Imperva, Allstate, & Sonatype – Business Security Weekly #98

Imperva acquires app security firm Prevoty in $140 million deal, Allstate accelerates expansion into Identity Protection with acquisition of InfoArmor, Sonatype receives $80 million investment from TPG, Very Good Security makes data unhackable with $8…. Continue reading Imperva, Allstate, & Sonatype – Business Security Weekly #98

9/4/18 – Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: Dtex Announces Record Year, Adds New CFO and NSA Veteran to Team, Human Error Drives UK Data Breach Increase

Increasing insider threat rates that include incidents caused by malicious actors and negligent humans drove demand for user behavior intelligence during our fiscal 2018 year, which lead to a record-setting 12 month period for the company. With 321 per… Continue reading 9/4/18 – Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: Dtex Announces Record Year, Adds New CFO and NSA Veteran to Team, Human Error Drives UK Data Breach Increase

Google Chrome Bug Opens Access to Private Facebook Information

The method could be used to deduce the age, sex, likes or the location history of a user – essentially, the attacker can play “20 questions” to profile the victim. Continue reading Google Chrome Bug Opens Access to Private Facebook Information

Tenable, Imperva, & Proofpoint – Business Security Weekly #94

This week, Imperva to acquire DevOps security leader prevoty, Carbon Black announces second quarter results, Sophos group upgraded to add at Numis Securities, Tenable jumps 31% by end of trading day at IPO, and Amalgamated Bank has $1.44 million holdin… Continue reading Tenable, Imperva, & Proofpoint – Business Security Weekly #94

Imperva Acquires RASP Provider to Advance DevSecOps

Imperva revealed it plans to more closely align application and data security after acquiring Prevoty, provider of runtime application self-protection (RASP) software designed to be embedded in an application. The all-cash transaction, expected to clo… Continue reading Imperva Acquires RASP Provider to Advance DevSecOps

E-voting and DDoS concerns: The devil’s in the details

It’s a typical Wednesday. I’m sitting in the lounge at the Imperva office going through emails when I stumble onto a whitepaper titled Trust Implications of DDoS Protection in Online Elections. “That’s an interesting topic,” I think, and dive in. Coinc… Continue reading E-voting and DDoS concerns: The devil’s in the details

Are attackers harnessing your Redis server?

Earlier this year security researchers warned about vulnerable Apache Solr, Redis, and Windows servers hit with cryptominers. Imperva now says that that are still too many Internet-facing Redis servers and that 75% of them show signs of having been inf… Continue reading Are attackers harnessing your Redis server?