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Blockchain-based mobile voting startup Voatz Inc. has raised $2.2 million in a seed round that was led by Medici Ventures, Overstock.com Inc.’s venture arm. Founded in 2014, Voatz offers a mobile election voting platform that uses smart biometric and real-time identification ID verification on top …
Hackers are already targeting the PyeongChang Winter Olympics
Hackers are already targeting the PyeongChang Winter Olympic games a month before they start, according to a newly published report. Security researchers at McAfee Inc. have found a campaign to target PyeongChang Olympics that began Dec. 22, with the most recent activity appearing …
NYSE Acra seeks regulatory approval for three additional bitcoin exchange-traded funds
The New York Stock Exchange has more than doubled its ambitions to offer bitcoin-related securities with a new application to the Securities and Exchange Commission now seeking approval to list five exchange-traded funds. NYSE Acra, the exchange’s Chicago-based stocks and options market, applied …
BlackBerry Mobile site the latest target of cryptocurrency mining hackers
TCL Communication Technology Holding Ltd., the operator of the BlackBerry Mobile site, is the latest victim of cryptocurrency-loving hackers in the latest of a rash of cryptomining hijacking cases. The website for BlackBerry Mobile was discovered by a Reddit user last week to be …
Israeli self-driving car startup Innoviz launches advanced LiDAR
Israeli startup Innoviz Technologies Inc. has commercially launched its first high-definition solid-state LiDAR product. The company today said its InnovizPro delivers superior performance at a significantly lower cost and smaller size than existing solutions through a platform designed for next-generation autonomous driving programs. Claimed to …
Ethereum and Ripple hit new record highs as bitcoin continues to vacillate
Ethereum broke through $1,000 for the first time in trading Thursday and Ripple XRP hit new highs as investor interest in alternative cryptocurrencies continues to grow in the new year. The surges came as 2017’s darling, bitcoin, continues to vacillate up and …
Here’s what enterprises should do to prepare for Meltdown and Spectre attacks
The new year is scarcely four days old, but corporate enterprises already face one of the biggest security risks not only of recent times but possibly of the last decade: the “Meltdown” and “Spectre” critical vulnerabilities in central processing units that by all …
Homeland Security confesses employee stole 250,000 confidential records
In a rather embarrassing confession from a department tasked with keeping the country safe, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been forced to admit that an employee stole data covering approximately 250,000 confidential records. The data included personally identifiable information pertaining …
Data security startup AlgoSec raises $36M to fuel future growth
Data security startup AlgoSec Inc. has raised $36 million in new funding in a round sourced exclusively from technology investment firm Claridge IL. Founded in 2003 with offices in New Jersey and Israel, AlgoSec automates and orchestrates network security policy management and business …
Barracuda Networks snaps up PhishLine for improved phishing protection and training
Security firm Barracuda Networks Inc. said today it has acquired social engineering management platform provider PhishLine LLC for an undisclosed price. Founded in 1996, PhishLine offers a software-as-a-service platform for social engineering simulation and training that specializes in assisting enterprises with combating security threats. As the company’s …