Network Security

Facebook removes 70-plus online marketplaces and exchanges that hacker groups operated. Cisco Talos researchers discovered the groups.

Managed service provider (MSP) VertexPlus integrates antivirus, spyware & adware protection & other network security services into its cybersecurity portfolio.

Comcast acquires BluVector, a network security specialist relying on artificial-intelligence (AI) and proprietary machine learning technology.

Cisco issues a security alert warning businesses of a critical vulnerability involving these Wireless-N VPN Firewalls and Routers.

Verizon acquires ProtectWise, a provider of cloud-based Network Detection and Response (NDR) cybersecurity services. ProtectWise partners include AWS, Fishtech, GuidePoint & Optiv.

The U.S. Justice Department seeks to neutralize the Joanap botnet built by North Korean hackers that has for years infected Microsoft Windows machines worldwide.

Cylance, the artificial intelligence & threat detection company that BlackBerry is acquiring, partners with Cujo AI to help telecommunications firms protect their customers against cyberattacks.

Israeli cybersecurity company ODI unveils the ODIX cloud-based content disarm & reconstruction (CDR) offering for managed security services providers (MSSPs).