Tagged: online security

Digital Assets Firm Nexo Partners with Online Security Provider Sift

Nexo, the institution for digital assets, announced a partnership with Sift, the firm focused on Digital Trust & Safety. By working with Sift, Nexo will be able to enhance its approach “to fraud prevention, enhancing security measures and ensuring a safer, smoother, quicker, and more… Read More

Global Ransomware Attacks Reached Record High in Past Year – Report

Corvus Insurance, the cyber underwriter powered by a proprietary AI-driven cyber risk platform, today released its Q4 2023 Ransomware Report. Featuring data collected from ransomware leak sites, the report shows “that while Q4 attacks were down slightly from Q3 2023, ransomware activity for the year… Read More

Businesses that Eliminate Passwords Report Improved Operations and Security Outcomes: HYPR Study

HYPR, The Identity Assurance Company, and Yubico (NASDAQ: YUBICO), the provider of hardware authentication security keys, have published a new study on challenges, perceptions and outcomes in “the usage of password and passwordless authentication technologies.” The report, titled “Transcending Passwords: The Next Generation of Authentication”… Read More

Mastercard to Strengthen Corporate Security with New Appointments

Ron Green has been named Mastercard Fellow in order “to drive innovation in security; Michael Lashlee will lead Corporate Security” As part of its ongoing commitment to cybersecurity innovation, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced Chief Security Officer Ron Green will “become a Mastercard Fellow, a newly… Read More

Accenture Acquires Spain’s Cybersecurity Firm Innotec Security

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Innotec Security, a privately held company specializing in cybersecurity-as-a-service, cyber resilience and cyber risk management, expanding its capabilities and footprint in Spain. Innotec Security was previously owned by parent company Entelgy Group. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2002… Read More

Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Reports “Minor” Information Security Incident

Bitfinex announces that it has resolved a minor information security incident, discovered earlier this week. A “small” portion of Bitfinex‘s customer support boards, which “held partial, incomplete and stale information was accessed by an individual or group, through the phishing of a customer support agent… Read More

OneSpan Introduces Quantum-Safe Blockchain Storage to Secure Firms’ Digital Agreements

OneSpan (NASDAQ: OSPN), the digital agreements security company, announced a unique new capability to its market-leading e-signature solution, OneSpan Sign, to give organizations a better way “to safeguard the provenance of a document against emerging security threats.” The newest addition to OneSpan’s portfolio, Trust Vault,… Read More

Milan Velev of Nexo: Blockchain Professional Explains Importance of Security for Crypto Investors, Traders

We recently connected with Milan Velev, Nexo’s Chief Security Officer, who shared key insights with CI regarding the importance of setting standards for crypto platform security. Milan Velev from Nexo explained why crypto investors and traders need to prioritize security. He also commented on their… Read More

Cybersecurity and Insurance Platform Upfort Secures $8M via Series A

Upfort, a cyber security and insurance platform, today announced it has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by SYN Ventures, “with participation of Eniac Ventures and Fika Ventures, which co-led Upfort’s seed round.” This investment round advances Upfort’s goal “to simplify… Read More

Startups More Likely to Acquire Funding with Cyber Coverage, Embroker Study Claims

Founders are discussing cyber insurance more than ever, with 83% talking to their investors and boards about cyber protection often or always — a 42% increase year-over-year. The report, titled “Cyber Risk Index: Startup Edition 2023” comes from Embroker, the digital platform making it simple… Read More

Pegasystems, the Low-Code Platform Provider, Introduces Pega Financial Crime and Alerts Investigation Management Accelerator

Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the low-code platform provider empowering the world’s leading enterprises to Build for Change, announced the Pega Financial Crime and Alerts Investigation Management Accelerator, a new solution that helps financial institutions manage the rising number of risk alerts and more efficiently orchestrate… Read More

UK Suffers “Record” Number of Ransomware Attacks, Elliptic Report Claims

Organizations in the United Kingdom reportedly suffered a record number of ransomware attacks last year, according to analysis of a dataset published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). In its data security incident trends – which “are reported to the data protection regulator – the… Read More

Blockchain Firm SlowMist and Struct Finance to Enhance Security Across DeFi Ecosystem

In the DeFi realm, while innovation and opportunity are definitely arising, significant potential risks prevail, according to an update from SlowMist. SlowMist explains that addressing these challenges demands “an active and evolving security approach, parallel in its dynamism and comprehensiveness to the ecosystem it aspires… Read More

Digital Asset Firm Gemini Plans to Expand Passkey Support beyond 2FA to Enable Passwordless Logins

Gemini says that it continues to be focused on crypto innovation by allowing users to add passkeys “for two-factor authentication to their accounts.” As explained in a blog post by Gemini, passkeys provide two major advantages “over other account authentication methods: increased security and ease… Read More

Digital Security Firm CyberCube Monitors Hot Zones for Evidence of Online Threats, Bridging Divide between Virtual and Physical Impacts

Nation-state cyber threat activity will push the boundaries of war exclusion language, warns cyber risk analytics specialist CyberCube. In a report examining selected nation-state cyber hot zones to gain insight into the potential cyber (re)insurance impacts of future cyber wars, CyberCube monitors these hot zones… Read More

Exabeam, a Cybersecurity Firm, Expands Partnership with Google Cloud in Development of Generative AI Models

Exabeam, a global cybersecurity firm that created New-Scale SIEM for advancing security operations, and a 2023 Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year for Security – Analytics, announced it is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud in “the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models… Read More

HiddenLayer, a Security Provider for AI Models and Assets, Raises $50M Series A

HiddenLayer, the security provider for artificial intelligence (AI) models and assets, has raised $50 million in Series A funding to expand its talent base, increase go-to-market efforts, and further invest in its Machine Learning Security (MLSec) Platform. The investment round marks the largest Series A… Read More

Ethereum (ETH) Development: ERC-7512 to Enhance Smart Contract Security via Onchain Audit Representations

Ethereum security professionals and developers have introduced ERC (Ethereum Request for Comment)-7512, a standard for onchain audit report representation, in a move to bolster blockchain security. This proposal aims to “enhance transparency and trust within the blockchain ecosystem by providing a standardized method to represent… Read More

Web3 Security: Movement Labs Secures Funding, Introduces SDK to Enhance Cross-Platform Interoperability

Movement Labs announced that it has raised $3.4 million in pre-seed funding from a group of industry participants, which will enable Movement Labs to grow the adoption and development of Move, a smart contract development language “with embedded safeguards protecting against attack vectors like reentrancy… Read More

Visa Research Reveals Fraud Schemes in Retail, Digital Commerce

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), which claims to be world leader in digital payments, released the Fall 2023 edition of its Biannual Threats Report which “highlights emerging fraud schemes targeting the global economy.” This edition showcases “a significant rise of phishing schemes proliferated through generative AI tools,… Read More

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