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Cybersecurity startup Gillware Digital Forensics rebrands as Tetra Defense; raises $3M Series A to accelerate growth
Nickie Louise Posted On January 14, 2020


Gillware Digital Forensics, a Madison, Wisconsin-based cyber incident response and proactive cybersecurity consulting startup, today announced its rebranding as Tetra Defense. The startup also said it closed $3 million series A investment round to aggressively expand its team, sales and marketing efforts, […]


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Google’s Hash Code competition is back for 2020
Nickie Louise Posted On January 14, 2020


Google started the Hash Code competition six years ago. The competition was created back then by a few engineers in the Google France office. These engineers were coding competition enthusiasts and wondered if it would be possible to create a […]


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Amazon is telling shoppers to uninstall Honey, a startup PayPal recently bought for $4 billion; poses security risks
Nickie Louise Posted On January 14, 2020


Back in November, we wrote about Honey, a browser extension startup PayPal bought for $4 billion. Now, according to a tweet from Ryan Hutchins, a New Jersey bureau chief for POLITICO, Honey browser extension will be “one extensive piece of Malware” […]


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Security researchers found a vulnerability in Firefox browser; Mozilla asked users to update their browser to the latest version
Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2020


Chinese researchers at security company Qihoo 360, have found vulnerabilities in Firefox’s just-in-time compiler, which is tasked with speeding up performance of JavaScript to make websites load faster. However, the researchers found that the bug could allow malicious JavaScript to […]


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Cloudflare buys remote browser isolation startup S2 Systems Corporation
Nickie Louise Posted On January 7, 2020


Cloudflare, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of solutions that protect and accelerate any Internet application online, announced today that it has purchased S2 Systems Corporation. The amount and terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the acquisition, Cloudflare is expected to add […]


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How to Recover from a Cyber Attack
Nickie Louise Posted On January 7, 2020


This article originally appeared on IndustryWeek. Guest blog post by Traci Spencer, Grant Program Manager for TechSolve, Inc., the southwest regional partner of the Ohio MEP, part of the MEP National NetworkTM. This article is the fifth installment in a […]


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Microsoft Stops Cyber Attacks and Takes Down 50 Domains Operated By North Korean Hacking Group ‘Thallium’ 
Nickie Louise Posted On January 1, 2020


Microsoft Corp said it has taken control of web domains operated by North Korean hacking group “Thallium” used in stealing sensitive information of users  based in the United States, as well as Japan and South Korea. According to the report, Microsoft […]


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ToTok, a popular Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is actually a spying tool used by UAE government; now removed from App Store and Google Play
Nickie Louise Posted On December 22, 2019


First, it was TikTok and now it’s ToTok. Welcome to the new digital arm race. In early November, the U.S. government opened a national security review of a Chinese company ByteDance and the parent company of TikTok amid security concerns. As […]


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Over 267 million Facebook users had their names, phone numbers, and profiles exposed online in an unsecured public database, researcher says
Nickie Louise Posted On December 19, 2019


Just this morning, we wrote about an investigative Privacy Project that showed how dozens of tech companies are spying and logging the movements of tens of millions of American people. Now, a security researcher is reporting  that sensitive information of […]


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Zero Privacy: An investigative Privacy Project shows how dozens of tech companies are spying and logging the movements of tens of millions of American people
Nickie Louise Posted On December 19, 2019


It’s time to kiss your privacy goodbye! We’ve written many stories on how tech companies are intruding into private citizens’ lives by deliberately collecting and profiting from their data. Now, the news seems to be gaining mainstream media’s attention. In […]


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Ring Security Camera Hacked: ‘I can see you in bed. Wake up!’ Woman says stranger hacked Ring camera
Nickie Louise Posted On December 12, 2019


Hackers succeeded in hacking Ring Security Camera of a couple in Georgia. The bedroom Ring security camera was  set up to watch puppy. The Brookhaven, Georgia couple shared chilling video of the moment they say a stranger hacked into their Ring […]


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Microsoft Says 44 Million Customers Passwords Breached
Nickie Louise Posted On December 6, 2019


Microsoft reported today that tens of millions of its customers are using log-ins that have previously been breached, putting themselves and their organization at risk of account takeover, the computing giant has revealed. After checking and analyzing a database containing […]


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The U.S. Government Issued a .Gov Domain Name to a Fraudster Pretending to Be a Mayor
Nickie Louise Posted On November 30, 2019


Apparently, it is easy for anyone to obtain a .gov domain name. All you have to do is simply fill an online form and boom you get your own .Gov domain name. According to a report from krebsonsecurity.com, a cybersecurity watchdog […]


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Cybersecurity startup SecuLetter secures $6M Series B funding to detect and protect organizations from unknown attacks
Nickie Louise Posted On November 29, 2019


SecuLetter, a cybersecurity startup that provides advanced persistence threat (APT) response solution to email attack, has secure $6 million series B investment funding for its for its email security technology and non-executable file attack diagnosis technology. The round, which values the company at […]


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Cybersecurity startup Detectify secures additional $23.1M to grow its ethical hacker network
Nickie Louise Posted On November 25, 2019


Detectify, a crowd-based cybersecurity startup that provides website vulnerability scanning, automated security and asset monitoring for organizations, today announced it has raised additional $23.1 million (€21 million) to grow its ethical hacker network. The round was led by London-based VC firm Balderton Capital, […]


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Google will pay you $1.5 million if you can hack Titan M security chip on its phones
Nickie Louise Posted On November 22, 2019


Are you ready for the hacking challenge? Google announced yesterday that it will pay anyone up to $1.5 million who can successfully hack its Titan M security chip on the its Pixel phones. The announcement it part of Google’s Android bug-bounty […]


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1.2 billion people’s personal and social information exposed in a massive data leak in an unsecured dark web server; largest data leak in history
Nickie Louise Posted On November 22, 2019


The Internet has turned into a wild-wild west. Our privacy is virtually gone and no one is immuned from the onslaught of attack on social media. Our personal information is no longer safe. In some cases, social networking sites like […]


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Israeli cybersecurity startup Perimeter 81 secures $10M to grow its “Network as a Service” platform
Nickie Louise Posted On November 21, 2019


Back in March, we wrote about Perimeter 81 when the Tel Aviv, Israel-based cybersecurity startup raised $5 million funding to invest in expanding the sales, marketing and R&D teams in its Tel Aviv and New York offices, and developing new cloud […]


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Abnormal Security launches from stealth with $24M from Greylock to protect enterprises from targeted email attacks
Nickie Louise Posted On November 19, 2019


Abnormal Security, a cloud email security platform that protects enterprises from targeted email attacks, today launches from stealth with $24 million in Series A funding led by Greylock Partners. The San Francisco, Californai-based Abnormal Security protects organizations from the most sophisticated, […]


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InsurTech startup CyberCube secures $35M Series B to accelerate cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry
Nickie Louise Posted On November 19, 2019


CyberCube, an insurtech startup that delivers data-driven cyber analytics built specifically for the insurance industry, today announced it has secured $35 million additional Series B funding  to power the next phase of its growth. The round was led by HSCM Bermuda […]


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