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Payments industry faces rising fraud challenges as crypto fraud drops
A new report released today by identity verification company AU10TIX Ltd. has found an interesting shift in identity fraud away from cryptocurrency and toward the payment sector. The Q3 2023 Global Identity Report, based on insights from millions of transactions across 249 countries from July to September, found that professional fraud rings have shifted their focus from ...
Toyota hacked again, this time through its German financial services arm
Toyota Motor Co. has been hacked again, with Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, the German arm of Toyota’s financial services branch, providing details of a data breach that may have affected customers through Europe and Africa. The breach, which affected Toyota Financial Services, was initially disclosed in November, with the company taking systems offline as a result. ...
True Anomaly raises $100M for enhanced space security solutions
Space security company True Anomaly Inc. announced today that it has raised $100 million in new funding. Founded in early 2022 by former military operators and engineers, True Anomaly is focused on building solutions that address space domain awareness, security and readiness challenges. Its platform offers seamless satellite, navigation and data-capture technologies designed to provide security and training ...
Next-generation bot defense: DataDome’s Device Check offers advanced protection
Software-as-a-service bot protection startup DataDome today announced Device Check, an invisible CAPTCHA alternative designed to keep bots at bay and human users secure. Described as an “invisible challenge” that works behind the scenes, Device Check validates device-specific signals with proofs of work without prompting any visible interaction with end users. It does so by analyzing device-specific signals in ...
Descope introduces ‘fine-grained authorization’ for enhanced access control flexibility
Passwordless authentication company Descope Inc. today announced the availability of Fine-Grained Authorization, a new service designed to help customers easily create granular authorization models for their applications. The new service works with Descope’s software development kits and application programming interfaces to allow organizations to define and assign permissions based on relationships between entities, enabling them to set up ...
With AppRisk, Snyk aims to strengthen collaboration between development and security teams
Cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. today released a new solution for application security teams that offers a comprehensive application security posture management workbench to govern and scale security programs. Called Snyk AppRisk, the ASPM solution focuses on minimizing risk from applications by delivering collaboration between developers and security teams to address cybersecurity challenges. The new solution also provides C-suite ...
Alleged Chinese cyberattacks target US power and water systems
U.S. government officers and cybersecurity experts are warning that the Chinese military is allegedly attempting to infiltrate critical infrastructure, including power and water utilities and transportation systems in the U.S. The Washington Post reported, referencing unnamed officials and security experts, that hackers allegedly affiliated with China’s People’s Liberation Army have burrowed into the computer systems ...
New AI assistant from Fortinet promises to streamline threat investigation
Cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. today announced a new generative artificial intelligence assistant that accelerates threat investigation and remediation. Called Fortinet Advisor, the new AI service is designed to augment the capabilities of security operations teams. Integrated with Fortinet’s security information and event management service, called FortiSIEM, and security orchestration, automation and response solution, called FortiSOAR, the AI ...
Critical Bluetooth security flaw discovered in Google, Apple and Linux devices
A newly revealed critical security issue with Bluetooth can potentially allow attackers to take control of Android, Linux, macOS and iOS devices. Detailed by security researcher Marc Newlin on GitHub this week, the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-45866, is an authentication bypass that lets attackers connect susceptible devices and inject keystrokes to achieve code execution. The vulnerability is ...
Smartsheet’s third quarter shows robust financial health with increased earnings
Shares in Smartsheet Inc. rose about 2% in late trading today after the management platform provider reported strong earnings and revenue in its fiscal third quarter. For the quarter that ended Oct. 31, Smartsheet reported adjusted net income of $22.6 million, or 17 cents per share, up from a loss of $1.9 million, or one cent a share, ...