MAPRE RE to collaborate with cyber risk company Kovrr
Cyber risk modelling startup Kovrr is going to use its solutions to analyse the accumulated cyber risk exposure in cyber (re)insurance treaties for reinsurance company MAPFRE RE, part of global insurer the MAPFRE Group.
Why Si Consult decided to rebrand into SecurityHQ
Cybersecurity company Si Consult has rebranded itself to be called SecurityHQ.
Challenger bank Knab taps facial biometrics company iProov for its customer authentication services
Dutch online bank Knab prides itself on supplying a human service backed by the latest technology. To that end, it has just teamed up with biometrics company iProov.
BIS Innovation Hub to launch four new centres in Toronto, London, Paris and Stockholm
The Board of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is going to open four more BIS Innovation Hub centres across North America and Europe.
Hunters collects $15m in Series A round
Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company Hunters has bagged $15m in a Series A funding round from Microsoft’s M12 and U.S. Venture Partners.
Pockit customers’ accounts frozen because of the Wirecard scandal
Challenger bank Pockit has been forced to freeze all customers' accounts because of the Wirecard scandal and tells users to go to local welfare assistance schemes if they can't pay for their essentials.
Holvi cards suspended because of the Wirecard scandal
Holvi, the digital banking platform for freelancers, has become the latest FinTech firm to be swept up in the Wirecard scandal.
Almost half of UK businesses’ cybersecurity unprepared for sustained remote working
Remote working has become the norm for many professionals since the outbreak of Covid-19, but many businesses' digital defences are not prepared for their employees working from home for long.
The amount of new vulnerabilities identified in open source packages drops
The number of new vulnerabilities in open source packages was down by 20% compared to last year, suggesting cybersecurity efforts are progressing, according to a report from developer-first security platform Synk.
New South Wales government will open new cybersecurity centre in July
The government in New South Wales has announced plans to launch a new cybersecurity centre in Bathurst to scan for online vulnerabilities across different governmental departments.
