Cybersecurity/Information Security

A hacker that goes by the name of ChinaDan claims they have obtained 23 terabytes of data on one billion Chinese nationals and billions of case records from Shanghai police.

Singapore-based cybersecurity platform watchTowr has collected $8m for its pre-Series A funding round.

Apollo Brokers, a digital wholesale cyber insurance broker, has partnered with SecurityScorecard to help insured, brokers and carriers be more secure.

CYBER.ORG, a cybersecurity workforce development organisation, has launched a project to provide cybersecurity education to blind and visually impaired students.

Much like the initial scepticism to credit cards when they were first introduced, there has been some apprehension over the use of e-trust solutions. However, the industry is proving they are secure and effective, and their use is on the rise. Electronic IDentification is on a mission to make digital identity solutions the norm.

Allianz has entered into a multi-year partnership with cyber insurance provider Coalition for US and UK cyber insurance programmes.

Inspectiv, a vulnerability detection platform, has closed its Series A round on $16m.

North Korean hacking group Lazarus is supposedly the prime suspect in a $100m hack of a cross-chain cryptocurrency bridge called Horizon Bridge.

Token, a wearable authentication solutions provider, has raised $13m in a Series B funding round.  

Lionguard, an automation platform that offers visibility and protection across IT systems, has netted $10m in funding.