IBM – TheCyberThrone

Year 2024

Major Security Acquisitions in Year 2024 Top 25 Analysis

In 2024, the cybersecurity industry saw a significant surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, driven by the increasing importance of advanced technologies like AI and the growing threat landscape.…

PravinKarthik December 24, 2024

IBM fixes multiple vulnerabilities including CVE-2024-49803

IBM has released patches for multiple vulnerabilities, that could lead to a remote code execution to hard-coded credentials and privilege escalation that potentially compromising sensitive data and disrupting critical services.…

PravinKarthik December 3, 2024

IBM Acquires Polar Security

IBM has acquired Polar Security, an innovator in technology that helps discover, continuously monitor, and secure cloud and SaaS application data and addresses the growing shadow data problem. This is…

PravinKarthik May 16, 2023

Expat XML Parser Bug in NetApp, HPE

HPE has issued a critical alert tied to its OneView infrastructure management platform warning of a use-after-free vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on targeted systems, leak…

PravinKarthik February 3, 2023

Major Security Acquisitions in Year 2022 a Review

The cybersecurity mergers and acquisition market continues into 2022 as vendors look to solidify their positions and expand their offerings. Despite growing macroeconomic challenges in 2022, tech giants continued to…

PravinKarthik December 26, 2022

IBM patches Vulnerabilities in Jackson-Data bind

IBM has fixed 57 vulnerabilities in its Process Mining software, used by enterprises to conduct workflow analysis. The vulnerabilities were inherited from a third-party package, FasterXML jackson-databind, which allows JSON…

PravinKarthik June 13, 2022

IBM Acquires Randori

IBM is set to acquire Randori, an offensive security startup that combines attack surface management with continuous automated red teaming to help organizations bolster their cyber defenses. Attack Surface management,…

PravinKarthik June 7, 2022

HSBC Collaborates With IBM For CDBC

HSBC and IBM have successfully tested an advanced token and digital wallet settlement capability encompassing direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in a hybrid cloud environment. The…

PravinKarthik December 19, 2021