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Telecommunications company AT&T Inc. has confirmed that personal data relating to 73 million of its past and present customers that made its way onto the dark web recently is believed to have been from 2019 or earlier. The data in question first …
Cloud data privacy solutions provider Skyflow raises $30M to enhance data privacy vaults
Cloud data privacy solutions provider Skyflow Inc. today announced that it has raised $30 million in new funding to expand its privacy vault solutions and to meet complex data localization requirements amid growing concerns for sensitive-data protection in AI applications. Founded in …
Sprocket Security raises $8M to enhance cybersecurity penetration testing platform
Expert-driven offensive security platform startup Sprocket Security Inc. today announced that it has raised $8 million in new funding to accelerate platform developments and expand sales and marketing initiatives. Founded in 2017, Sprocket Security offers continuous penetration testing services that detect changes …
AppViewX and Fortanix join forces to simplify machine identity management
Automated machine identity company AppViewX Inc. and Intel Corp.-backed multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced a new partnership to offer cloud-delivered secure digital identity management and code signing to both their customers. The collaboration between the two companies sees the AppViewX Digital Trust Platform and Fortanix Data Security Manager …
Stream.Security debuts new AI-powered threat investigation and remediation tools
Cloud solutions startup Stream.Security today released new threat investigation and artificial-powered remediation capabilities that it says significantly enhance response times and cloud infrastructure security. The new real-time attack path detection and generative AI-powered remediation tools have been designed to enable customers to quickly detect, …
Cloud cybersecurity firm Coro raises $100M to strengthen protection for smaller firms
Cloud cybersecurity startup Coro Cyber Security Ltd. today announced that it has raised $100 million in new funding to reinforce its market share and accelerate its mission to serve small to medium-sized enterprises and service providers. Founded in 2014, Coro offers a …
Google reports a significant surge in zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023
A new report released today by Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group and Google-owned Mandiant warns that zero-day exploits have become more common amid a rise in nation-state hackers. The report, “We’re All in this Together: A Year in Review of Zero-Days Exploited In-the-Wild …
PeakMetrics and Reality Defender partner to combat digital deception and deepfakes at scale
“Narrative intelligence” company PeakMetrics Inc. today announced a new partnership with deepfake and artificial intelligence-generated media detection platform startup Reality Defender Inc. to combat digital deception and deepfakes at scale. The partnership will leverage PeakMetrics’ machine learning capabilities in mining and assessing …
Flashpoint report warns organizations to adapt rapidly amid increases in data breaches
A new report released today by business risk intelligence startup Flashpoint warns that organizations must adapt to a rapidly evolving threat landscape, one marked by significant increases in data breaches, vulnerabilities and ransomware attacks. The 2024 Global Threat Intelligence Report from Flashpoint, officially EJ2 …
New service from Proofpoint prevents email data loss through AI
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc. today announced the general availability of Adaptive Email Data Loss Prevention, a service that automatically detects and prevents accidental and intentional data loss over email through the use of generative artificial intelligence. The service combines Proofpoint’s threat and …