Security Technology

CYR3CON secures $8.2m in new investment

Cybersecurity company CYR3CON has closed an $8.2m investment round led by Pivotal Group, with participation by Trumpf Ventures, 3Lines Venture Capital, DF Enterprises, Hike Ventures and other investors.

Blockchain startup Valid Network bags $8m in seed round

Israel-based cybersecurity startup Valid Network has raised an $8m seed round to fuel the development of its technology, expand its team and to open a New York office.

How has the Covid-19 crisis changed how financial services should think about cybersecurity?

The pandemic has forced financial services firms to reconsider their digital defences or risk falling victim to cyber attacks.

This hacking group has been targeting FinTechs since 2018

If you've never heard of Evilnum, then you better read this carefully as the hacking group has targeted European FinTechs since 2018.

Bandura Cyber and Recorded Future have joined forces to provide better cybersecurity

Cybersecurity companies Bandura Cyber and Recorded Future have signed a partnership deal.

Eurofins Digital Testing has acquired cybersecurity company Commissum Associates

Eurofins Digital Testing, the end-to-end quality assurance and testing services provider, has acquired cybersecurity Commissum Associates. Terms were not disclosed.

More than half of remote workers have improved their cybersecurity awareness during Covid-19

While many experts have feared that remote working will increase the risk of breaches, it seems like the majority of Australian professionals working from home has improved their cybersecurity awareness during lockdown.

123456 continues to be one of the most popular and hackable passwords online

Despite years of experts trying to convince people to create passwords that are difficult to guess, it seems like many people still haven't got the message.

Cybersecurity risk for cryptocurrency wallets revealed

The alarm has been sounded regarding a vulnerability in some of the world's most popular cryptocurrency wallets.

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.

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