Sextortion scams, where a malicious actor attempts to extort money by threatening to publish stolen intimate photographs or video, are one of the most insidious forms of online scams. But in a disturbing twist, a new report from Cofense Inc. today finds, those scammers are now using images from Google Street View as their latest ...

Cybersecurity company RunSafe Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $12 million in new funding to accelerate product development and expansion to Europe, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. Founded in 2015, RunSafe specializes in protecting embedded systems and software through a cyber-hardening process that disrupts attacks by reducing vulnerabilities and eliminating ...

Unified endpoint management and information technology management software company NinjaOne LLC today announced several updates to support managed service providers, including free warranty tracking, a free documentation tool and new white-glove professional services to help large MSPs migrate technology stacks. NinjaOne’s new Warranty Tracking feature, available now in beta test mode, automates the management of device ...

A new report out from threat detection and response company Vectra AI Inc. is warning of a vulnerability in Google Cloud service Document AI that allows malicious actors to exploit the service’s misconfigured permissions. Document AI is a Google Cloud service that uses machine learning to extract structured data from unstructured documents to automate data processing ...

Back office stack for startups company Every Inc. announced today that it has raised $22.5 million in new funding to add more products to its back-office suite. Founded in 2021 by serial entrepreneur Rajeev Behera, founder and former chief executive of software company Reflektive Inc., Every offers startups an all-in-one finance and human resources suite that combines ...

Nonhuman identity and access management company Aembit Inc. announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding to advance its nonhuman IAM solutions. Founded in 2021, Ambient offers a IAM platform that secures access between workloads across clouds, software-as-a-service and data centers. The company’s service enables policy-based access management between workloads and the ...

Information security cybersecurity management company Metabase Q Inc. announced today that it has raised $11 million in new funding and also launched a new service for its security platform that further reduces cybersecurity risks. Founded in 2019, Metabase Q offers a cybersecurity platform that helps organizations gain control over security complexity and proactivel reduce risk. ...

Startup Realm Security Inc. today launched its security fabric and announced that it had raised $5 million in seed funding to control the explosion of cybersecurity data inundating security teams. Founded by cybersecurity veterans Peter Martin, Jeff Kraemer and Sanket Choksey (pictured), Realm Security aims to address the explosion of security data and inherent challenges ...

Runtime artificial intelligence application protection platform startup Operant AI Inc. today announced that it has raised $10 million in new funding to accelerate team and product expansion. Founded in 2020, Operant AI offers a runtime application protection platform that actively shields live applications from infrastructure to application programming interfaces. The company’s approach brings together live ...

Defense technology startup Darkhive Inc. has raised $21 million in new funding to develop its product portfolio, expand its resources and pursue new business opportunities. Founded in 2021, Darkhive creates and develops hardware and software for the U.S. drone industry with a focus on delivering a complete ecosystem to teams in the field. The company’s ...