Software Security

Application Security, Cloud Security, Mobile Security, Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

ZeroFox provides an AI-powered platform that protects users and brands from social media-sourced threats. The platform analyzes millions of pieces of publicly-accessible content in platforms such as Microsoft 365, G Suite, LinkedIn, Facebook, Slack, Instagram, and Apple and Google mobile app stores — looking for potential threats such as account compromise, fraudulent profiles, business email…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

The company is building a Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) product that is being positioned as a new class of security processors that provide platform root-of-trust for large enterprise customers. Axiado, which employs approximately 40 in Silicon Valley, said the $25 million Series B investment brings the total raised to $40 million. The round was led…

Software Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Common Sense Media released a report examining kids’ privacy trends and practices of hundreds of popular technology companies and products over the last five years. The report is the culmination of evaluating privacy policy data from 200 of the most popular companies and products aimed at children and students. The report finds some improvements for…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

For years, it seems like we’ve been rationalizing why your company’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) deserves a seat at the boardroom table. In many industries, we’ve come a long way since then. At more and more organizations, CISOs have stepped up and begun conferring regularly with the CFO, CTO, and CEO on security strategy,…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

The company offers a platform that helps developers create more secure applications by discovering vulnerabilities in code, detecting what libraries are being used, and goes as far as providing embedded runtime exploit prevention that analyzes application runtime to prevents and confirm exploitability of bugs. Contrast says the investment will help it meet demand for its…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

The new funding round was led by J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners. All previous investors participated as well, including Canapi, Dashfund, Bain Capital Ventures, Nyca, and ThirdPrime. Laika says it will use the funds to build additional automation, to add audit experiences to its platform, and to invest in growth and market momentum. The New…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

Designed to harvest real-time metrics from various endpoints, Prometheus enables organizations to keep a close eye on systems’ state, network usage, and the like. Close to 800 cloud-native platforms, including Slack and Uber, leverage the solution. In January 2021, Prometheus added support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) and basic authentication, to prevent access to the…

Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

LG said it will initially acquire a 64-percent stake in Cybellum for $140 million and it will acquire the remaining shares in the near future — if the valuation does not change, the remaining shares will be worth nearly $80 million. The Korean tech giant also plans on investing $20 million in the cybersecurity firm…