A new report from Palo Alto Network Inc.’s Unit 42 finds that 85% of organizations have Remote Desktop Protocol internet accessible for at least 25% of the month, leaving them open to ransomware attacks or unauthorized login attempts. Released today, the 2023 Unit 42 Attack Surface Threat Report digs into the dynamic nature of cloud environments and ...

A new ransomware strain dubbed “3AM” has been detected in a single incident being used where an attempt to infect a victim with LockBit ransomware had been blocked. Detailed today by researchers from the Symantec Threat Hunting team, 3AM is written in the Rust programming language and is believed to be a completely new malware family. ...

A range of services at MGM Resorts International Inc. remained offline today following a ransomware attack that is now being linked to the ALPHV/BlackCat hacking group. The ransomware attack was first detected on Sunday and affected websites, online reservations, ATMs and credit card machines at MGM Resort locations across the U.S. There were also reports that ...

Professional software development tools company JetBrains s.r.o today announced the launch of RustRover, an integrated development environment or IDE dedicated to the Rust programming language. Rust, which emphasizes performance, type safety and concurrency, has seen extensive adoption and increasing popularity in recent years because it offers advantages for software engineers, business leaders and governments. JetBrains ...

Misson Cloud Service Inc., a managed services firm that works with Amazon Web Services Inc., today announced that it has entered into a multiyear strategic collaboration agreement with AWS. Founded in 2017, Mission Cloud offers AWS managed services and consulting, pitching itself as a “holistic partner” for businesses looking to migrate, manage, modernize and optimize their ...

Software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. today introduced machine learning model management capabilities designed to streamline the management and security of machine learning models. Currently in beta test mode, the new support adds additional capabilities to the JFrog Platform to bring machine learning model delivery in line with an organization’s existing DevOps practices and to accelerate and ...

Cybersecurity startup Deduce Inc. today announced that it has raised $9 million in new funding to launch its generative AI identity fraud solution and help it scale up to prevent identity fraud across multiple industries. Founded in 2019, Deduce offers a platform designed to protect businesses and their customers from unauthorized account access, data leakage and ...

Security rating firm SecurityScorecard Inc. today announced a new partnership with artificial intelligence-powered cyber insurance provider Measured Insurance LLC to deliver cyber insurance discounts for security ratings. The partnership comes at a time when the cyber insurance landscape is in flux, with a surge in premiums and a reduction in coverage reflecting the escalating financial repercussions of ...

Remote development platform company Coder Technologies Inc. today announced the general availability of Coder 2.0, an open-source, cloud-native platform that allows developers to write, run and test their code on any device using a cloud development environment. Coder 2.0 includes the addition of new Dev Container support, a template registry and integration with JFrog Ltd.’s ...

Software development startup Caliza Financial Technologies Inc. today announced that it has raised $5.3 million in new funding and has launched in Brazil. Founded in 2021 by Ezra Kebrab, the former head of Visa Inc.’s fintech accelerator program, Caliza’s platform allows banks and fintech companies to embed its application programming interface infrastructure to offer their customers ...