Apurva Venkat

Principal Correspondent

Apurva Venkat is principal correspondent for the India editions of CIO, CSO, and Computerworld. She has previously worked at ISMG, IDG India, Bangalore Mirror, and Business Standard, where she reported on developments in technology, businesses, startups, fintech, e-commerce, cybersecurity, civic news, and education.

Cloud misconfiguration causes massive data breach at Toyota Motor

Qualcomm buys Autotalks to boost SnapDragon Digital Chassis automotive product line

Qualcomm buys Autotalks to boost SnapDragon Digital Chassis automotive product line

Qualcomm's acquisition of Israel-based Autotalks, estimated to be valued at $350 million to $400 million, is meant to bolster the Snapdragon Digital Chassis product line for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications.

AWS and Alexa services back online after outage

AWS and Alexa services back online after outage

Users could not complete the account signup process and also received error messages on their billing console.

AT&T informs 9M customers about data breach

AT&T informs 9M customers about data breach

The company’s marketing vendor suffered a security failure in January and exposed CPNI data that included first names, wireless account numbers, wireless phone numbers, and email addresses.

Unpatched old vulnerabilities continue to be exploited: Report

Unpatched old vulnerabilities continue to be exploited: Report

The top five exploited vulnerabilities in 2022 include several high-severity flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Zoho ManageEngine products, and virtual private network solutions from Fortinet, Citrix and Pulse Secure.

Cyberattacks hit data centers to steal information from global companies

Cyberattacks hit data centers to steal information from global companies

A malicious campaign against data centers stole the access credentials of some of the world's biggest companies — including Amazon, Apple, Goldman Sachs, and Microsoft — according to reports.

New Mirai botnet variant V3G4 targets Linux servers, IoT devices

New Mirai botnet variant V3G4 targets Linux servers, IoT devices

The new V3G4 variant of Mirai, which creates botnets for DDoS attacks, exploited 13 different vulnerabilities in three campaigns over a six-month period, Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 team reports.

MKS Instruments falls victim to ransomware attack

MKS Instruments falls victim to ransomware attack

The semiconductor equipment maker reported the ransomware incident just a day after national cybersecurity agencies and security experts around the world warned about a global ransomware attack that hit thousands of servers running on...

Massive ransomware attack targets VMware ESXi servers worldwide

Massive ransomware attack targets VMware ESXi servers worldwide

Cybersecurity agencies globally — including in Italy, France, the US and Singapore — have issued alerts about a ransomware attack targeting the VMware ESXi hypervisor.

Misconfiguration and vulnerabilities biggest risks in cloud security: Report

Misconfiguration and vulnerabilities biggest risks in cloud security: Report

About 87% of container images include a high or critical vulnerability, while 90% of granted permissions are not used, according to cybersecurity firm Sysdig.

F5 expands security portfolio with App Infrastructure Protection

F5 expands security portfolio with App Infrastructure Protection

AIP goes one step further than API security and provides telemetry collection and intrusion detection for cloud-native workloads.

Microsoft Azure launches DDoS IP protection for SMBs

Microsoft Azure launches DDoS IP protection for SMBs

DDoS IP Protection for SMBs is designed to provide enterprise-grade distributed denial of service protection at a price that's attractive to small and medium-size companies.

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