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2K, a game developer owned by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., has been hacked days after Rockstar Games Inc., another division of Take-Two, was also hacked, and footage from the upcoming “Grand Theft Auto 6” game was leaked online. The hack of 2K, …
Commvault Metallic ThreatWise aims at detecting unknown threats
Data protection and management software company Commvault System Inc. today announced the general availability of Metallic ThreatWise, a data security service that offers threat detection technology that surfaces unknown “zero-day” threats. Metallic ThreatWise is pitched as further redefining data security with early warnings that …
Cowbell Adaptive Cyber Insurance offers dynamic risk protection
Cybersecurity insurance provider Cowbell Cyber Inc. today announced the launch of its new Adaptive Cyber Insurance product and a new subsidiary, Cowbell Specialty Insurance Co. Adaptive Cyber Insurance is pitched as offering a dynamic approach to insuring constantly changing risk. Cowbell argues that the dynamic nature …
Nasdaq digital assets group to launch cryptocurrency custody service
Nasdaq Inc. is expanding its interest in cryptocurrency with a new group dedicated to digital assets that will initially launch a cryptocurrency custody service. Despite some reports referencing only unnamed sources, Tal Cohen, Nasdaq’s executive vice president and head of Northern American markets, …
American Airlines data breach exposes employee and customer data
American Airlines Group Inc. has suffered a data breach in which personal details of customers and employees were potentially stolen. Disclosed by AA in a letter to victims on Sept. 16, the breach is described as involving an authorized actor compromising the …
Delivering 2,000 teraflops, Nvidia Drive Thor unifies intelligent auto functions
Nvidia Corp. today announced Nvidia Drive Thor, a next-generation automotive-grade system-on-a-chip for safe and secure autonomous vehicles, at its virtual GTC 2022 conference. Built on the latest central processing unit and graphics processing unit advances, Drive Thor archives up to 2,000 teraflops of performance …
Solar power project management startup ENACT raises $11.5M
Cloud-based solar power project management startup Enact Systems Inc. today raised $11.5 million in new funding to accelerate its plan to support the global climate transition and boost the adoption of renewable generation globally. Energy Growth Momentum led the Series A round with NB Ventures, …
Half of organizations worry about quantum ‘harvest now, decrypt later’ attacks
The rise of quantum computing is well-documented, and with experts predicting that true quantum computing — not existing so-called quantum computing solutions — is only years away, businesses are starting to become concerned about the security implications. One of the core concerns …
CrowdStrike extends XDR to Falcon Insight, adds new third-party telemetry
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. announced today that its Falcon Insight product is now Falcon Insight XDR and that it has added additional third-party telemetry from partners and third-party providers to enhance its extended detection and response capabilities. The new Falcon Insight XDR name reflects …
Virtual machine support in Google Anthos allows VMs to run alongside containers
Google LLC today announced that virtual machine support in Anthos is now generally available, allowing customers to run VMs alongside containers on a single, unified, Google Cloud-connected platform. The addition of VM support in Anthos allows developers and operations teams to run …