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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 …
Unified vulnerability management startup Nucleus Security raises $20M
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 …
Compliance and security startup Theta Lake raises $50M for commercial expansion
Compliance and security startup Theta Lake Inc. announced today that it has raised $50 million in new funding to accelerate its commercial expansion. Battery Ventures led the Series B round, with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Neotribe Ventures, Cisco Investments, RingCentral Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Zoom …
As teen hacker is linked to Lapsus$, Okta provides more details on data breach
Shares in identity and access management company Okta Inc. dropped today as it provided more details about the company’s data breach, as the mastermind behind the Lapsus$ ransomware gang that had taken credit for the data breach was reported to be a …
Cloud-native adoption is shifting security responsibility across teams
Styra Inc., the creator and maintainer of Open Policy Agent, an open-source engine for unifying and enforcing policies across computing environments, today released a new report on how cloud-native software application adoption is shifting security responsibility across teams. The “2022 Cloud-Native Alignment Report” looks …
Speed of ransomware encryption makes response and mitigation difficult
Security researchers at Splunk Inc. have studied how quickly common forms of ransomware can encrypt 100,000 files, and the results are disturbing for companies trying to respond and mitigate attacks. Studying 10 major ransomware strains, including Lockbit, REvil and Blackmatter, the researchers …
Zoom launches avatars for those who don’t want to appear during a call
Zoom Video Communications Inc. today introduced native avatars for users who don’t want to appear on the screen during a call. Available for Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinar, Avatars replace a user’s appearance with a virtual animal that mirrors head movements and …
Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT creator Yuga Labs raises $450M on $4B valuation
Yuga Labs Inc., the creator of leading nonfungible tokens such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club, today said it has raised $450 million in funding for its planned joint ventures and partnerships. The seed round — that’s not a typo — was …
F-Secure announces name of corporate business ahead of company split
F-Secure Corp. today revealed its new brand for its corporate security business ahead of a move to split its business into two companies later this year. The new company will be known as WithSecure. The name was picked to reinforce the belief …
STG renames McAfee Enterprise SSE portfolio Skyhigh Security
Symphony Technology Group today launched Skyhigh Security, a new portfolio company that includes services that were previously part of McAfee Enterprise. The announcement is the final part of a reorganization by STG after it purchased FireEye for $1.2 billion in June and McAfee Enterprise …