Greg Otto, CyberScoop

Greg Otto

CyberScoop

Washington, DC, United States

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  • CyberScoop
  • FedScoop
  • StateScoop

Past articles by Greg:

HHS saw increase in network scanning in midst of COVID-19 outreach

HHS saw an uptick in scanning, and U.S. officials are investigating. → Read More

Duo CEO Dug Song: We have to make security simple

Duo Security CEO Dug Song kept it simple Tuesday when he described the last decade in cybersecurity. “It sucked,” Song told the crowd at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. The next decade doesn’t have to be that way, he says, because the technology ecosystem has the tools it needs to make security as seamless and easy to use as possible.… → Read More

ES&S security lead: We trust our process over DEF CON village findings

While there are a number of companies that build and sell election-related technology, ES&S has been the most notable as of late. The company’s CEO released a letter last week that took issue with calls from lawmakers to work with anonymous researchers, like those at the DEF CON Voting Village that uncovered various vulnerabilities in election-related hardware and software. “We will not,… → Read More

GDPR will change how companies work with cloud providers

One of the bigger stipulations in GDPR is that third-party service providers, including companies who run the ever-ubiquitous cloud, will also be responsible for following the correct protocols when it comes to protecting EU citizen data. Yet just as companies keep throwing everything into the cloud, we are seeing errors in the way they safeguard personally identifiable data. If you have been… → Read More

Splunk acquires Phantom Cybersecurity for $350 million

Big data analyzation platform company Splunk announced that it will acquire security automation company Phantom Cybersecurity in a deal worth $350 million. → Read More

Why GDPR is flipping the thought process around data ownership

A lot of the discussion around GDPR has focused on individual privacy. Thomas Fischer says that’s not what the law is about. It’s about data protection. And the noise around that point is a big misconception. Fischer spoke with CyberScoop for our new podcast series, Decoding GDPR, in order to get the facts straight when it comes to the European law. “It’s not about protecting the individual’s… → Read More

DataVisor raises $40 million Series C for machine-learning fraud detection

DataVisor, founded by two former Microsoft Research employees, uses unsupervised machine learning to discover malicious behavior. → Read More

Cryptomining scheme ropes in dozens of government websites

A third-party plugin co-opted sites, including ones belonging to the U.S. federal courts and D.C.'s public transit system, to mine Monero. → Read More

Proofpoint buys Wombat Security Technologies for $225 million

By acquiring Wombat, California-based Proofpoint adds a phishing simulation and security training to its suite of cybersecurity products. → Read More

Apple, Cisco team up with cyber insurers for policy discounts

Apple and Cisco will be partnering with Allianz SE and Aon Plc to give cyber insurance to organizations and better protect themselves from cyber risk. → Read More

BigID raises $14 million in Series A for data protection compliance product

BigID announced a $14 million Series A funding round Monday, with investment coming from ClearSky Security, Comcast Ventures and the SAP.iO fund. → Read More

Malwarebytes updates lead to a weekend full of crashing computers

It was a rough weekend for California-based Malwarebytes after the anti-virus company had to push several updates to its Endpoint Security products in order to combat an issue that crashed machines due to high RAM usage. Soon after the company pushed an update to its Endpoint Security products, users flooded forums complaining that the product was using as much as 90 percent of their machine’s… → Read More

AWS acquires threat hunting startup Sqrrl

Amazon Web Services announced Tuesday it acquired Cambridge, Mass.-based threat hunting company Sqrrl. Terms were not disclosed. → Read More

Baffle raises $6 million in Series A

California-based Baffle, which sells a product that enables secure computing for cloud applications, has raised $6 million in a series A funding round. → Read More

FireEye acquires X15 software to boost big data capabilities

U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye has acquired Sunnyvale, California, software company X15 in order to integrate big data capabilities into its security products. The software will allow organizations using FireEye products to better adapt to threats as they continue to manage security in cloud, on-premise and hybrid network enterprises, the company said. “Organizations today are overwhelmed by… → Read More

Nozomi Networks raises $15 million in Series B round

Industry cybersecurity startup Nozomi Networks announced a $15 million Series B funding round, adding to a growing field of companies focused on protecting industrial control systems. → Read More

Alliance aims to thwart nosy Wi-Fi spies with new security standards

WPA3, with new password protections and encrypted channels, will be running before 2018 ends. → Read More

Verizon acquires automated threat hunting startup Niddel

Verizon acquired automated threat hunting startup Niddel, according to a company release issued Friday. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. → Read More

DHS confirms data breach affecting 240,000 current and former employees

DHS has notified over 240,000 current and former employees of a data breach, stemming from a criminal investigation of a former Office of Inspector General staff member. → Read More

Thales acquires chip giant Gemalto in $5.6B all-cash deal

The deal comes after Gemalto rejected an offer from rival French tech firm Atos. → Read More