Tagged: security

December 29, 2022 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

RoRa Holdings, a provider of cryptocurrency assets, claims that it “commits itself to upholding the highest standards of security and transparency for investors, including a deep dedication to maintaining integrity within the cryptocurrency realm.” RoRa Holdings, a provider of crypto-assets, announced that it will be… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency exchanges allow us to buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately, this has “enabled crypto exchanges to become a target for hackers,” according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. Since 2012, “at least 47 cryptocurrency exchanges suffered from major hacks forcing platforms to shut… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security announced the launch of ChainKeeper — “an all-rounder platform for Web3 security, transaction tracking and reporting.” ChainKeeper was created by Uppsala Security in… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Group-IB, which claims to be one of the global cybersecurity leaders, has presented its findings about Godfather, an Android banking Trojan that is currently being utilized by cybercriminals “to attack users of leading banking and crypto exchange applications in 16 countries.” To date, Godfather has… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 8:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Intelligence Group, a key player focused on blockchain investigations, owned by BIGG Digital Assets, Inc. (CSE: BIGG), announced the availability of the Cardano and Stacks blockchains on its platform, which “provides crypto firms, law enforcement, banks and government intelligence and security for cryptocurrency transactions.”… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, one of the “largest” digital assets financial services platform, has announced that its institutional custodian service brand, Cactus Custody, has successfully “completed the SOC (System and Organization Controls) 2 Type 1 audit of its security and data privacy practices.” This certification “reflects Matrixport’s commitment… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Theresa Le Chief Claims Officer at Cowbell, which claims to be the leader in cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Cowbell is the provider of cyber insurance for SMEs and the “pioneer” of Adaptive Cyber Insurance. Cowbell reportedly “delivers… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Ledger notes that NFTs are ushering in “an artistic renaissance that has barely begun to play itself out, changing how art, music and, more broadly, culture is digitally generated, owned and exchanged forever.” As the platform to secure and manage NFTs, Ledger… Read More

December 3, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CyVers claims it is a leading provider of “proactive” Web3 Security for the centralized, decentralized finance and smart contract applications “via detection and interception of crypto attacks across blockchains.” The company has announced an $8 million investment round “led by Elron Ventures.” This funding is… Read More

December 2, 2022 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Axway, a provider of API management and integration software, announced new data from its inaugural 2022 Open Everything Strategy Survey Report. Polling nearly 1,000 IT leaders, architects, and developers about their digital strategies and top concerns, the survey “found nearly 40% of organizations are in… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK has unveiled “an underground ring of KYC actors for hire, used by rogue developers to scam Web3 communities.” Basic KYC verifications “are regularly effective at annoying honest retail users, but unfortunately less so at stopping determined criminals from defrauding victims and laundering their stolen… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance‘s management has answered a few follow-up questions from the community about “how funds and wallets are managed at Binance.” Binance explains that it “holds all of its clients’ crypto-assets in segregated accounts which are identified separately from any accounts used to hold crypto-assets belonging… Read More

November 23, 2022 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has made a strategic investment in and will be leading the upcoming Series A round of NGRAVE, a blockchain and digital asset security provider “specialized in user-friendly, maximum security solutions for crypto users, from creating… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amidst recent escalating concerns over digital asset security, global blockchain solutions provider ChainUp Group announced that it is “utilizing the multi-party computation (MPC) technology as part of a multi-layered security architecture to ensure the highest security standards of its digital asset custody solutions.” The multi-layered… Read More

November 10, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com, said that they’ve shared the belief that it “should be necessary for crypto platforms to publicly share proof of reserves” and Crypto.com will be publishing their audited proof of reserves. According to the company CEO, this is “a critical moment… Read More

November 10, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Living Security and CybSafe announced a new Human Risk Management Maturity Model, to serve as “a standard across the cybersecurity industry including: practitioners, analysts, vendors, and thought leaders to measure the impact of human behavior on an organization’s risk.” While several frameworks and maturity models… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cinode has received certification “according to ISO/IEC 27001:2013, and means that the SaaS service meets the high requirements of information security, which include confidentiality, integrity, availability and protection of assets.” ISO/IEC 27001 is “an internationally recognized standard for management systems regarding information security.” It helps… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Okcoin has successfully completed a security audit. This milestone is just another step in their journey of offering their customers the “safest” crypto experience in the industry, the firm claims. As noted in the update, Okcoin has successfully completed the Service Organization… Read More

November 5, 2022 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThriveDX, the global cybersecurity education solutions provider, announced today it is prioritizing a new category in cybersecurity, “Human Factor Security”, in order “to close the global cybersecurity skills and talent gap while increasing diversity and inclusion across the industry.” Cybersecurity Ventures reported that “there are… Read More

November 3, 2022 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

McAfee Corp., a global player in online protection, announced an exclusive partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA), a global technology company in the payments industry, “to offer Mastercard personal and small-medium size business cardholders access to online protection solutions.” In 2021, 83% of organizations “reported experiencing… Read More