Wiz partners with Contrast Security to provide real-time insights into potential security risks

As a launch partner for the Wiz Integrations (WIN) platform, ContrastContrast Security brings the power of the Contrast Secure Code Platform to WIN, so that customers can seamlessly integrate Contrast’s application security and protections into t… Continue reading Wiz partners with Contrast Security to provide real-time insights into potential security risks

Cloud Security Firm Wiz Raises $300 Million at $10 Billion Valuation

Cloud security company Wiz has raised $300 million in a Series D funding round that brings the total raised by the company to $900 million.
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Bionic integrates with Wiz to provide customers with full cyber-risk coverage

Bionic has announced a product integration with Wiz to provide customers with an agentless way to unify and scale their cloud and application security posture in production. With this integration, DevSecOps teams now have complete visibility and contex… Continue reading Bionic integrates with Wiz to provide customers with full cyber-risk coverage

Piiano raises $9M to secure and control PII with data privacy engineering for the cloud

Piiano announced that it has raised a $9M seed round. The round was led by cybersecurity-focused VC YL Ventures with the participation of Jibe Ventures and founders of cybersecurity companies such as Snyk, Armis, Wiz and Aqua. Founded by security exper… Continue reading Piiano raises $9M to secure and control PII with data privacy engineering for the cloud

Microsoft Azure vulnerability exposed thousands of cloud databases

Microsoft is warning customers of its Azure cloud platform about a software vulnerability that exposed data belonging to thousands of clients for roughly two years. The flaw would have allowed any Azure Cosmos DB user to read, write and delete another customer’s information without authorization, researchers found. Cosmos DB is used by thousands of organizations, including Coca Cola, Exxon Mobil and a number of other Fortune 500 companies. Microsoft has since resolved the issue, the company said. “We fixed this issue immediately to keep our customers safe and protected,” a Microsoft spokesperson told CyberScoop. There was no evidence that hackers or any other outsider exploited the vulnerability to access customer data, according to the company. Reuters first reported on the vulnerability, which was discovered by Wiz research team. Microsoft fixed the vulnerability within 48 hours of its disclosure on August 12, but that the vulnerability had been exploitable since mid-2019, […]

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Unprotected CVS database exposed sensitive customer searches

Researchers have discovered an unprotected, exposed online database with over a billion records belonging to American healthcare company CVS Health. The discovery, made by researcher Jeremiah Fowler and the WebsitePlanet research team, happened in Marc… Continue reading Unprotected CVS database exposed sensitive customer searches