Cybersecurity startup RevealSecurity revealed today that it has raised $23 million in new funding to accelerate global expansion and product development. The Series A round was led by SYN Ventures, with Hanaco Ventures, SilverTech Ventures and World Trade Ventures also participating. Founded in 2020, RevealSecurity offers an artificial intelligence platform that provides cybersecurity protection against insider threats ...

A former Amazon Web Services Inc. employee has been convicted in the theft of more than 100 million records belonging to Capital One Financial Corp. in 2019. Paige A. Thompson, who worked for AWS as an engineer until 2016, was found guilty on seven charges, including wire fraud, illegally accessing a protected computer and damaging ...

An international law enforcement operation has taken down infrastructure used by a Russian botnet known as RSocks that hacked millions of computers and other electronic devices. The joint operation, which included the U.S. Department of Justice and law enforcement agencies in Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K., started with Federal Bureau of Investigation agents mapping the ...

Cloudflare Inc. today announced several new capabilities for Cloudflare One, the company’s zero-trust secure access service edge platform initially launched in October 2020. The new features for Cloudflare One include sophisticated email security protection, data loss prevention tools, cloud access security broker or CASB and private network discovery. The company says the new features make Cloudflare ...

The price of bitcoin recovered today after the cryptocurrency dropped to its lowest level since November 2020. Bitcoin, which peaked at a high of just over $68,000 in November, has seen its price continually drop as investors have sold off the currency amid broader economic issues. Bitcoin hit a low of $17,934 on Saturday afternoon. ...

Microsoft Corp. today launched a new online security application for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers designed to keep individuals and families safer online. Called “Microsoft Defender for individuals,” the security app offers online security through a unified view into a user’s protections across their personal phones and computers. Microsoft Defender isn’t new, but the ...

Software-as-a-service buying platform startup Vendr Inc. revealed today that it has raised $150 million in new funding to accelerate platform development and to help organizations cut costs when it comes to managing software. The Series B round was co-led by Craft Ventures and SoftBank, with Sozo Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Sound Ventures, Tiger Global and Y Combinator also participating. Although ...

Researchers at cybersecurity company Lookout Inc. today detailed a previously unknown form of enterprise-grade Android surveillanceware that is being used by the government of Kazakhstan. The surveillanceware, dubbed “Hermit,” is believed to have been developed by Italian spyware vendor RCS Lab S.p.A. and Tykelab Srl. RCS Lab is a developer that is known to have past dealings with Syria ...

A new report from threat intelligence startup Digital Shadows Ltd. has found that 24 billion stolen and breached usernames and passwords are available on the dark web, the shady corner of the internet where illicit goods and services are sold. That’s a 65% increase from two years ago and is the equivalent of nearly four credentials for ...

Microsoft Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire cybersecurity threat analysis company Miburo for an undisclosed price. Founded in 20011, Miburo offers cyberthreat analysis and research specializing in the detection and response to foreign information operations. Foreign information operations, in this context, are primarily state-sponsored media attempting to influence opinion in other countries. Miburo ...