Cybersecurity software firm Malwarebytes Inc. today launched a new managed detection and response product that combines endpoint detection and response with human-delivered security expertise to provide nonstop threat hunting, monitoring and response. Malwarebytes MDR is designed to assist organizations that lack the time and expertise to monitor and validate security alerts amid a shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals. ...

Big-data company Cloudera Inc. has today announced new hybrid data capabilities designed to allow organizations to move data, metadata, data workloads and data applications efficiently across cloud and on-premises data services. Leading the list are new portable data services that the company says will enable simple, low-risk data workload and application movement for data lakehouses, a ...

Google LLC today announced that it’s launching passkey support for developers on Android and Chrome as part of a push for the widespread adoption of passkeys. Passkeys are an industry standard designed to remove passwords for online authentication. Google, along with Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp., announced their plans to support passkeys in May, with ...

Toyota Motor Co. has warned that nearly 300,000 customers may have had their data stolen in the third data breach related to the company this year. The potential data breach was uncovered after it was found that an access key to Toyota T-Connect, the official Toyota connectivity app, was left publicly available on GitHub for ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating Yuga Labs Inc., the creator of leading nonfungible tokens such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club, over whether the company’s sale of digital assets violates securities laws. Bloomberg, referencing a person familiar with the matter, claims that the SEC is examining whether certain NFTs from Yuga Labs are ...

Cybersecurity management platform startup Skybox Security Inc. today announced a new release of its Security Posture Management Platform which offers to propel its customers to the next era of proactive cybersecurity. The release, which is claimed to include the industry’s first software-as-a-service solution for security policy and vulnerability management, includes major innovations. The company says they advance the ...

“Internet of things” cloud platform provider Samsara Inc. today launched a new solution designed to address driver training and build safe habits while on the road. Samsara’s new Proactive Driver Coaching is an evolution of the company’s existing in-cab coaching capability. The service combines artificial intelligence and coaching technology to take a preventive approach to ...

Fresh from targeting state websites, Russian government-linked hacking group Killnet has gone after U.S. airport websites, knocking several offline in a new distributed denial-of-service attack. Airports targeted by Killnet that have experienced outages or difficulties include Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway International Airports, which share the same website, as well as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Los ...

Fortinet Inc. today issued emergency patches for a number of its products after a severe vulnerability was discovered and exposed last week. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2022-40684, is described by Fortinet as an authentication bypass. The bypass uses an alternate path or channel vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager that may allow an unauthenticated attacker to ...

So much for good intentions: A new feature in Apple Inc.’s iPhone 14 calls 911 when users are on rollercoaster rides. Apple debuted a feature called Crash Detection in iPhone 14 models in September, a feature that uses a dual-core accelerometer and a high dynamic-range gyroscope to detect a severe car crash and automatically call emergency ...