Category: Cloud Security

Synopsys to Acquire White Hat Security in $330M All-Cash Deal

Electronic design automation powerhouse Synopsys is expanding its reach into the cybersecurity business with plans to shell out $330 million to acquire White Hat security.

Critical Vulnerabilities in Azure PostgreSQL Exposed User Databases

Cloud security company Wiz has released the details of a series of critical vulnerabilities that could have been exploited to access databases belonging to Azure customers.

Privacy Enhancing Tech Startup Enveil Bags $25 Million Investment

Enveil, an early-stage startup tackling the ‘holy grail’ of data encryption, has banked another $25 million in funding as investors continue to pour money into the privacy enhancing technology space.

ARMO Raises $30 Million for Open Source Kubernetes Security Platform

ARMO, an Israel-based company that specializes in Kubernetes security, on Wednesday announced raising $30 million in a Series A funding round.

The latest investment, which brings ARMO’s total funding to date to $34.5 million, was led by Tiger Global and Hyperwise Ventures, with participation from existing investors Pitango First and Peled Ventures.

German Wind Turbine Firm Discloses ‘Targeted, Professional Cyberattack’

German wind turbine giant Deutsche Windtechnik has issued a notification to warn that some of its IT systems were impacted in a targeted professional cyberattack earlier this month.

Web Application Security Firm Source Defense Raises $27 Million

Source Defense, a provider of web application client-side protection, says it pocketed $27 million in Series B funding, bringing the total investment raised by the company to $47 million.

Former DNC CISO Bob Lord Joins CISA Cybersecurity Division

The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added former DNC security chief Bob Lord to its roster of technical advisors.

Strike Security Scores Funding for ‘Perpetual Pentesting’ for SMBs

South American startup Strike Security has secured $5.4 million to fund an ambitious plan to disrupt the penetration testing and attack surface management business.

Google, Mandiant Share Data on Record Pace of Zero-Day Discoveries

Google and Mandiant separately called attention to a dramatic surge in the discovery of in-the-wild zero-day attacks and warned that nation-state APT actors, ransomware gangs and private mercenary exploit firms are burning through zero-days at record pace.