Healthcare data security and compliance company ClearDATA Inc. announced today that its healthcare-native cloud security posture management CyberHealth Platform will soon be available as a software-as-a-service offering and that it’s expanding its services and support options for all customers.  The ClearDATA CyberHealth Platform is designed to ensure security, compliance and privacy in the healthcare sector. The platform ...

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. today announced two new campus switches designed to support the growing connectivity and security needs of campuses. The new FortiSwitch 600 and 2000 offer high performance, embedded intelligence and seamless integration with Fortinet’s AIOps management tool and FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services. The switches have been made to meet the needs of a “modern campus” ...

Networking giant Juniper Networks Inc. is laying off about 440 employees globally at a cost of $59 million. The disclosure was made in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and was signed off on by the company on Sept. 29 but was foreshadowed alongside Juniper’s quarterly earnings reports on July 29. Along ...

A hacker on the infamous hacking site BreachForums is advertising DNA profiles stolen in a credential-stuffing attack on genetic testing company 23andMe Holding Co. for sale. The listing, by a user named “Golem,” offers “DNA profiles of millions, ranging from the world’s top business magnates to dynasties often whispered about in conspiracy theories,” suggesting Ashkenazi ...

Reusable rocket startup Stoke Space Technologes Inc. today announced that it has raised $100 million in new funding to finance the development of its first-stage rocket engine, the orbital version of its reusable second-stage rocket engine, and pay for new construction at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Founded in 2019 by former SpaceX Inc. ...

A little over a month since a multinational task force headed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Dutch police claimed to have taken down prolific malware and botnet operator Qakbot, the threat actors behind Qakbot are back, but in a surprising twist, it appears they never went away to begin with. The return of ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of a new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac that promises faster speeds and lower memory usage. The new app was announced in March and based on user feedback, is not an updated version of the previous apps but was rebuilt from the ground up. The goal ...

Automated machine identity company AppViewX Inc. today launched a new comprehensive automated certificate lifecycle management solution for Kubernetes environments that prevents outages and reduces security vulnerabilities. Called AppViewX KUBE+, the new solution provides complete certificate visibility, end-to-end automation and policy control that is said to simplify certificate lifecycle management to secure containerized workloads at scale while supporting ...

A newly discovered high-severity Linux vulnerability that has been present on many Linux distributions for at least two years could allow threat actors to run malicious code with elevated privileges. Discovered by researchers at the Qualys Threat Research Unit, the vulnerability has been dubbed “Looney Tunables” in reference to the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable involved in ...

BlackBerry Ltd. announced today that it plans to split its business into two — one company for its cybersecurity business and another for its internet of things business, which it aims to take public in an initial public offering next year. The decision to split its existing business came after a review of its portfolio ...