Intel Corp.-backed multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced a new partnership with Snowflake Inc. to bring external tokenization-as-a-service capabilities to Snowflake customers. Under the partnership, Fortanix’s Data Security Manager SaaS will be available to Snowflake customers to give them the ability to tokenize data inside and outside Snowflake. Tokenization is the process of substituting a sensitive ...

Blockchain management startup Blockdaemon Inc. today announced that it has raised $155 million in new funding to make strategic investments and hire more people. The funding was raised on a valuation of $1.255 billion, giving Blockdaemon unicorn status for the first time. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the Series B round. Matrix Capital Management, Sapphire Ventures ...

The U.S. Treasury Department today sanctioned a cryptocurrency exchange for its alleged role in processing ransomware payments. The Treasury’s Officer of Foreign Assets Control said in a publication of updated ransomware advisory with a cyber-related designation that it had added Suex OTC S.R.O. (aka “Successful Exchange”) to its list of Specially Designated Nationals. The SDN ...

Security training and penetration testing company Offensive Security today unveiled a new unlimited learning product designed to offer unmatched opportunities for cybersecurity professionals to secure new certifications, growth their skill sets and advance their careers. Called Offensive Security Learn Unlimited, the new product is described as offering the industry’s most comprehensive subscription-based, on-demand cybersecurity training and workforce ...

McAfee Enterprise announced today that it has collaborated with IBM Security to develop a new integrated solution for TD SYNNEX customers. The TD SYNNEX security solution is based on integrations between McAfee Enterprise MVISION and IBM Security QRadar products. Available to customers through the TD SYNNEX IT distribution network, the product is designed to provide visibility, ...

Australian financial technology company Airwallex Pty Ltd. announced today it has raised $200 million in a new late-stage funding to support global expansion and enable the company to accelerate product development. Lone Pine Capital led the Series E round. Also participating in the round were G Squared, Vetamer Capital, 1835i Ventures (formerly ANZi), DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and ...

Only a week after the launch of the iPhone 13 lineup, the rumor mill has already started on what might be ahead, and not surprisingly one prediction is that Apple Inc. will release a wide range of new models in 2022. The predictions come from famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who despite having a strong ...

A range of recently revealed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.’s Azure remain vulnerable to exploitation as customers may be required to apply the patch manually. Dramatically dubbed OMIGOD by researchers at Wiz Inc. in a notice Tuesday, the vulnerabilities relate to the Open Manage Infrastructure agent that’s deployed when Azure users set up a Linux virtual ...

A new report from IBM Security X-Force has found that two-thirds of cloud breaches can be traced to misconfigured application programming interfaces. The report, released today, is based on data for the 12 months to the end of June. The data sets are based on dark web analysis, IBM Security X-Force Red penetration testing data, ...

Shares in digital identity management firm ForgeRock Inc. surged on their New York Stock Exchange debut today as tech initial public offerings continue to gain strong support from investors. ForgeRock’s shares debuted at $25 per share, ahead of an initial price guidance of $21 to $24, with the company raising $275 million on a valuation ...