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AI-powered anti phishing startup INKY scores additional $6 million in funding to protect organizations from phishing attacks
Nickie Louise Posted On November 14, 2019


Today, almost half of phishing emails pass through the traditional anti-spam filters. It is becoming increasingly difficult for current anti-spam filters to keep up as hackers continue to adapt and evolve their phishing and email attacks. INKY is an anti-phishing […]


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Facebook says 100 of its partners may have improperly accessed user data
Nickie Louise Posted On November 5, 2019


Not again! Facebook disclosed Tuesday in an announcement that as many as 100 software developers may have improperly accessed user data, including the names and profile pictures of people in specific groups on the social network. So far, the social […]


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Facebook sues Israeli cybersecurity startup NSO Group over alleged hacking of WhatsApp
Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2019


Israel cybersecurity startup NSO Group made headlines back in 2016 after its impossible-to-detect software, Pegasus, was used to hack Apple iPhone 6 running iOS version 9.3.4. We’ve written many articles about NSO over the past two years. Just last June, NSO […]


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IDnow secures $40M in funding to accelerate growth of its Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) platform
Nickie Louise Posted On October 28, 2019


IDnow, a tech startup that provides Identity Verification-as-a-Service (“IVAAS”) solutions, has secured $40 million growth equity investment to accelerate growth of its IVAAS Platform in Europe. The funding, which came from Corsair Capital LLC, brings the startup total investment to over $53 […]


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Cybersecurity startup Picus Security secures $5 million Series A funding to provide verified security protection to businesses and government
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2019


Picus Security, a cybersecurity startup that offers continuous security validation and mitigation to businesses and government agencies, has raised $5 million in Series A funding to accelerate growth and worldwide expansion, and continues its lead in the Breach and Attack Simulation […]


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Upstream Security raises $30M Series B from Renault, Volvo Group, Hyundai, others, to protect connected vehicles from escalating cyber threats
Nickie Louise Posted On October 21, 2019


Upstream Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup for connected vehicles, has closed $30 Million Series B investment to protect connected vehicles from escalating cyber threats; validates cloud-based automotive cybersecurity as the right path forward to address automotive cyber attacks. The round, which brings […]


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Study the Great Nation, a Chinese app pushing President Xi’s ideology, has ‘backdoor’ that could let Beijing spy on users, new report says
Nickie Louise Posted On October 14, 2019


“Study the Great Nation” or “Xuexi Qiangguo,” a Chinese app pushing Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s ideology, has flaws that could potentially allow Beijing to control hundreds of millions of users’ smartphone, according to analysis of the the app by a German […]


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Microsoft says suspected Iranian hackers tried to breach a US presidential campaign
Nickie Louise Posted On October 4, 2019


Microsoft cybersecurity officials reported Friday that Iranian hackers attempt to breach accounts from at least one US presidential campaign, as well as from US government officials, journalists, and Iranians living abroad. The incidents took place between the period extending from […]


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Enterprise security startup Cycode secures $4.6 million in funding to protect source code from theft, leakage and manipulation
Nickie Louise Posted On September 24, 2019


Cycode, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based enterprise security startup Cycode, has raised $4.6 million in seed fund to deliver industry’s first source code control, detection and response security solution. The round was  led by YL Ventures with participation from security industry leaders including […]


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Web Scraping is Legal: US Court Says Scraping Public Data from a Website Without Permission is NOT Illegal
Nickie Louise Posted On September 13, 2019


Two years after a lower court correctly decided that LinkedIn couldn’t use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) to stop third parties from scraping its website, the 9th Circuit appeals court in California ruled that it’s not illegal to scrape […]


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Cybersecurity startup Shape Security secures $51 million in growth funding at $1 billion valuation
Nickie Louise Posted On September 13, 2019


Today, many organizations take a reactive measures to protect their critical assets and prevent themselves against cybersecurity threats. The threat factors have to be analyzed, identified as malicious and ultimately blocked. Enter Shape Security, a cybersecurity startup that is protecting […]


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Mastercard is solving cybersecurity skills shortage and closing the STEM gender gap by empowering girls through its Girls4Tech program
Nickie Louise Posted On September 9, 2019


Cybersecurity skills shortage is getting worse. According to a survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) more than half of organizations report a “problematic shortage” of cybersecurity skills. In a separate report from Center for Cyber Safety and Education, unfilled cybersecurity jobs […]


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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s account hacked; Twitter Blames Mobile Provider ‘Oversight’
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2019


The official Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of the popular social media platform, was hacked on Friday. The hack became apparent his account was compromised after a number of peculiar tweets appeared on his Twitter account. The hackers posted […]


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Google discovers major iPhone security flaw that enabled hackers to put ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones for years
Nickie Louise Posted On August 30, 2019


Google announced today it has discovered flaws in iPhone that enabled hackers to put ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones for years. The flaw, which was discovered by Google’s Project Zero Threat Analysis Group (TAG), revealed 14 security flaws in iPhones that […]


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CrowdStrike launches $20 million Falcon Fund to invest in cybersecurity startups
Nickie Louise Posted On August 26, 2019


CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-based endpoint protection, has launched a $20m early stage investment fund. Started in partnership with Accel, Falcon Fund will focus on seed and Series A investments in security startups that are building applications on […]


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Pakistan man accused of bribing AT&T employees to unlock millions of phones by installing malware on the company’s network; faces 20 years in prison
Nickie Louise Posted On August 6, 2019


A 34-year old Pakistani man, Muhammad Fahd, has been accused of paying AT&T employees over a million dollars over the course of five years to unlock 2 millions of phones by installing malware on the company’s network. If found guilty, Fahd […]


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Capital One hacked: Hacker gained access to 100 million Capital One credit card applications and accounts plus 140,000 Social Security numbers
Nickie Louise Posted On July 30, 2019


In what has been described as the biggest data breaches ever, a hacker by the name Paige Thompson gained access to more than 100 million Capital One customers’ accounts and credit card applications earlier this year. The incident involved theft of […]


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Cybersecurity startup Trinity Cyber secures $23 million, led by Intel Capital, to proactively disrupt cyber attacks
Nickie Louise Posted On July 29, 2019


Trinity Cyber, a cybersecurity startup that provides proactive, adaptive and invisible military-grade cybersecurity services, announced Monday it has closed $23 million in funding from top institutional investors led by Intel Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Trinity Cyber also announced that […]


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The Global Internet is Powered by Vulnerable Undersea Cables. Could This be the End of Cloud as We Know It?
Nickie Louise Posted On July 28, 2019


Every time you visit a website, play online games, make a VOIP calls or send an email, data is being sent and received through an intricate undersea cable system that stretches around the globe. The  internet is a global network […]


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This Israeli cybersecurity startup reportedly developed spyware that spies on Apple, Google and Facebook cloud data; company denied the allegation
Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2019


NSO Group is a cybersecurity startup you probably never heard of. Founded about 10 years ago, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based NSO Group develops technology that helps government agencies prevent and investigate terrorism and crime to save thousands of lives around the globe. The […]


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