You may already know that Tripwire Configuration Manager can audit your cloud service provider accounts like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, but did you know it also has capabilities to monitor other cloud based software services such as Salesforce?  Salesforce is a popular customer relationship management (CRM) service with rich configurati

Wiz on Monday announced raising $250 million in a Series C funding round, which brings the total raised by the cloud security company to $600 million.The company was founded in January 2020 by the people who founded cloud security firm Adallom, which Microsoft acquired in 2015 for $320 million. Wiz emerged from stealth mode in December 2020 with $100 million

A new version of a Linux crypto-mining malware previously used to target Docker containers in 2020 now focuses on new cloud service providers like the Huawei Cloud.The analysis of the new campaign comes from researchers at TrendMicro, who explains how the malware has evolved with new features while retaining its previous functionality.More specifically, the

Microsec.ai on Tuesday emerged from stealth mode to deliver a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) solution designed to protect cloud-native applications at runtime.The company’s agentless CNAPP solution aims to secure multi-cloud IaaS and PaaS environments, as well as containers and data, through a single, unified interface.Founded in Februa

Cloud security company Orca Security on Tuesday announced that it has raised $550 million in an extended Series C funding round, at a valuation of $1.8 billion.Orca announced in March that it had raised $210 million in a Series C round that valued the company at $1.2 billion.The extended round was led by Temasek, a state-owned investment company in Singapore

Major cloud services providers last week formally introduced the Trusted Cloud Principles, an initiative aimed at bringing standardization and consistencies across platforms.Trusted Cloud Principles signatories say they are committed to maintaining consistent human rights standards across their services, while also ensuring that cloud services providers’ int

A researcher has disclosed the details of a privilege escalation vulnerability he discovered in a Google Cloud component. The flaw was patched by Google in late August, but some users will need to manually update their systems to prevent potential exploitation.The vulnerability was found by security researcher Imre Rad, who disclosed his findings last week o

Securing and protecting enterprise data is at the center of the modern security plan. There are many considerations for organizations that aim to move critical workloads and data stores to the cloud, and understanding how business-critical data will be accessed, stored and secured is a paramount concern. Organizations are also facing significant increases i

Google Cloud is helping businesses build and deploy apps faster than ever before, but at the same time, cloud teams must consider how to implement secure DevOps practices to avoid risk. We’re partnering with Google Cloud to provide security solutions to cloud teams to simplify safeguarding cloud and containers. Today, we announced our collaboration

You’ve got a problem to solve and turned to Google Cloud Platform to build and host your solution. You create your account and are all set to brew some coffee and sit down at your workstation to architect, code, build, and deploy. Except… you aren’t. There are many knobs you must tweak and practices to put into action if you want your solution to be o

Switzerland-based web and application security company ImmuniWeb on Tuesday announced the launch of a free online tool designed to help organizations identify unprotected cloud storage.ImmuniWeb, formerly known as High-Tech Bridge, says the new tool can be used by IT and cybersecurity professionals to easily and quickly identify unprotected cloud storage ins

Internet security and performance company Cloudflare is celebrating its 11th anniversary this week and on Monday introduced several email security tools.Cloudflare is entering the email security market with some free tools that its customers can use to create custom email addresses, manage email routing, and prevent email phishing and spoofing.Email spoofing

Google has apologized for a wave of emails warning Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, or API customers that their accounts may be suspended for a past due balance.Users began receiving these emails on September 22nd, which warned that their account was "past due or does not have valid payment information".Action required Dear Google customer, Yo

As Apple has released iOS15 and iPadOS 15 this week, the service they announced in June, iCloud+, is also now available. iCloud+ provides three useful features that enhance security and privacy, plus one more feature that many people will find useful. Here’s how iCloud+ works. What is iCloud+?iCloud+ is a new bundle of features that are added to paid

Cloud backup company Rewind has announced raising $65 million in a Series B funding round, which brings the total amount invested in the firm to more than $80 million.The funding round was led by private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, FundFire, Inovia Capital, Ridge Ventures, ScaleUp Ventu