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Microsoft warns SysAid vulnerability is being used to deploy Clop ransomware
Companies using system management software from information technology service management company SysAid Technologies Ltd. are being warned of a vulnerability actively being exploited to deploy Clop ransomware. The warning came from Microsoft Corp.’s Threat Intelligence team, which wrote on X that it had discovered the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in SysAid’s IT support software ...
Ransomware attack on China’s largest bank disrupts US Treasury markets
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., China’s largest bank, has been struck by a ransomware attack that disrupted U.S. Treasury markets. First reported by the Financial Times, the news that ICBC had been targeted in a ransomware attack came from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association on Wednesday. The attack prevented ICBC ...
Collaborative defense: Snyk and SentinelOne integrate platforms to bolster cybersecurity
Cybersecurity companies Snyk Ltd. and SentinelOne Inc. today announced a new partnership that will see the integration of SentinelOne’s cloud workload protection platform, Singularity Cloud Workload Security, with the Snyk Developer Security Platform. The integration between the two services will correlate cloud runtime threat detections identified by SentinelOne with vulnerabilities found by Snyk in container images. In ...
Ivanti teams up with Securin to strengthen vulnerability intelligence offerings
Information technology security software company Ivanti Inc. today announced a new partnership with cybersecurity firm Securin Inc. to enhance its Ivanti Neurons for Vulnerability Knowledge Base with advanced vulnerability threat intelligence. The partnership will see Ivanti’s knowledge base incorporate data from Securin’s Vulnerability Intelligence product. Data provided by Securin includes MITRE, the National Vulnerability Database, CVE ...
ConnectWise launches robotic process automation, unified management and AI security solutions
Remote information technology management solutions firm ConnectWise LLC today made a series of announcements at its IT Nation Connect event aimed at reimagining how technology service providers operate, including new tools and platforms that are intended to enhance efficiency, security and management capabilities within the IT sector. Leading the list is the introduction of ConnectWise’s Robotic Process ...
Threat-informed defense startup Tidal Cyber raises $5M for platform growth
Tidal Cyber announced today that it has raised $5 million in new funding to accelerate the growth of its platform, which enables security operations teams to focus on critical threats and take action to improve their cybersecurity posture. Founded as Tidal Security Inc. in 2022 by a team of threat intelligence veterans with experience at MITRE, the ...
Patch now: Unauthenticated attackers target severe Atlassian Confluence vulnerability
A recently disclosed vulnerability in Atlassian Corp.’s Confluence Data Center and Server is being actively targeted in the wild and has been upgraded to a 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, the most severe rating possible. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-22518, is an improper authorization vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset Confluence ...
Orca Security teams with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI for automated code generation
Cloud cybersecurity startup Orca Security Ltd. today announced a new integration with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform for automated code generation and enhanced risk remediation to improve security outcomes. The integration is part of an expanded partnership between Orca and Google LLC to provide organizations with an intelligent security assistant to rapidly generate remediation code for identified risks. ...
Palo Alto Networks unveils new zero-trust management solution, security features and next-gen firewalls
Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced a flurry of new features, including an artificial intelligence-powered zero-trust management solution, several advanced security capabilities and next-generation firewalls, to address the use cases of modern enterprises. Leading the list is the launch of “Strata Cloud Manager,” designed to address the issue of inadequate predictive and actionable insights and a ...
Rivian shares rise as company ends electric van exclusivity agreement with Amazon
Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. rose more than 3% in late trading today after the electric car maker reported mixed earnings and revenue results in its third quarter and announced that it was ending its electric van exclusivity agreement with Amazon.com Inc. Rivian reported an adjusted loss of $1.19 per share on revenue of $1.337 billion. Analysts ...









