Apr 28, 2024NewsroomCredential Stuffing / Data Breach Identity and access management (IAM) services provider Okta has warned of a spike in the “frequency and scale” of credential stuffing attacks aimed at online services. These unprecedented attacks, observed over the last month, are said to be facilitated by “the broad availability of residential proxy services, lists […]
Veeam Software announced the acquisition of Coveware, a provider in cyber-extortion incident response. It brings ransomware recovery and first responder capabilities to further strengthen Veeam’s radical resilience solutions for customers. Coveware by Veeam will continue to operate as it does today, providing incident response services to victims of cyber extortion attacks as well as working […]
Cloud security provider Wiz found two critical architecture flaws in generative AI models uploaded to Hugging Face, the leading hub for sharing AI models and applications. In a blog post published on April 4, Wiz Research described the two flaws and the risk they could pose to AI-as-a-service providers. These are: Shared Inference infrastructure takeover […]
Chilean data center and hosting provider IxMetro Powerhost has suffered a cyberattack at the hands of a new ransomware gang known as SEXi, which encrypted the company’s VMware ESXi servers and backups.
Provider groups, such as the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, are urging the government to provide further financial assistance, particularly for smaller practices, in response to the cyberattack’s impact.
NinjaOne, an Austin, TX-based provider of an IT platform for endpoint management, security, and visibility, raised $231.5M in Series C funding. The round was led by ICONIQ Growth. Frank Slootman, Chairman and CEO of Snowflake, and Amit Agarwal, President of Datadog, among others, also participated. This minority investment valued the company at $1.9 Billion. With […]
In 2023, HackerOne’s bug bounty data, acquired by Surfshark, a VPN service provider, reveals the crucial role of ethical hackers in safeguarding top government organizations like the US Department of Defense and private companies such as LinkedIn. A study by Surfshark, a VPN service provider, has revealed that ethical hackers, or white hat hackers, played a vital […]
Dynatrace announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Runecast, a provider of AI-powered security and compliance solutions. Adding Runecast to the Dynatrace platform will extend Dynatrace contextual security protection and analytics with Runecast security posture management. This will enable customers to address the risks of misconfigurations and compliance violations in hybrid and multicloud ecosystems […]
Finnish IT services and cloud hosting provider Tietoevry was hit by a ransomware attack, affecting a data center in Sweden and causing outages for multiple customers, including Filmstaden, Rusta, Moelven, and Grangnården.