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Industrial control system cybersecurity startup Dragos Inc. today announced that it has raised an additional $74 million in funding to bolster its ability to make ICS and operational-technology cybersecurity more accessible worldwide. Founded in 2016, Dragos offers an industrial threat detection and response platform …
Automated evaluation and security platform startup Patronus AI launches with $3M in funding
Automated evaluation and security platform Patronus AI Inc. today launched out of stealth mode and announced that it has raised $3 million in seed funding. Founded by machine learning experts Anand Kannappan and Rebecca Qian, both former Meta Platforms Inc. employees, Patronus …
Officer details stolen in attack on UK police ID card supplier
Details of police officers have been stolen following a ransomware attack on a third-party supplier that makes ID cards for a police force in the U.K. The attack involved a ransomware attack on Stockport that resulted in the theft of personal details …
Granica unveils AI-powered Chronicle service for cloud data access insights
Artificial intelligence efficiency platform startup Granica Computing Inc. today announced Chronicle, a new generative artificial intelligence-powered software-as-a-service solution that provides visibility and analytics into how data is accessed in cloud object stores. Granica, which launched with $45 million in funding in June, offers a platform …
NeuroBlade and Meta’s Velox team up to boost data analytics acceleration
Data analytics acceleration startup NeuroBlade Ltd. today announced that it has teamed up with Meta Platforms Inc.’s Velox community to open source hardware acceleration to the Velox execution engine by integrating NeuroBlade’s SQL Processing Unit. The open-source hardware integration to the Velox execution engine …
Remote Desktop Protocol exposures leave 85% of organizations vulnerable to attack
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 …
New ‘3AM’ ransomware strain used in place of failed LockBit attack
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 …
ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group linked to attack on MGM Resorts
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 …
JetBrains now offers a dedicated integrated development environment for Rust
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 …
AWS and Mission Cloud announce multiyear strategic collaboration agreement
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 …