A former Amazon Web Services Inc. employee has been sentenced to time served and five years probation for stealing more than 100 million records belonging to Capital One Financial Corp. in 2019. Paige A. Thompson, who worked for AWS as an engineer until 2016, was found guilty in June of seven charges relating to the hack, including ...

Former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan has been found guilty in a trial on charges that he covered up a security breach at Uber in 2016 that saw the theft of data relating to some 57 million Uber passengers and drivers. Sullivan (pictured) was charged in 2020 with obstruction of justice and “misprision” ...

Researchers at mobile security company Zimperium Inc.’s zLabs today detailed a newly discovered form of Android spyware that is being used to target enterprise devices in the Middle East. Dubbed “RatMilad,” the original variant of the spyware was found hidden behind a virtual private networking and phone number spoofing app called Text Me. After identifying the ...

Wide-area network company Aryaka Networks Inc. today announced the inclusion of Secure Web Gateway and Firewall-as-a-Service to its Zero Trust WAN offering to enable enterprises to enforce security policies across offices and remote users more easily. The additions offer a unified control panel for managing application performance and stability to assist chief information officers in modernizing their ...

Italian vehicle manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A. had denied claims it was a victim of hacking or ransomware after a well-known ransomware group claimed to have stolen data from the company. RansomEXX claimed on its dark web site earlier this week that it had targeted Ferrari and stolen almost 7 gigabytes of data. The group then released ...

The European Parliament today overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new law that will compel manufacturers, including Apple Inc., to equip all portable electronics devices sold across the European Union with a USB-C charging port. The rule, which passed the European Parliament by a vote of 602-13 with eight abstentions, does not apply only to ...

Firmware and hardware security startup Eclypsium Inc. today announced it has raised $25 million in new funding to expand its product capabilities and continue its supply chain security research. Ten Eleven Ventures led the Series B round, with KDDI Open Innovation Fund, J-Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Madrona Venture Group, Alumni Ventures, AV8 Ventures, Intel Capital, Mindset ...

Fleet management software company Motive Technologies Inc. has expanded its offering in the food and beverage market with the launch today of a new artificial intelligence-driven Reefer Monitoring solution for refrigerated vehicles and trailers. Reefer monitoring — reefer refers to refrigerated containers — helps prevent unsafe temperature fluctuations for shipments of perishable goods, reducing the number ...

Network security company Tenable Holdings Inc. today announced the release of Tenable One, a new platform that unifies asset visibility and associated vulnerabilities across the modern attack surface for preventive security. Tenable One is being pitched as a revolutionary exposure management platform that delivers context-driven risk analytics so security teams can move from reactive firefighting to prevention. Using the ...

Software application maintenance and modernization company EvolveWare Inc. has today announced a new Agile solution for its Intellisys platform. EvolveWare Agile Business Rules Extraction uses intelligent automation to allow organizations to update business policies and modernize applications concurrently without having to freeze code during the process. The service allows enterprises and government agencies to make changes to ...