat detection and prevention across their systems. One question gets asked repeatedly: “Can we detect the threats we’re supposed to be able to detect?” Red team assessment, penetration testing, and even purple team assessments (in their current form) are all designed to answer these questions. Unfortunately, as attacks get […]
Nov 17, 2023NewsroomFraud Prevention / Mobile Security The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is adopting new rules that aim to protect consumers from cell phone account scams that make it possible for malicious actors to orchestrate SIM-swapping attacks and port-out fraud. “The rules will help protect consumers from scammers who target data and personal information […]
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) , Email Security & Protection , Email Threat Protection Acquiring Tessian Will Help Proofpoint Thwart Misdirected Emails, Misattached Files Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • October 30, 2023 Proofpoint has agreed to purchase a cloud email security provider founded by HSBC, RBS, Santander and UBS alumni to apply artificial intelligence to […]
Darwinium, a San Francisco startup in the fraud prevention space, has nabbed $18 million in new capital to build technology to help businesses deal with the deluge of bots, scams and online abuse. The company, which has roots in Australia, said the $18 million Series A round was led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP). Darwinium’s […]
Fraud prevention provider Fingerprint on Tuesday announced that it has raised $33 million in a Series C funding round that brings the total raised by the company to $77 million. The new investment round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with additional funding from Uncorrelated Ventures. Founded in 2010, the Chicago-based company launched its device […]
Firewall and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack prevention mechanisms in Cloudflare can be circumvented by exploiting gaps in cross-tenant security controls, defeating the very purpose of these safeguards, it has emerged. “Attackers can utilize their own Cloudflare accounts to abuse the per-design trust-relationship between Cloudflare and the customers’ websites, rendering the protection mechanism ineffective,” Certitude researcher […]
The effectiveness of Cloudflare’s Firewall and DDoS prevention has been proven to be compromised by an attack technique that takes the use of logical vulnerabilities in cross-tenant security policies. This finding has sparked worries about possible vulnerabilities that could damage the security company’s clients. How Does the Cloudflare Attack Work? The attack only requires the creation […]
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) , Data Loss Prevention (DLP) , Endpoint Security Equity Investment Will Allow Cato Networks to Tightly Integrate CASB, DLP With SASE Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • September 22, 2023 Shlomo Kremer, co-founder and CEO, Cato Networks (Image: Cato Networks) A late-stage SASE startup led by a serial entrepreneur hauled […]
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