Tag: Cybersecurity
A pair of cyberattacks against software maker CDK continues to impact thousands of car dealerships and has spurred threat actors to launch impersonation attacks. The CDK Global outage affecting thousands of car dealerships continued Friday, while the attempts to recover from cyberattacks earlier this week were compounded by reported impersonation scams targeting dealership staff. While…
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GenAI has remained a top focus for cybersecurity vendors recently during the first half of the year, but plenty of other new products—including in SIEM, SASE and XDR—have debuted during the first half of the year. The list of cybersecurity tools utilizing generative AI continued to balloon during the first half of the year, including…
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Starting midnight July 20, Kaspersky is barred “from entering into any new agreement with U.S. persons involving one or more” information and communications technology and services deals. The United States has taken steps to ban domestic sales and integration of products by Russia-based cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky, citing “undue and unacceptable risks to U.S. national security…
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The provider of software used by thousands of car dealerships reportedly says it has shut down most of its systems after a pair of attacks. CDK Global, a provider of software used by thousands of car dealerships, has reportedly shut down most of its systems after a pair of cyberattacks in recent days. The first…
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In an interview with CRN, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says the now-delayed Recall offering is just the latest case where ‘Microsoft has put profits and features over security.’ As sensational as the recent saga over Microsoft’s Recall feature may be, to anyone who has been following Microsoft’s series of security failures in recent years, it’s…
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‘The overall message is we’re embracing partners and we’re focused on them making money,’ CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz tells CRN. According to solution provider executive Ryan Morris, behind the stunning growth of cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike is something that’s been in shockingly short supply lately around the tech industry: long-term vision. From “day one,” CrowdStrike has…
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CRN highlights 10 AI startups that are leading in LLMs, cybersecurity and enabling MSPs to drive AI customer wins. From the world’s leading large language model (LLM) providers and AI cybersecurity companies to AI startups targeting MSPs, there are 10 startups that stand out from the crowd in the ever-growing artificial intelligence market. Many AI…
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‘Today marks the beginning of a new era for Windows,’ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote on LinkedIn. Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are now available for purchase on the tech giant’s website, bringing artificial intelligence processing to the machine as partners and their customers assess the value of new AI technologies. Billed by Microsoft as “the fastest,…
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While maintaining separate partner programs for the moment, Cisco is taking steps to build links between the Cisco and Splunk partner bases and help them leverage the combined Cisco-Splunk technology portfolio. Cisco Systems and its recently acquired Splunk business unit are taking the first steps to build links between their partners and the channel programs…
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Kyle Hanslovan tells CRN that the funding round—which more than doubles Huntress’ valuation to surpass $1.5 billion—will boost the company’s R&D and M&A efforts with a focus on key segments for partners. Huntress announced Tuesday it has raised $150 million in funding to accelerate its expansion into new product segments, as part of a drive…
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