Thousands of databases hosted on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s Relational Database Service have been found to be leaking personally identifiable information, providing a potential treasure trove for threat actors. Discovered and detailed today by researchers at Mitiga Security Inc., the exposure comes through a snapshot feature in Amazon RDS that is used to back up the ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency today disclosed that an Iranian government-sponsored advanced persistent threat group hacked the Federal Civilian Executive Branch. The breach, which dates back to February, was first detected in mid-June, and CISA conducted an incident response engagement with the FCEB through mid-July. The Iranian hackers gained access to the network through ...

Web 2.0-era personal productivity app maker Evernote Corp., said today it has entered an agreement to be acquired by Italian technology company Bending Spoons S.p.A. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2000, the year of the dot-com crash, Evernote builds apps and products that are claimed to define the way individuals and teams work together ...

Researchers at INKY Technology Corp. today detailed a new image-based phishing scam that uses brand impersonation to encourage a victim to contact those behind the scam by phone rather than click on a link or download a file. INKY researchers have observed bad actors adopting a technique called image-based phishing in phone scams. The technique ...

Cloud service management company BetterCloud Inc. has found that organizations are using more software-as-a-service apps than ever, but there are changes afoot in the industry amid consolidation and concerns with app security. The findings were one of several in BetterCloud’s 10th annual State of SaaSOps report based on a survey of 742 IT and security professionals. ...

DevSecOps automation platform startup BoostSecurity.io Inc. today launched out of stealth mode with $12 million in new funding to accelerate the platform’s go-to-market and engineering initiatives. Sorenson Capital led the seed round, with Hoxton Ventures, Golden Ventures, Firebolt Ventures and Transform VC also participating. Founded in 2020, BoostSecurity aims to solve problems plaguing organizations that are trying to ...

Application security operations startup ArmorCode Inc. today announced that it has secured $14 million in new funding. The Series A round was led by Ballistic Ventures, which also included Sierra Ventures, Cervin Ventures and several individual investors. The new funding brings Armorcode total venture capital raised to $25 million, including an $8 million round in January. Founded in 2020, ArmorCode aims ...

Apple Inc. today launched its iPhone 14 satellite-based Emergency SOS feature in the U.S. and Canada and also announced that it will be available in some European countries come December. The feature, formally announced in September, uses a satellite connection when users are out of WiFi or cellular range. An app assists users in connecting to ...

Data infrastructure and analytics startup MotherDuck Corp. revealed today that it has raised $35 million in new funding at a $175 million valuation to hire more people and further its close collaboration with DuckDB. A16z led the Series A round, with Madrona, Amplify Partners and Altimeter also participating. Including the new funding, MotherDuck has raised $47.5 million to ...

Collaborative notebook startup Fiberplane BV today announced the public beta test of its real-time collaboration tool for site reliability engineers. Fiberplane argues that enterprise infrastructure over the last decade has become incredibly complex to manage, leaving developers and DevOps teams to mitigate bugs with tools that were slapped together or designed for a different time. ...