Aqua News

BOSTON—July 11, 2024 — Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced that 10 of North America’s largest and most influential banks have chosen its cloud native application protection platform (CNAPP), the Aqua Platform, to prevent attacks in the software supply chain and stop attacks as they happen in real time in production. With Aqua, customers …

BOSTON—June 26, 2024—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 organizations on Github, which collectively includes more than 50,000 publicly accessible …

Two cloud security unicorns — Aqua Security and Orca Security — recently announced a partnership to integrate their runtime protection and visibility capabilities. Their CEOs emphasized that this collaboration will enable them to better compete with industry giants like Palo Alto Networks, while showcasing a superior alternative to the acquisition-driven model.  

BOSTON, June 20, 2024 – Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced that it has been granted a patent (12001543) for its Dynamic Threat Analysis (DTA) technology. This innovative capability assesses the risks that container images pose before they are run as containers in a live environment. With Aqua’s newly patented technology, …

Yakir Kadkoda, lead security researcher at Aqua Security, warned that “from this large amount of data, attackers can extract tokens and sensitive information, identify vulnerabilities by examining the code, and discover internal and external domain names and IP addresses.” 

“Muhstik is a well-known threat targeting IoT devices and Linux-based servers, notorious for its ability to infect devices and utilize them for cryptocurrency mining and launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks,” cloud security firm Aqua said in a report published this week.

Among its many use cases, AI technologies are now being integrated into cloud environments to bolster security. With AI, organizations can automate the detection of code generated by machine learning models, enhancing the security posture without the traditional reliance on extensive manual oversight, said Dror Davidoff, co-founder and CEO of Aqua Security.