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COMPANY NEWS: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today unveiled new research by its cyber research team, Nautilus, addressing critical vulnerabilities in six AWS services. The potential impacts include remote code execution (RCE), full-service user takeover which might provide powerful administrative access, manipulation of AI modules, exposing sensitive data, data exfiltration, and denial of service. The vulnerabilities were quickly acknowledged and fixed by AWS.

COMPANY NEWS: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today revealed new research that shows how credentials, API tokens, and passkeys – collectively referred to as secrets – from organizations around the globe were exposed for years. By scanning the most popular 100 organisations on Github, which collectively includes more than 50,000 publicly accessible repositories, Aqua researchers found active secrets from open source organizations and enterprises such as Cisco and Mozilla providing access to sensitive data and software. The exposed secrets could lead to significant financial losses, reputational damage, and legal consequences.

GUEST RESEARCH: A recent report by Aqua Security sheds light on the persistent danger posed by Kinsing, a malware targeting cloud native infrastructure. Titled Kinsing Exposed: From Myth to Architecture – A Complete Cybersecurity Chronicle, the report, compiled by Aqua’s threat research unit Aqua Nautilus, reveals years of research into Kinsing's tactics and its impact on organisations worldwide.

COMPANY NEWS: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced the general availability (GA) of the Aqua Cloud Security Platform, SaaS version, serving the Australia region. Customers can immediately take advantage of the data sovereignty, platform security, and flexibility provided by the SaaS service to prevent cloud native attacks before they happen and stop them as they happen.

COMPANY NEWS: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, has announced another consecutive year of exceptional channel growth.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Dror Davidoff, Co-Founder and CEO of Aqua Security, talks to iTWire about the current cloud security threat landscape, the impact of Ai and what CISOs can do to mitigate modern risks.

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Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced it has secured $60M in funding, led by new investor Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from existing investors Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and StepStone Group.

COMPANY NEWS:  Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced it has secured $60M in funding, led by new investor Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from existing investors Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and StepStone Group.

GUEST OPINION:  Cold winds swept through offices of organisations, as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against SolarWinds Corporation and its chief information security officer (CISO).

GUEST OPINION:  Holiday season is here again, yet as we relax, IT security professionals are completing their end-of-year tasks. Their eyes twitch, and anxiety prevails as another December arrives. 

GUEST OPINION:  Holiday season is here again, yet as we relax, IT security professionals are completing their end-of-year tasks. Their eyes twitch, and anxiety prevails as another December arrives. 

GUEST OPINION:   Enterprises are building, deploying and managing modern applications in cloud computing environments. By adopting cloud technologies, they can build highly scalable, flexible and resilient applications that can be updated quickly.

COMPANY NEWS: Aqua Trivy scans Kubernetes components for vulnerabilities so organisations can identify issues quickly and take necessary action to protect their applications

GUEST OPINION by Lena Fuks, Aqua Security: In the ever-expanding realm of AWS, with over 200 services at our disposal, securing cloud account configurations and mastering complex environments can feel like an overwhelming challenge.

COMPANY NEWS: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced it closed the first half of 2023 with a 65% increase in new business.

COMPANY NEWS: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, has announced that it was named a market champion and an overall leader in the 2023 KuppingerCole Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) Leadership Compass.

GUEST RESEARCH: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced a three-month-long investigation by its research team. Aqua Nautilus uncovered that Kubernetes clusters belonging to more than 350 organisations, open-source projects, and individuals, were openly accessible and unprotected.

COMPANY NEWS: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced enhancement of the Aqua cloud security platform with the availability of AI-guided remediation capabilities. Now overburdened security teams can better operationalise risk findings to rapidly reduce risk and help developers quickly fix issues.

GUEST RESEARCH: Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today published its 2023 cloud native threat report, which summarises research and observations by Aqua Nautilus researchers.