Application security company ImmuniWeb SA today released a new online test that rapidly detects unprotected cloud storage on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and 16 other public cloud service providers. The new free test is offered as part of the ImmuniWeb Community Edition, a set of free online tools already provided by the company. Community Edition ...

Identity management software provider Ping Identity Holding Corp. announced today it has acquired end-to-end security company Singular Key Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2019, Singular Key offers passwordless identity verification with no-code identity and security orchestration. The company pitches its service as streamlining the integration of identity services, providing a no-code method of creating workflows ...

FarFaria, an online app that offers fairy tales for kids two to nine years old, has been found to expose the details of its 2.9 million users. Discovered and detailed today byBob Diachenko, the head of security research at Comparitech, the data was open to all and sundry on a misconfigured MongoDB database. The data ...

Software-as-a-service bot protection startup DataDome today announced a new version of its DataDome Online Fraud & Bot Management service. The new solution provides more detailed, actionable insight into the specific threats faced by businesses and those that DataDome blocks in real time. It also offers a benchmark of how threat levels compare to others in their ...

Cloud artificial intelligence startup Akkio Inc. announced today that it has raised a $3 million seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures to build out its AI and machine learning platform Founded in 2019 by former employees of Sonos Inc. and Markforged Inc., the Akkio platform is pitched as offering AI for people who aren’t data ...

CNBC reported today that Google LLC is cutting the amount of revenue it takes when customers buy third-party software on its cloud marketplace to compete with Microsoft Corp.’s Azure. Under the changes, the Google Cloud Platform is cutting its percentage revenue share from 20% to 3%. That’s the rate Microsoft Azure charges. The news that Google ...

The U.S. government has issued a new warning concerning Conti ransomware attacks following a rapid increase in Conti attacks. The joint alert from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation states that more than 400 attacks on U.S. and international organizations have been seen recently. The ...

Apple Inc. today released updates for iOS and macOS that address several vulnerabilities currently being exploited in the wild. The updates, iOS 12.5.5, for older models that can’t run iOS 15, and Security Update 2021-006 Catalina, both address the vulnerability known as CVE-2021-30869. The XNU vulnerability affects macOS as well as iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone ...

JavaScript protection and webpage monitoring startup Jscrambler today announced that it has raised $15 million in new funding to augment marketing and sales resources, as well as strengthen and accelerate its product roadmap to meet current customers’ expanding requirements. Ace Capital Partners led the Series A round, with Portugal Ventures also participating. Founded in 2014, Jscrambler ...

Online event marketplace startup The Vendry LLC  today announced that it has raised $6.5 million in new funding to scale up its products and expand into new markets. Peter Boyce, the founder of Stellation Capital, led the seed round. Also participating in the round were Founder Collective, Primary Ventures, WGI Group, Leadout Capital, Operator Partners, ...