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Work orchestration and observability platform startup Cutover announced today it has added Barclays plc as an investor into its $17 million Series A round to increase its development capability while supporting its expansion into new verticals. Founded in 2013, Cutover, formally known as Godesic …
Mobile banking startup Varo Money raises $241M
San Francisco-based mobile banking startup Varo Money Inc. revealed today that it has raised $241 million in new funding to expand development of its mobile banking products. The Series D round was co-led by Gallatin Point Capital and The Rise Fund and included …
Report finds alarming increase in enterprise mobile phishing attempts
A new report from mobile security firm Lookout Inc. details an alarming increase in enterprise mobile phishing attempts. The Lookout 2020 Mobile Phishing Spotlight Report digs into the current mobile security landscape across both iOS and Android and found that there has been …
New InterWork Alliance that includes IBM and Microsoft aims to standardize distributed applications
A new nonprofit group called the InterWork Alliance launched today to create standards frameworks for token-enabled ecosystems. The platform-neutral alliance includes among its members a large collection of big technology companies, financial institutions and blockchain startups, including IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Accenture plc. Marley Gray, …
Bitcoin surges past $10,000 for the first time since February
Bitcoin has surged to its highest price since February amid ongoing civil disorder in the U.S. After spending nearly a week above $9,000 and in the $9,400-to-$9,600 range since Friday, the cryptocurrency saw investors flooding in, pushing the price higher in trading …
Customer information stolen in breach of Amtrak’s Guest Rewards program
Amtrak has suffered a data breach, with customer information stolen from its rewards program. News of the data breach came via a filing Friday from Amtrak with the state of Vermont. It described the breach as involving as an unknown third-party gaining …
Smartphone sales plunge 20% in first quarter due to pandemic economy
Smartphone sales plunged more than 20% in the first quarter due to the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures released today by Gartner Inc. The plunge was across the board, though some companies were hit harder than …
Apple patches vulnerability used to jailbreak iPhones
Apple Inc. has released new updates for its line of products, including a release for iOS that patches a vulnerability used to jailbreak iPhones. The “zero-day” vulnerability, one not observed before, was present in all versions of iOS from 11.0 onward, including 13.5, …
NSA warns Russian hacking group is targeting unpatched email servers
The U.S. National Security Agency’s Central Security Service today issued a warning that Russian military hackers have been exploiting a known vulnerability in email servers since at least August. The group behind the attack, known as the Sandworm Team, has been targeting unpatched Exim …
Crowdsourced security testing platform startup Synack raises $52M
Crowdsourced security testing platform startup Synack Inc. has raised $52 million in new funding to develop its technology, expand internationally and invest in its community. The Series D round was led by C5 Capital USA and included B Capital Group, GGV Capital, GV …