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1. Partnership Delivers MSP Solution: Heimdal, a cybersecurity solutions company, has formed an integration with HaloPSA, a helpdesk ticketing system designed for MSPs. This integration allows Heimdal customers and partners using HaloPSA to automate and customize ticket management. By optimizing ticket management, this collaboration aims to improve the operational efficiency of MSPs, enabling them to offer superior service and support to their clients, the companies said.
2. Onclave Gains Government Approval: Onclave Networks has been granted an Authority to Operate (ATO) from the U.S. Defense Health Agency (DHA), the first ever such authorization awarded to a secure communications platform on the basis of zero trust, the company said. Onclave is a global cybersecurity company securing IT/OT devices, systems and users, improving on the methods and technology used by the Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Intelligence Community. Onclave's TrustedPlatform is a zero trust-based network overlay that protects networks by cryptographically securing vulnerable OT and IoT/IoMT networks while eliminating the attack surface, preventing breaches and securing the network.
3. AT&T Data Leaked: AT&T reports that customer data was illegally downloaded from its workspace on a third-party cloud platform. The compromised data includes files containing AT&T records of calls and texts of nearly all of AT&T's cellular customers, customers of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) using AT&T's wireless network, as well as AT&T's landline customers who interacted with those cellular numbers between May 1, 2022 and October 31, 2022, the company said. The compromised data also includes records from January 2, 2023, for a very small number of customers. The data does not contain the content of calls or texts, personal information such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth or other personally identifiable information. Nor does it include some typical information seen in usage details, such as the time stamp of calls or texts, AT&T said.
4. Threat Defense Partnership Launches: Liquid Web, a provider of hosting for small to midsize businesses, has formed a strategic partnership with Malwarebytes, via its ThreatDown Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solution, to proactively identify, analyze and neutralize emerging and existing threats for hosting customers. This solution utilizes AI, machine learning and heuristics technologies to detect and interrupt suspicious activity, the companies said.
5. CISO Service Offered: IANS Research, a Boston-based cybersecurity research and advisory firm, has launched IANS Privacy Operations, a new subscription-based offering designed to help chief information security officers (CISOs) and privacy and compliance teams navigate global privacy regulations. As privacy concerns become increasingly critical, IANS provides essential resources to support organizations in assessing, creating and implementing effective privacy policies.
6. Healthcare Cyber Report Released: LevelBlue, a provider of managed security services, strategic consulting and threat intelligence, has released its 2024 Futures Report: Cyber Resilience in Healthcare. LevelBlue found that 87% of healthcare executives anticipate that dynamic computing will enhance operational performance within the next three years, yet 83% acknowledge an increased exposure to risk. Another 69% of respondents say their healthcare organizations do not specifically invest in cyber resilience beyond cybersecurity, inferring leadership underestimates the harm a major cyber incident, natural disaster, or other man-made event could pose, LevelBlue said.
7. Sonatype for Sale?: Buyout firm Vista Equity is exploring options, including a sale of Sonatype, in a deal that could value the cybersecurity firm at more than $1.5 billion, including debt. Fulton, Maryland-based Sonatype has reportedly tapped Goldman Sachs to solicit interest from potential buyers, which could include other private equity firms, according to confidential sources. (Source: Reuters)
8. NATO Eyes New Cyber Center: NATO Allies have agreed to establish a new cybersecurity center to better protect against sophisticated cyber threats. The NATO Integrated Cyber Defence Centre (NICC) will enhance the protection of NATO and Allied networks and the use of cyberspace as an operational domain. The facility will be based at NATO's strategic military headquarters at SHAPE in Belgium.
9. Solution Protects Phone Numbers: Surfshark has launched an addition to its Alternative ID product, Alternative Number. The service provides users with a virtual US-based phone number (accessible through the Surfshark app), which can be used for receiving calls or receiving and replying to messages. Alternative Number will help users safeguard their phone number from strangers online, minimize spam calls and messages and shield their phone number from untrusted websites, the company said.
10. Cloud Security Release: Progress, a provider of AI-powered infrastructure software, has delivered enhancements in the latest release of Progress LoadMaster 360, its cloud-based unified application delivery platform. Progress provides customers with an enhanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) offering that delivers improved security insights, minimizes the time required for WAF configuration and tuning and easily identifies false positives for legitimate application traffic, the company said.
