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Circumvent Raises $6 Million for Cloud Security Platform

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Circumvent Raises $6 Million for Cloud Security Platform 2025-06-17 at 14:46 By Ionut Arghire Cloud security startup Circumvent has raised $6 million to develop a network of agents for autonomous prioritization and remediation. The post Circumvent Raises $6 Million for Cloud Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]

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Google’s $32 Billion Wiz Deal Draws DOJ Antitrust Scrutiny: Report

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Google’s $32 Billion Wiz Deal Draws DOJ Antitrust Scrutiny: Report 2025-06-16 at 18:20 By SecurityWeek News According to reports, the US Department of Justice will assess whether the deal would harm competition in the cybersecurity market. The post Google’s $32 Billion Wiz Deal Draws DOJ Antitrust Scrutiny: Report appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Maze Banks $25M to Tackle Cloud Security with AI Agents

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Maze Banks $25M to Tackle Cloud Security with AI Agents 2025-06-11 at 17:48 By SecurityWeek News Maze and its investors are betting on finding profits in software that uses AI-powered agents to automate critical parts of the process. The post Maze Banks $25M to Tackle Cloud Security with AI Agents appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Five Zero-Days, 15 Misconfigurations Found in Salesforce Industry Cloud

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Five Zero-Days, 15 Misconfigurations Found in Salesforce Industry Cloud 2025-06-10 at 15:03 By Kevin Townsend Security researchers uncover critical flaws and widespread misconfigurations in Salesforce’s industry-specific CRM solutions. The post Five Zero-Days, 15 Misconfigurations Found in Salesforce Industry Cloud appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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Cloud and AI drive efficiency, but open doors for attackers

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Cloud and AI drive efficiency, but open doors for attackers 2025-06-10 at 07:45 By Help Net Security AI adoption is increasing, with 84% of organizations now using AI in the cloud, according to Orca Security. But this innovation comes with new risks: 62% of organizations have at least one vulnerable AI package, and some of

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The cloud security crisis no one’s talking about

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The cloud security crisis no one’s talking about 2025-06-05 at 08:33 By Help Net Security Security teams are overwhelmed by a flood of alerts, most of which lack the context needed to accurately assess and espond to threats, according to ARMO. Respondents report receiving an average of 4,080 security alerts per month – or 136

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OneDrive Gives Web Apps Full Read Access to All Files

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OneDrive Gives Web Apps Full Read Access to All Files 2025-05-28 at 15:02 By Kevin Townsend Security researchers warn that OneDrive’s file sharing tool may grant third-party web apps access to all your files—not just the one you choose to upload. The post OneDrive Gives Web Apps Full Read Access to All Files appeared first

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Inside the $111 Billion Cloud Security Market: Acquisition, Expansion, and Where to Aim Next

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Inside the $111 Billion Cloud Security Market: Acquisition, Expansion, and Where to Aim Next 2025-05-27 at 16:03 By Kevin Townsend As cloud security spending surges to $111 billion, new data highlights Microsoft’s dominance, the U.S. market’s outsized role, and Google’s strategic acquisition of Wiz. The post Inside the $111 Billion Cloud Security Market: Acquisition, Expansion,

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NATO-Flagged Vulnerability Tops Latest VMware Security Patch Batch

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NATO-Flagged Vulnerability Tops Latest VMware Security Patch Batch 2025-05-20 at 17:02 By Ryan Naraine VMware patches flaws that expose users to data leakage, command execution and denial-of-service attacks. No temporary workarounds available. The post NATO-Flagged Vulnerability Tops Latest VMware Security Patch Batch appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Closing security gaps in multi-cloud and SaaS environments

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Closing security gaps in multi-cloud and SaaS environments 2025-05-20 at 09:06 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Kunal Modasiya, SVP, Product Management, GTM, and Growth at Qualys, discusses recent Qualys research on the state of cloud and SaaS security. He talks about how siloed visibility, fragmented tools, and a lack of incident

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Orca Snaps Up Opus in Cloud Security Automation Push

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Orca Snaps Up Opus in Cloud Security Automation Push 2025-05-13 at 13:01 By Ryan Naraine Orca positioned the deal as an expansion of its capabilities into the realm of AI-based autonomous remediation and prevention. The post Orca Snaps Up Opus in Cloud Security Automation Push appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Analyze resource-based policy dependencies across your AWS Organizations accounts

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Analyze resource-based policy dependencies across your AWS Organizations accounts 2025-05-09 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Managing multiple AWS accounts in an organization can get complicated, especially when trying to understand how services and permissions are connected. The Account Assessment for AWS Organizations open-source tool helps simplify this process by giving you a central place

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Microsoft Warns of Attackers Exploiting Misconfigured Apache Pinot Installations

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Microsoft Warns of Attackers Exploiting Misconfigured Apache Pinot Installations 2025-05-06 at 14:17 By Eduard Kovacs Misconfigured Apache Pinot instances can and have enabled threat actors to gain access to sensitive information. The post Microsoft Warns of Attackers Exploiting Misconfigured Apache Pinot Installations appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Veza Banks $108 Million Series D at $808 Million Valuation

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Veza Banks $108 Million Series D at $808 Million Valuation 2025-04-28 at 18:32 By SecurityWeek News San Francisco identity security play Veza closes a Series D fund round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The post Veza Banks $108 Million Series D at $808 Million Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Former Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables Joins Ballistic Ventures

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Former Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables Joins Ballistic Ventures 2025-04-25 at 17:18 By SecurityWeek News Venables has served as CISO and security executive across several large organizations, including Google Cloud, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank. The post Former Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables Joins Ballistic Ventures appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Understanding 2024 cyber attack trends

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Understanding 2024 cyber attack trends 2025-04-24 at 13:04 By Zeljka Zorz Mandiant has released the M-Trends 2025 report, which outlines global cyber attack trends based on their own incident response engagements from 2024. Key trends and insights In 2024, Mandiant handled more incidents in the financial sector than in any other industry: 17.4%. Other popular

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Groucho’s Wit, Cloud Complexity, and the Case for Consistent Security Policy

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Groucho’s Wit, Cloud Complexity, and the Case for Consistent Security Policy 2025-04-09 at 20:50 By Joshua Goldfarb The greatest security policies in the world are useless if enterprises don’t have a reasonable, consistent, and reliable way to implement them. The post Groucho’s Wit, Cloud Complexity, and the Case for Consistent Security Policy appeared first on

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YES3 Scanner: Open-source S3 security scanner for public access, ransomware protection

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YES3 Scanner: Open-source S3 security scanner for public access, ransomware protection 2025-04-07 at 07:35 By Mirko Zorz YES3 Scanner is an open-source tool that scans and analyzes 10+ different configuration items for your S3 buckets in AWS. This includes access such as public access via ACLs and bucket policies – including the complex combinations of

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Oracle Confirms Cloud Hack

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Oracle Confirms Cloud Hack 2025-04-04 at 13:36 By Eduard Kovacs Oracle has confirmed suffering a data breach but the tech giant is apparently trying to downplay the impact of the incident. The post Oracle Confirms Cloud Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this headline:

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ImageRunner Flaw Exposed Sensitive Information in Google Cloud

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ImageRunner Flaw Exposed Sensitive Information in Google Cloud 2025-04-02 at 15:16 By Eduard Kovacs Google has patched a Cloud Run vulnerability dubbed ImageRunner that could have been exploited to gain access to sensitive data. The post ImageRunner Flaw Exposed Sensitive Information in Google Cloud appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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