F5 acquires cloud security startup Threat Stack for $68 million Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Carly Page - September 20, 20210 Applications networking company F5 has announced it’s acquiring Threat Stack, a Boston-based cloud security and compliance startup, for $68 million. The deal, which comes months after F5 bought multi-cloud management startup Volterra for $500 million, sees the 25-year-old company looking to bolster its cloud security portfolio as applications become a growing
Web host Epik was warned of a critical security flaw weeks before it was hacked Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Zack Whittaker - September 18, 20210 Hackers associated with the hacktivist collective Anonymous say they have leaked gigabytes of data from Epik, a web host and domain registrar that provides services to far-right sites like Gab, Parler and 8chan, which found refuge in Epik after they were booted from mainstream platforms. In a statement attached to a
Rezilion raises $30M help security operations teams with tools to automate their busywork Cyber Security by Ingrid Lunden - September 13, 20210 Security operations teams face a daunting task these days, fending off malicious hackers and their increasingly sophisticated approaches to cracking into networks. That also represents a gap in the market: building tools to help those security teams do their jobs. Today, an Israeli startup called Rezilion that is doing just
Rezilion raises $30M help security operations teams with tools to automate their busywork Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ingrid Lunden - September 13, 20210 Security operations teams face a daunting task these days, fending off malicious hackers and their increasingly sophisticated approaches to cracking into networks. That also represents a gap in the market: building tools to help those security teams do their jobs. Today, an Israeli startup called Rezilion that is doing just
IT security starts with knowing your assets: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - September 12, 20210 Cyberattacks know no geographical boundaries. In the past two years alone, the University Hospital Brno in the Czech Republic suffered a cyberattack during the covid-19 pandemic, forcing the medical facility to reroute patients and postpone surgery; South Africa’s major electricity supplier, City Power, fell victim to a ransomware attack, leaving
IT security starts with knowing your assets: Asia-Pacific Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by MIT Technology Review Insights - September 12, 20210 On the best of days, securing the networks, devices, and data of NTUC Enterprise is no easy task. The Singapore-based cooperative consists of nine business units, from food services to insurance, and serves more than 2 million customers in nearly 1,000 locations. When the 2020 coronavirus pandemic hit, it forced many
TrueFort snares $30M Series B to expand zero trust application security solution Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ron Miller - September 8, 20210 As companies try to navigate an ever-changing security landscape, it can be challenging to protect everything. Security startup TrueFort has built a zero trust solution focusing on protecting enterprise applications. Today, the company announced a $30 million Series B. Shasta Ventures led today’s round with participation from new firms Canaan and
Daily Crunch: Researchers claim Fortress S03 home security system can be remotely disabled Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Richard Dal Porto - September 2, 20210 To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 1, 2021. It’s a big day in TechCrunch history in that we’ve been shuffled to a new parent company. More
How national security is being redefined by climate change Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Danny Crichton - August 28, 20210 One of the most unfortunate fault lines in climate change politics today is the lack of cooperation between environmentalists and the national security community. Left-wing climate activists don’t exactly hang out with more right-leaning military strategists, the former often seeing the latter as destructive anti-ecological marauders, while the latter often
Linux 5.14 set to boost future enterprise application security Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Sean Michael Kerner - August 28, 20210 Linux is set for a big release this Sunday August 29, setting the stage for enterprise and cloud applications for months to come. The 5.14 kernel update will include security and performance improvements. A particular area of interest for both enterprise and cloud users is always security and to that end,