Application programming interface connectivity platform company Kong Inc. today announced the commercial availability of Kong Konnect Dedicated Cloud Gateway on Amazon Web Services. The new service offers a streamlined approach to deploying global API management solutions with features such as zero-downtime upgrades, one-click deployment and scalable infrastructure, the company says. Available exclusively via Kong Konnect, ...

Cybersecurity software provider Tanium Inc. today announced the launch of a new endpoint management solution that offers automated insights and remediation. Called Tanium Automate, the new service combines real-time endpoint visibility and data with the ability to contextualize that data and turn it into real-time action. Claimed to be the first “autonomous endpoint management-enabled platform,” the service ...

A new report from content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today details a disturbing rise in distributed denial-of-service attacks in the first quarter, including a surge of attacks against Sweden. The Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report for 2024 Q1, based on traffic and attacks observed through Cloudflare’s network, found that DDoS attacks overall jumped 50% year-over-year from a year ...

A new report released today by Thales SA had found that bot traffic now makes up nearly half of all internet traffic globally and that bad bots account for a significant number of those bots. The details come from the 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report, an analysis of automated bot traffic across the internet in ...

A new report released today by social threat intelligence company Cyabra Strategy Ltd. is warning of attempts to manipulate the stock price of Intel Corp. on X, the service previously known as Twitter. The “Intel Stock Manipulation” report details how Cyabra researchers found that 22% of all conversations on X regarding Intel stock — based ...

Israeli enterprise application programming security startup Noname Security is reported to be in advanced talks to be acquired by Akamai Technologies Inc. for $500 million, a figure that’s half of the company’s valuation as of its last venture capital round. The report comes from TechCrunch, citing a person familiar with the deal. Though there has been no ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency today issued an emergency directive mandating that all federal agencies take steps to guard against attacks from a Russian hacking group using compromised Microsoft Corp. accounts. The emergency directive came after CISA revealed earlier today that it was investigating a data breach at business intelligence company Sisence Ltd. CISA ...

Passwordless authentication company Descope Inc. today announced new capabilities that are designed to help customers offer secure, frictionless onboarding and self-service experiences to their users. The new features include embeddable user management widgets, plug-and-play connectors with HubSpot Inc. and Segment.io Inc. and the ability to easily A/B test user journey flows and measure results. Descope argues that, be ...

Data management provider Cohesity Inc. today announced an extension of its relationship with International Business Machines Corp., including new funding, with an aim to accelerate the development of essential cyber resilience capabilities across hybrid cloud environments. As part of the expanded relationship, Cohesity announced that it has completed its Series F round of venture capital, with IBM ...

Electronic signature company Docusign Inc. today announced an expansion of its strategy with a new software-as-a-service category, called Intelligent Agreement Management, and the launch of Docusign IAM, an intelligent agreement management platform and a suite of applications. Docusign IAM has been designed to help businesses transform agreement data into insights and actions, accelerate contract review ...