Digital trust startup Sift Science Inc. today announced that it’s integrating technology from Keyless Technologies Ltd., the passwordless and multifactor authentication company it acquired in November. The integration will see Sift users gain MFA step-up authentication as an option directly in the Sift Connect App Gallery. That will allow users can authenticate by simply looking into their device’s ...

Data fabric solutions startup Promethium Inc. has announced a partnership with Snowflake Inc. to deliver federated query pipelines for what the cloud data warehouse company calls the Data Cloud. Under the partnership, Promethium’s federated query pipelines can enable Snowflake customers to publish a federated query created in Promethium to Snowflake’s platform. With just a few clicks, they can do ...

Market intelligence startup Crunchbase Inc. today unveiled a new Chrome browser extension designed to make it easier to leverage data to identify new opportunities. The Crunchbase Chrome extension seeks to address the complicated problem of the sales prospecting workflow. The extension is offered for free and works on top of the tools and websites users already ...

Four Russian government employees have been indicted for allegedly undertaking hacking campaigns that targeted critical infrastructure worldwide. The four were indicted in 2021, with the U.S. Department of Justice only unsealing the indictments today. In the first indictment in June, Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, a Russian Ministry of Defense research institute employee and two co-conspirators, are alleged ...

Identity and access governance startup Clear Skye Inc. announced today it has raised $14 million in new funding to expand its global footprint and continue reimagining the approach to enterprise identity governance and security. Storm Ventures and Toba Capital led the Series A round, with Point Field Partners and Inner Loop Capital also participating. Including the new funding, ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested two 20-year-olds over a nonfungible token fraud and money laundering scheme. The two accused, Ethan Nguyen and Andre Llacua, are accused of selling NFTs called “Frosties” and then taking the money raised in what is known as a “rug pull scheme.” A rug pull scheme is where the ...

Apple Inc. is reportedly working on a hardware subscription service that would allow users to obtain devices such as iPhones on a monthly basis. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg broke the news, saying that the service would make the process of buying an iPhone or iPad on par with paying for iCloud storage or an Apple ...

Digital commerce and collaboration platform startup Reach Digital Inc. today said it has raised $7 million in new funding to accelerate the adoption of its virtual workplace platform. Grayhawk Capital and Pritzker Group led the Series A round, with NFX also participating. Including the new funding, Reach has raised $13 million to date. Founded in 2015, Reach offers ...

Unified vulnerability management startup Nucleus Security Inc. revealed today that it has raised $20 million in new funding to accelerate product development and enhance customer experience and expand its presence in the Asia Pacific. Lead Edge Capital led the Series B round, with Arthur Ventures also participating. Including the new funding, Nucleus Security has raised $23.1 million to ...

Compliance and security startup Theta Lake Inc. announced today that it has raised $50 million in new funding to accelerate its commercial expansion. Battery Ventures led the Series B round, with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Neotribe Ventures, Cisco Investments, RingCentral Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Zoom Video Communications Inc. also participating. Including the new funding, The company has raised more ...