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Evrythng Inc. on Tuesday said it has raised a $24.8 million round to push its Internet of Things smart products platform ahead. Founded in 2011, Evrythng offers an enterprise-focused IoT platform for managing intelligent software identities in the cloud and digital lifecycle applications …
Internet-connected vibrator maker settles data privacy lawsuit
A sex toy company has agreed to pay its customers up to $10,000 each in compensation after it was revealed that its Internet-connected vibrators were collecting highly sensitive information without their consent. If you’re not up to scratch with the latest in …
Israeli enterprise logistics startup Bringg raises $10M in new round
Israeli enterprise logistics startup Bringg Delivery Technologies Ltd. on Tuesday said it has raised a $10 million funding round. Founded in 2013, Bringg offers a Software-as-a-Service enterprise supply-chain and delivery technology platform that allows companies to manage on-demand and last-mile deliveries. The company …
Biggest bitcoin miner unexpectedly backs Bitcoin Unlimited software fork
The fight for the next generation of the bitcoin platform just took an unexpected twist: Antpool, the world’s largest bitcoin miner, has backed Bitcoin Unlimited’s proposal along with a number of other high-profile miners. Bitcoin Unlimited, first proposed by Roger “Bitcoin Jesus” …
Rand finds that unknown ‘zero-day’ flaws hang around a long time
New research has found that zero-day flaws — that is, holes in software that are unknown to suppliers and can be exploited by hackers — live a long time. The flaws have an average life expectancy of 6.9 years, according to a …
Prosecutors in Norway demand online drug dealers pay penalty in bitcoin
Prosecutors in Norway have demanded that a number of criminals charged with selling drugs pay part of their penalty in bitcoin, the first time that a country in Scandinavia and possibly all of Europe has demanded compensation using the cryptocurrency. The case …
Research: More than a third of websites use vulnerable JavaScript libraries
A new paper from Northeastern University researchers has found that more than a third of websites may using at least one JavaScript library with a known security vulnerability. The research analyzed 133,000 domains based on Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa Top 75,000 list and randomly selected .com domains by …
Bitcoin price recovers after surprise SEC rejection of Winklevosses’ proposed fund
The price of bitcoin recovered over the weekend after the shock rejection by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the application from the Winklevoss twins to list their Bitcoin Trust Exchange-Traded Fund. The famous twins filed the proposed ETF back in 2015 as a …
Israeli startup Cymulate raises $3M for cyberattack simulation platform
Software-as-a-Service cyber-attack simulation startup Cymulate has raised $3 million funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity LLC. Founded in 2016 in Israel, Cymulate offers a cybersimulation platform that can assess the security preparedness of customers by exposing hidden vulnerabilities on enterprise networks so …
Critical Apache Struts 2 web server vulnerability targeted by hackers
Hackers are targeting a recently revealed critical zero-day vulnerability in the Apache Struts 2 framework that is used in millions of web servers employed by banks, government agencies and large Internet companies. The vulnerability (CVE-2017-5638) is a remote code execution bug that …