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Advertising blockchain startup Lucidity brings on Pithia as a strategic investor
Advertising blockchain startup Lucidity today announced that Pithia Inc. has joined as a strategic investor to further the development of the company’s blockchain platform. Founded in 2017, Lucidity is developing a platform that aims to tackle issues in programmatic advertising such as data discrepancies, fraud and a general lack of transparency. It hopes to do that ...
Goldman Sachs leads $32M round into enterprise blockchain startup Axoni
Enterprise blockchain startup Axoni Communications Inc. today said it has raised $32 million in new funding. It plans to use the Series B round proceeds to enhance its data synchronization technology, expand its suite of infrastructure products and broaden the network of enterprises leveraging distributed ledgers. Founded in 2013, Axoni aims to overhaul global capital markets infrastructure ...
Spectre reloaded: New Intel ‘Foreshadow’ vulnerabilities open the door to hackers
Intel Corp. today revealed details on three new vulnerabilities in its chips that are somewhat like Spectre, the set of security holes revealed early this year in most computer chips manufactured in the last 20 years. The new vulnerabilities, formally called L1 Terminal Fault but known as Foreshadow, targets speculative execution. As the name somewhat suggests, the feature involves ...
Russians are apparently hacking Instagram accounts, but no one knows why
Russians are apparently behind a strange hacking campaign that is taking over Instagram accounts, according to a report Monday from Mashable. While no hard figures are given, at least several hundred users are reporting that they’ve found their Instagram accounts hacked and taken over. “On Twitter, there have been more than 100 of these types of ...
Microsoft ADFS vulnerability allows hackers to bypass multifactor authentication
A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Activity Directory Federation Services allows hackers to bypass multifactor authentication safeguards in a potentially serious threat to a standard that has been pushed as a way to improve security. Discovered by Okta Inc. Security Engineer Andrew Lee, the vulnerability revealed today does require a wannabe hacker to have ...
Security intelligence startup Exabeam raises $50M to grow its cloud portfolio
Security intelligence and management solutions startup Exabeam Inc. today said it has raised $50 million in new funding to grow the company’s cloud portfolio, as well as sales and channels to expedite global expansion. The Series D round, its first capital injection since February 2017, was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Aspect Ventures, Cisco Investments, Icon ...
FBI warns cybercriminals are planning a global ‘ATM cash-out’ attack
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning that cybercriminals are planning a global attack on financial institutions that involves hacking systems and stealing millions of dollars via automatic teller machines. Dubbed “ATM cash-out,” the attack is said to involve unnamed criminals compromising a financial institution with malware to access customer card information, alter account balances ...
Researcher finds leading police body cameras can be easily hacked
A demonstration at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas over the weekend showed that body cameras that are increasingly becoming popular with U.S. police forces can be hacked and footage stolen or replaced. The revelation came via security researcher Josh Mitchell, who analyzed five body camera models from five different companies: Vievu LLC, Patrol Eyes, Fire ...
Google records location of users even when tracking is turned off
Google LLC has been discovered to track and record the location of users across multiple apps even when they’ve turned tracking off, according to a new report from The Associated Press. It’s well-known that Google and its apps track where users are located at any given point of time, with geolocation data being used for a variety ...
Time to retire old tech: Report finds fax machines are easily hackable
Remarkably in 2018 some people still use fax machines. For those under the age of 40, they’re devices that allow users to send copies of documents using a telephone line. Now, a new security report suggests that it might be time for those hanging on to the outdated technology to retire them. A new report ...