Tagged: security

March 6, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay, a provider of AI-enhanced transaction monitoring tech to protect banking institutions and Fintech platforms against financial crimes, recently revealed that it has solidified its international revenue operations with the appointment of Peter Reynolds as the firm’s Chief Revenue Officer. ThetaRay is an OurCrowd portfolio… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Emin Gün Sirer has a “major beef” with the crypto economy: “It’s not growing fast enough.” As mentioned in an update shared by Mastercard, Dr. Sirer is an early crypto innovator who co-founded the blockchain startup Ava Labs with the goal of digitizing the… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at HMBradley reveals that they recently detected a cyberattack on their systems. In this type of attack, often referred to as a “credential stuffing attack”, the perpetrator attempts “to gain access to a customer’s account using login credentials illegally obtained from another source.”… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Neeraj Khandelwal, Co-founder of CoinDCX, one of India’s largest digital asset exchanges. As covered in August 2021, CoinDCX turned into India’s first crypto unicorn following a $90 million investment round led by Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin and B Capital Group… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The FBI Cyber Division notes that cyber threat actors have recently “deployed destructive malware” against organizations operating in Ukraine. The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency noted in an extensive update that “leading up to Russia’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine, threat actors deployed destructive… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Okcoin reveals that clients are now able to trade the WAX token (WAXP) against USD via the crypto trading platform. Okcoin has shared what the initiative is all about, “in simple terms.” The team at Okcoin confirmed that you can now deposit,… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist notes that not too long ago, they had released an update in regards to the Bitfinex incident. The report from SlowMist had covered how the stolen funds had allegedly been laundered using a technique known as “peel chain.” The company reveals that they received… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A report shared by digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) had provided the latest updates on what WEFUZZ, the Coinbase Crypto Community Fund grant recipient, has been working on during the first part of their year-long Crypto development grant. This update covers their ongoing work… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Wilson, Head of Public Policy at TrueLayer, notes that Open banking started back in 2018 thanks to appropriate regulations (PSD2) which gave consumers the right “to access their bank account data using third parties called account information services providers (AISPs).” However, these same set… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In line with industry regulation, online payments with the Zopa Credit Card are becoming a lot more secure, with the addition of “a new layer of security,” according to an update from UK’s digital bank Zopa. You may start noticing this change from 14 February… Read More

February 19, 2022 @ 9:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, the international identity verification firm, recently announced four new banking clients: Bambu Systems, Guardian Gold, Nerve and Simba. With Trulioo GlobalGateway, one of the largest networks of identity data and services, financial institutions can “deploy identity checks that help them satisfy Know Your Customer… Read More

February 14, 2022 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SteelEye, the compliance tech and data analytics firm, reinforced its commitment to ensuring institutional-grade data security by “achieving System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 compliance.” The external accreditation confirms SteelEye’s ongoing commitment to data security – a move the Regtech firm thinks will solidify its… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Just a few days following the Wormhole Portal hack that led to losses of more than $302 million, Meter’s Passport bridge has experienced a similar attack. The hack on meter.io has been estimated to be “a loss of around $4.3 Million, comprising $4.2 million in… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 11:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it will transition away from using a third-party service for facial recognition in order to help authenticate individuals creating new online accounts. The transition will take place over the coming weeks in order to “prevent larger disruptions… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 2:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

HackerOne, a hacker-powered security platform, has raised $49 million dollars in a Series E funding round. The funding, led by investment firm GP Bullhound, brings total investment to date to nearly $160 million. It follows an eventful year in cybersecurity, culminating in the Log4j vulnerability… Read More

January 29, 2022 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than 1.5 million US banking/payment cards may reportedly be found via the dark web, according to a study carried out by cybersecurity firm NordVPN. The study by NordVPN reveals that a total of 1,561,739 American payment card details had been discovered by researchers. This… Read More

January 29, 2022 @ 10:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At 9:34PM UTC on January 27, 2022, a bad actor started their exploit of Qubit Finance’s Ethereum (ETH) to Binance Smart Chain (BSC) bridge. As noted in an update from CertiK, this particular exploit “ended up netting them 77,162 qXETH ($185 million), which they then… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scalability has been the “hottest topic” in the crypto space during the past few years, the team at Qtum notes in a recent update. Qtum‘s developers write in a blog post that they have seen several projects “adopt a centralized stance just to speed up… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at HYPR reveals that they’re pleased to confirm that they’ve successfully completed SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 compliance and audit initiatives “along with obtaining ISO 27017 and ISO 27018 compliance certifications.” As noted by its management, HYPR allows customers to finally… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Mark Fiebig, Founder at The Closing Docs, a firm offering automated income verification for property managers and lenders. As explained by the company’s management, The Closing Docs provides an automated income verification tool that positions property managers and lenders to “make… Read More