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Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced that it has agreed to buy RedLock Inc., a competitor focused on securing cloud environments, in an all-cash deal worth $173 million. The purchase is the latest in a series of nine-figure acquisitions that the network protection giant has made this year. In April, Palo Alto Networks shelled out $300 …

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This morning Bloomberg is reporting a bombshell for hardware security. Companies like Amazon and Apple have found a malicious chip on their server motherboards. These are not counterfeit chips. They are not part of the motherboard design. These were added by the factory at the time of manufacture. The chip was placed among other signal conditioning …

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Homeland Security has said it has “no reason to doubt” statements by Apple,  Amazon and Supermicro denying allegations made in a Bloomberg report published earlier this week. It’s the first statement so far from the U.S. government on the report, casting doubt on the findings. Homeland Security’s statement echos near-identical comments from the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center. Bloomberg said, citing …

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