CrowdStrike to purchase UK-based startup for $400m
London-based Humio specialises in cloud log management technology
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London-based Humio specialises in cloud log management technology
CrowdStrike has agreed to purchase Humio to strengthen its ability to ingest and correlate data from any log, application or feed for actionable insight and real-time protection. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based endpoint security giant said London-based Humio’s native ability to ingest and analyze both unstructured and semi-structured data will enhance how the CrowdStrike platform addresses DevOps and DevSecOps issues. The deal will enable CrowdStrike to provide deep, contextual index-free eXtended Detection and Response (XDR) with speed and scale. “We conducted a thorough market review of exi...
White House names leader for SolarWinds hack response after criticism February 11 After a congressional letter urging the establishment of a singular official to lead the federal response to a Russian cyber breach, the Biden administration has named a top National Security Council official. WASHINGTON — Reacting to senators’ criticism of a disorganized response to a massive government hack, the White House said a top cybersecurity adviser is leading the recovery. The news Wednesday that Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber, is in charge of responding to the Rus...
Skip to main content Currently Reading Big Russian hack used a technique experts had warned about for years. Why wasn't the U.S. government ready? Craig Timberg, The Washington Post Feb. 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - The disastrous Russian hack of federal government networks last year relied on a powerful new trick: Digital spies penetrated so deeply they were able to impersonate any user they wanted. It was the computer network equivalent of sneaking into the State Department and printing perfectly forged U.S. passports. Cybersecurity researchers had warned for years that such a...
Get Permission The CEO of security firm Malwarebytes says the hackers who attacked SolarWinds also targeted his company and gained access to a "limited subset of internal company emails." "While Malwarebytes does not use SolarWinds [hacked software], we, like many other companies, were recently targeted by the same threat actor,” Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski notes in a blog. The hackers appear to have exploited a dormant email protection tool within the company's Office 365 system to gain access to a subset of the firm's emails, he says. Malwarebytes was notified about the intrusion ...