Aqua News

BOSTON—APRIL 8, 2025—Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, announced today that it has achieved the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s (FedRAMP®) high impact authorization status and is listed in the FedRAMP marketplace. Sponsored by the Department of Education, this authorization marks a significant milestone in the company’s journey to provide innovative security …

BOSTON, February 19, 2025 – Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced that it has named it to the prestigious Cloud 100 and Security 100 lists by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company. These lists highlight leading channel-focused vendors that are advancing innovation. They serve as trusted resources for solution providers …

BOSTON, January 22, 2025 – Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced it ranked as a Leader and Forward Mover in the Maturity/Platform Play quadrant of the GigaOm Radar for Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS). The report examines 23 of the top SSCS solutions and compares their offerings against capabilities and critical …

BOSTON, January 2, 2025 – Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced it was named an Outperformer and Leader in the Innovation/Platform Play quadrant of the GigaOm Radar for Container Security. The report, which examined 22 container security solutions and compared their offerings against capabilities and business requirements, offers a market overview and …

BOSTON, December 4, 2024 – Aqua Security, the pioneer in cloud native security, today announced it has renewed its ISO 27001 certification and added two new certifications: ISO 27017 for cloud security and ISO 27018 for privacy. All of Aqua’s worldwide locations meet the internationally recognized standards for all three certifications, showing the company’s commitment …

Cloud security firm Aqua in a Tuesday blog post said a threat actor with the online moniker “Matrix” is exploiting Internet of Things device vulnerabilities such as default credentials and outdated software. 

Despite primarily leveraging the Mirai botnet to facilitate its DDoS intrusions, Matrix has also exploited known Apache HugeGraph and Arcadyan firmware flaws and the SSH and Telnet administrative protocols, while utilizing Discord bots to enable encrypted DDoS command execution, according to a report from Aqua Security’s Nautilus threat research team. 

A new report released today from Aqua Security Software Ltd.’s Nautilus research team details a massive distributed denial-of-service campaign by a threat actor called Matrix.