ComplyAdvantage, McKinsey execs bet on UK-based cybersecurity startup seedata.io in pre-seed round
Seedata.io, a London-based cybersecurity SaaS startup, raised £640,000 in a pre-seed funding round.
Advanced Fraud Solutions releases new account validation tool
Deposit fraud detection software developer Advanced Fraud Solutions has released a new account validation tool for financial institutions.
Celo teams up with FinClusive to implement KYC/AML tools to its digital wallet
Open source blockchain ecosystem Celo has teamed up with FinClusive, which provides accounts and payment solutions with embedded AML tools.
Ernst & Young and its partners fined $10m in SEC probe of bid violations
Ernst & Young LLP to pay $10m to settle a regulatory investigation into allegations that it improperly obtained confidential information in pursuit of a contract to audit a public company’s books.
US cyber director Inglis calls for cyber statistics bureau creation
US national cyber director Chris Inglis has endorsed a plan for the creation of a bureau of cyber statistics which will collect and analyse threat data.
Finite State fetches $30m to secure connected devices in the global supply chain industry
Columbus OH-based connected device security company Finite State raised $30m in Series B funding led by Energize Ventures and with participation from Schneider Electric Ventures and Merlin Ventures.
Cybersecurity startup Nozomi Networks nets $100m in pre-IPO funding to protect critical infrastructure
Nozomi Networks, a San Francisco-based industrial CyberTech startup offering cybersecurity and operational visibility services for industrial control systems, raised $100m in pre-initial public listing funding.
Threat detection firm Venari Security pulls in £4.2m Series A
London-based Venari Security has raised £4.2m from a Series A funding round that included a number of high-profile cybersecurity backers.
Microsoft underlines heightened concern from call centre ransomware scheme
Microsoft has claimed a ransomware campaign employing bogus call centers to trick victims into downloading malware may be more dangerous than previously thought.
‘Shooting war’ with a major power could break out over cyberattacks, Biden reveals
President Joe Biden has claimed the US is more likely to end up in a ‘real shooting war with a major power’ due to cybercrime than any other form of conflict.
