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"With Microsoft revealing that the timeline for the incident may stretch back to early 2021, there are now big questions about what the company’s evidence shows — or does not show — about what the China-linked threat actor was able to do during that time, Wiz’s Ami Luttwak tells CRN...."

"Cryptographic key that hackers used to access to Microsoft’s cloud was stored by mistake on company’s corporate network for over two years...."

"Closely held cloud cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. is considering a potential bid for SentinelOne Inc. in what would represent a rare move by a startup to buy a large listed company...."

"A litany of vulnerabilities step into the spotlight during hacker summer camp, the cluster of cybersecurity conferences that includes Black Hat...."

"Exploiting gaps in cloud infrastructure that are leaving endpoints, identities and microservices exposed is a quick way for an attacker to steal credentials and infect an enterprise’s DevOps process...."

"During a Black Hat USA 2023 session, a Wiz researcher explained how a common misconfiguration in Azure Active Directory led to the exposure of nearly 1,300 applications...."

"Cloud infrastructure represents the biggest transformation of IT infrastructure in a generation, and that change carries significant cybersecurity implications. ..."

"$200 million in sales. A $10 billion valuation. New billionaire Assaf Rappaport has built Wiz into one of software’s fastest-growing startups ever. But the CEO’s ultra-competitive approach is leaving singed eyebrows...."

"China-linked APT actors could have single-hop access to the gamut of Microsoft cloud services and apps, including SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive, among many others...."

"A stolen Microsoft security key may have allowed Beijing-backed spies to break into a lot more than just Outlook and Exchange Online email accounts...."

"Today, many people (myself included) view Wiz and the Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) category as completely synonymous...."

"Researchers at cybersecurity firm Wiz Inc. today detailed a newly discovered Python-based fileless malware that’s targeting cloud workloads...."

"Wiz this week unveiled a platform that provides bi-directional integration between its namesake cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) and third-party cybersecurity platforms...."

"Wiz has brought to market the Wiz Integration (WIN) Platform, which provides bi-directional security integrations that enable organizations to share security findings with the company and its third-party partners...."

"Over the past year, the tech landscape has been dominated by stories of downsizing due to rising interest rates, inflation and concerns about economic tumult...."

"These attacks are difficult but cost effective for attackers...."

"Wiz wins Most Innovative for Cloud Security and CNAPP...."

"In the cloud, a single change in a configuration can result in something being publicly exposed...."

"Microsoft fixed a vulnerability in its Azure Active Directory authentication software that could have let an attacker gain access to emails and documents of Bing users, Wiz said...."

"The problem was discovered by outside researchers at Wiz...."

"Big rounds, like Lightspeed’s recent investment in cloud security platform Wiz, are for exceptional companies that get to a certain stage quickly...."

"In the end, it's not really about the tools you buy. It's about the processes and the people...."

"'We see our VAR community as an incredibly strategic and valuable resource to help customers go from reactive to proactive,' said Wiz...."

"Plenty of startups have benefited from the boom. But one that’s done especially well is Wiz, a cloud security company founded by Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Yinon Costica and Roy Reznik. Wiz today announced that it raised $300 million in a Series D round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Greenoaks Capital Partners, with participation from angel investors including Starbucks owner Howard Schultz and French business magnate Bernard Arnault, valuing Wiz at around $10 billion post-money...."

"According to the company, this brings Wiz’s total capital raised to $900 million as its valuation popped another 66% to $10 billion since the last time it raised capital — $250 million at a $6 billion valuation — in October 2021...."

"Israeli-United States cloud security vendor has launched its first Australian data centre in Sydney, using highly scalable architecture and following government security guidelines and industry standards...."

"These 10 companies across segments such as security analytics, cloud security and application security have been on our radar in a big way at CRN, thanks to their strong momentum and channel commitment...."

"Cloud security company Wiz, a unicorn with a valuation of $6 billion, recently announced that it had reached annual recurring revenue of $100 million—only 18 months after launching its first product. Wiz achieved this growth by providing easy-to-use tools that help organizations quickly identify prioritize, remediate, and stave off potential cyberattacks...."