Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced new and enhanced cybersecurity products that it says will revolutionize the way data, analytics and automation are deployed by security organizations. The first on the list are enhancements to Cortex XSIAM, an AI-driven extended security intelligence and automation management platform that turns widespread infrastructure telemetry into an intelligent data ...

Uber Technologies Inc. has suffered yet another data breach, with a hacker sharing the stolen data on BreachForums, the successor forum for the now-shuttered RaidForums. The unimaginative hacker goes by the name of “UberLeak.” A post on BreachForums reads, “Hacked by autistic fisherman Arion and scammed all LAPSUS$ members.” Lapsus$ is an infamous hacking group, ...

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today announced that the Cloudflare One suite of zero-trust security tools is available at no cost to at-risk public interest groups, nonprofits, election-related sites and political campaign sites. Groups that qualify for the offer include public interest groups that are part of Cloudflare’s Project Galileo and local and state election sites ...

A newly discovered service on the dark web has been found to allow cybercriminals to easily add malware to legitimate apps. Detailed today by researchers at ThreatFabric B.V., “Zombinder” was discovered while researching several cases of threat actors using a form of Android banking malware known as Ermac. As the researchers dug further, they uncovered a ...

Professional employer organization Sequoia Benefits and Insurance Services LLC has suffered a data breach, with sensitive and personal data related to its customers potentially stolen. First reported today by Wired, the company is said to have notified customers and individuals affected by the breach, which took place between Sept. 22 and Oct. 6. Data that may ...

Fresh from voting in favor of compelling manufacturers to use USB-C charging in electronic devices in October, the European Union has set Dec. 27, 2024, as the deadline for companies such as Apple Inc. to comply. Proposals to force a common standard for charging date back nearly a decade, but the most recent proposal emerged ...

Google LLC today released a report that explores the challenges in defending the software supply chain on the second anniversary of the now infamous hack of SolarWinds Worldwide LLC. Since SolarWinds, governments and industry have made important strides in addressing issues, but the report finds that there has been a sharp increase in software supply ...

Secure data analytics startup Opaque Systems Inc. today launched a new platform that includes what it says are the latest advancements in confidential artificial intelligence and analytics. The Opaque platform has been built to unlock use cases in confidential computing to enable data scientists to secure and perform collaborative analytics directly on this encrypted data. The platform ...

Passwordless multifactor authentication startup Beyond Identity Inc.  today introduced new integration offerings with cloud cybersecurity company Zscaler Inc. to strengthen zero-trust architecture and reduce attack surfaces. The integration provides enterprises with continuous identity and device inspection and verification, enabling the real-time exchange of risk signals. The risk signals are incorporated before initial user authentication and monitored continuously, ...

Microsoft Corp. wants a slice of a market currently dominated by Facebook and Discord Inc., announcing today a new Microsoft Teams feature focused on supporting community groups. Named communities in Microsoft Teams, the service is pitched at groups such as recreational sports teams, event planning committees, parent-teacher associations and even small businesses that want to ...