Brand abuse cyberattacks rocket in Q3 2021 with huge 274% climb
A report by payments authentication and monitoring solutions provider Outseer has detailed a massive spike in global brand abuse attacks in the third quarter of 2021.
New XDR firm launches from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye merger
Trellix, an extended detection and response (XDR) solutions provider, has been officially launched as a result of the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye.
Polar Security ices $8.5m seed funding following stealth period
Israeli cloud security firm Polar Security has bagged $8.5m from a seed funding round following a period of stealth by the company.
Accellion ends data breach lawsuit with $8.1m FTA settlement
Content firewall provider Accellion has come to a settlement of $8.1m to bring to an end a lawsuit over a data breach that involved FTA, its legacy file sharing service.
Permiso Security nails down $10m seed to scale team and footprint
Cloud identity detection and response firm Permiso.io has secured $10m from a seed funding round led by Point72 Ventures.
Advanced Fraud Solutions becomes a preferred partner of Nacha
Advanced Fraud Solutions, a real-time anti-fraud solution developer, has been recognised as a preferred partner of Nacha, which governs the ACH Network.
FBI unveils plan to shift cybercrime approach away from arrest-first
The FBI has revealed it is intending to move away from its indictment and arrest-first model to a cost-imposing and incident response model.
Blockchain security firm Redefine claims $11m seed
Israeli blockchain security startup Redefine has scored $11m in seed funding capital.
Two years on: how the pandemic has changed the RegTech sector
When Covid-19 swept the world at the start of 2020, no one had any idea how much it would change the way we live and work. As in-person restrictions continue to fester two years on, how has the opportunities provided by the pandemic impacted the RegTech industry?
North Korean cybercriminals stole almost $400m worth of digital assets in 2021
Research by Chainalysis has found North Korean cybercriminals stole close to $400m worth of digital assets across at least seven cyberattacks last year.
