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Barracuda releases new DevOps features for its cloud firewall products
Cloud security and data solutions firm Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced new cloud features for its main firewall products. The new public cloud functions, which will be available in both the Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Barracuda NextGen Firewall, provide automated security controls that aim to deliver customers an easy migration path for moving their data securely to ...
With new API service, Twitter tries to woo developers back – and make a little coin
Twitter Inc. is attempting to appeal to developers again with a new “premium” application programming interface that gives outside companies access to additional Twitter data at a lower cost point. The new service, “Twitter premium APIs,” is being pitched as bringing “reliability and stability of our enterprise APIs to our broader developer ecosystem for the first time,” according ...
In another enterprise tech IPO, SendGrid sees shares rise 13%
Cloud communications platform provider SendGrid Inc., best known for its email distribution services, saw its shares rise in early trading by 16 percent from their initial offering price as the company sold shares publicly for the first time today. The stock ended the day at an even $18 a share, up almost 13 percent. Listing ...
Microsoft addresses 53 security vulnerabilities in November ‘Patch Tuesday’ release
Microsoft Corp. today released 53 software patches in its November 2017 Patch Tuesday, the most critical dealing with issues in its Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers. The patches covered the full range of Microsoft products, including Windows OS, Microsoft Office Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, ASP.NET Core, .NET Core and the Chackra Core browser engine, but in contrast ...
Apple reportedly working on laser-powered, 3D-sensing rear camera for iPhone
The next generation of Apple Inc.’s iPhone will have lasers — literally, at least according to a newly published report. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the plan, wrote that Apple is designing a rear-facing 3-D sensor system for its next-generation iPhone due to be released in 2019. According to the report, the 3D sensor will employ ...
Parity considers fixes to Ethereum wallet debacle as some claim service was hacked
The debacle that saw hundreds of millions worth of Ethereum cryptocurrency left frozen in wallets provided by Parity continues, juiced by a new accusation that the alleged accident may have been the result of hacking. Parity wallets were frozen last week after it was alleged that a security vulnerability was “accidentally” triggered, causing a library ...
Microsoft applies machine learning to deliver ‘neural fuzzing’ vulnerability testing
Microsoft Corp. today announced a new method for discovering software security vulnerabilities that combines machine learning and deep neural networks to use past experience in order to identify overlooked issues better. Dubbed “neural fuzzing,” the method takes traditional fuzz testing, a quality assurance technique used to discover coding errors and security loopholes in software, operating systems ...
Threat intelligence startup ThreatQuotient raises $30M in new funding
Threat intelligence startup ThreatQuotient Inc. today said it has raised $30 in new funding in a late-stage round to expand operations across the board. The Series C funding was led by Adam Street Partners that included Cisco Investments, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Silicon Valley Bank. As part of the deal, Adam Street Partners’ Fred ...
Security researchers hack iPhone X Face ID using a $150 rubber mask
Security researchers in Vietnam have managed to hack the Face ID feature on Apple Inc.’s flagship iPhone X using a rubber mask, casting doubt on how the supposedly advanced security technology actually is. The discovery was made by researchers at BKAV Corp., which after experimentation managed to craft a custom mask that successfully fooled the iPhone ...
Machine learning startup Graphcore raises $50M in round led by Sequoia Capital
Machine learning startup Graphcore Ltd. has raised $50 million in new funding in a round led by Sequoia Capital, according to news published Sunday but not yet confirmed by the company itself. It’s also not clear what the valuation was on the deal. A report from Bloomberg Nov. 3 said that the company had been chasing a valuation of ...









