Cybersecurity company Lookout Inc. today announced enhancements to its cloud security platform that are designed to assist organizations better discover, assess and protect their data as it moves across any network. The Lookout Cloud Security Platform, the company’s security service edge offering, monitors the risk posture of users and devices to provide granular zero-trust access based on ...

Security operations platform startup Adlumin Inc. announced today that it has raised $70 million in new funding to accelerate growth and meet demand from small and midmarket organizations that need enterprise-grade defense. Founded in 2016, Adlumin offers an enterprise-grade security operations platform and managed detection and response services that are designed to keep midmarket organizations secure. The ...

Shares in F5 Inc. fell slightly in late trading today after the application security firm reported beats in both earnings and revenue in its latest quarter but fell short on its outlook. For its fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30, F5 reported adjusted net income of $209 million, or $3.50 per share, up from $158 million or $2.62 ...

Cloud security company Lacework Inc. today announced a series of updates that expand its platform’s enterprise-grade capabilities to help customers do more in the cloud securely. Leading the list is an expansion of Lacework’s extending platform to support new cloud providers to give customers more choices as they secure their multicloud environments. Expanded enterprise multicloud support extends ...

A new report released today by application programming interface security startup Salt Security Inc. warns of significant vulnerabilities in several major online platforms’ social sign-in and Open Authentication mechanisms. If exploited, the vulnerabilities could have led to massive data breaches, including credential leaks and full account takeovers. The findings were released by Salt Labs to emphasize the ...

A new study released today by IBM X-Force reveals a sizable increase in artificial intelligence-assisted cyberattacks and their ability versus humans, emphasizing an urgent need for organizations to adapt and bolster cybersecurity measures. The study revolves around a core experiment that pitted AI against experienced human social engineers to craft phishing emails. Using OpenAI LP’s ChatGPT, ...

Threat protection-focused startup Deep Instinct Ltd. today announced Prevention for Storage, a new offering that applies a prevention-first approach to storage protection wherever data is stored. Deep Instinct Prevention for Storage has been designed to tackle the issue wherein digital transformation is resulting in applications and services, employees and customers generating more data than ever before. The company ...

Digital identity management and verification startup Jumio Corp. today unveiled a new fraud-fighting technology that uses artificial intelligence-driven predictive analytics to identify fraud patterns with more sophistication and accuracy. Called Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics, the new service has been designed to tackle the issue of interconnected fraud — that is, fraud perpetrated by fraud rings or by individuals using the ...

Shares in Okta Inc. dropped Friday after the identity and access management company disclosed yet another data breach. The breach is officially described by Okta as involving “adversarial activity that leveraged access to a stolen credential to access Okta’s support case management system.” Using the stolen credentials, the threat actor was able to view files uploaded by ...

Japanese electronic company Casio Computer Co. Ltd. has suffered a data breach, and the company warned that data from customers in Japan and internationally has been stolen. According to Casio’s breach notice Wednesday, which also included an apology, the data breach involved an external party gaining unauthorized access to the server for the company’s education ...