Identity verification and authentication startup Incode Technologies Inc. today announced that it has acquired identify verification startup MetaMap Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2017, MetaMap offers a customer identity platform designed around the concept of continuous improvement. The platform allows businesses to predict whom they should serve and to what extent. It also hosts a ...

Application security testing firm Checkmarx Ltd. today launched two new products, Checkmarx Application Security Posture Management and Cloud Insights, that are designed to help enterprises with code-to-cloud visibility and analysis of cloud-native application security risks. Available as part of the Checkmarx One AppSec platform, APSM and Cloud Insights allow enterprises that are developing cloud-native applications to reduce ...

Industrial zero-trust cybersecurity startup XONA Systems Inc. announced today that it has raised $18 million in new funding to enhance its operational technology enterprise zero-trust user access platform to meet evolving regulatory requirements and stave off increasing cyberattacks. Founded in 2017, XONA offers a zero-trust user access platform for industrial operations. The company’s platform is ...

A new report released today by Forescout Research’s Vedere Labs warns that network equipment has become the riskiest information technology device category, surpassing endpoints as attackers are crossing silos to find entry points across the full spectrum of devices, operating systems and embedded firmware. The finding was the top result in the Riskiest Connected Devices in ...

A new report released today by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network on the current state of startups in 2024 has found a mix bag of results, with significant challenges in global venture capital funding but positive signs in areas including generative artificial intelligence and cleantech. The 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Report, based on data ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is encouraging victims of the notorious LockBit ransomware gang to contact them after they were able to obtain more than 7,000 decryption keys that can help victims reclaim their data. The news came via a speech Wednedsay by Bryan Vorndran, assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, at the 2024 ...

Network security company Tenable Holdings Inc. today announced it plans to acquire Israeli cloud data security posture management platform startup Eureka Security Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2021, Eureka offers a service for security teams to mitigate the risk of data loss and theft in multicloud environments. It does so by delivering control over an ...

U.S. auto parts provider Advance Auto Parts Inc. has had 3 terabytes of data containing sensitive customer and employee details stolen and offered for sale on the latest incarnation of BreachForums. First reported by BleepingComputer, the stolen data is said to include 380 million customer profiles, including names, emails, phone numbers and addresses, 140 million ...

Cybersecurity startup SpyCloud Inc. announced today that it has raised $35 million in new funding to continue expanding its offerings targeted at preventing cybercrime. Founded in 2016, SpyCloud offers account takeover prevention with a platform that helps companies detect when their employee login credentials leak online. The platform also extends to protecting consumer accounts directly ...

Machine learning cybersecurity firm Darktrace PLC today announced the launch of a new managed detection and response service that combines artificial intelligence-powered threat containment with 24/7 human expert support. Called Darktrace Managed Detection & Response, the new service brings together Darktrace’s detection and response capabilities with AI to augment internal security teams with AI-powered threat containment and ...