Splunk Inc. today announced its intention to acquire cloud-native security startup TruSTAR Technology Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2014, TruSTAR offers an application programming interface-first cloud-native intelligence management platform that transforms intelligence from third-party providers and historical events for integration and accelerated automation across core detection, orchestration and response tools. Through the use of ...

Managed security startup Arctic Wolf Networks Inc. today announced the launch of its Managed Security Awareness service designed to help organizations build cyber resilience against social engineering, phishing attacks and credential theft. Positioned to help customers looking to improve their security posture and minimize cybersecurity risk, the product combines fully managed security awareness training, phishing simulation and account ...

McAfee Corp. today announced a significant expansion of its MVISION Extended Detection and Response solution by correlating the extensive telemetry of McAfee’s endpoint security solution, Secure Access Service Edge solution and threat intelligence solution powered by MVISION Insights. The new integrations are designed to protect organizations against the most advanced threats while simplifying security operations ...

Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 Inc. has been the victim of a software supply chain breach after using software from auditing company Codecov LLC. The breach involved the compromise of customer data and partial source code that was obtained by an attacker who accessed the Codecov Bash uploader script. Codecov is an online platform that provides hosted ...

Digital manufacturing startup Bright Machines Inc. is the latest venture capital-funded startup set to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company. Bright Machines will merge with SCVX Corp. in a deal that values the company at $1.1 billion and a post-transaction equity value of $1.6 billion. The transaction is expected to provide Bright Machines with ...

French multinational insurance firm AXA S.A. has been struck by a ransomware attack after the company announced May 9 that it would stop paying for ransomware crime payments. Reuters reported the company said today that one of its Asia Assistance divisions had been targeted and that information technology services were affected in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong ...

Reports that Twitter Inc. is considering some sort of paid subscription service date back as far as 2017 and more recently to July, but according to a new report over the weekend, a paid version of Twitter may be be coming later this year. According to researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter is planning a $2.99-a-month subscription ...

Tether, the wholly owned division of iFinex Inc. that offers the USDT stablecoin, has published its reserve holdings for the first time and it holds only 3.87% in cash to back its cryptocurrency. The Block reported today that Tether held 76% of its reserves in cash and cash equivalents and other short-term deposits and commercial paper ...

The Colonial Pipeline Co. ransomware story has taken a new twist, as the company reportedly paid the ransom following a ransomware attack last Friday. Despite claiming that it would be more careful in the future and not target companies in ways that cause “problems for society,” the DarkSide ransomware group came out the winner of an ...

DevOps application security startup ArmorCode Inc. today launched out of stealth mode, announcing $3 million in seed funding to help it realize a goal of democratizing application security. The financing was led by Sierra Ventures and included Tau Ventures, Z5 Capital, Andreas Kuehlmann, who’s chief executive officer of Tortuga Logic Inc. and a former security executive at ...