Washington has been on a mission to discourage its allies from using Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei’s equipment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm earlier slammed the US for using politics for unfair competition. Read more Washington has been up in arms over Huawei’s worldwide expansion, “having initiated an extraordinary outreach campaign” to press its European and […]
Tag: Cybersecurity
Julian Assange Charges, Japan’s Top Cybersecurity Official, and More Security News This Week
Safer browsing, more bitcoin scams, and the rest of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bef451512a65909dc0615e5/master/pass/Yoshitaka-Sakurada-1044507426.jpg
How game companies can boost cybersecurity and avoid Fortnite’s fiasco
The mobile gaming market is one of the fastest growing industries, and for the first time, market watchers forecast it to generate more than half of the global gaming market revenue in 2018. In the first half of 2018 alone, a total of 19.5 billion mobile games were downloaded across both Google Play and the […]
ThetaRay raises $30 million to grow its AI-powered cybersecurity business
ThetaRay, a big data analytics company based in Hod HaSharon, Israel, today announced that it raised more than $ 30 million in a funding round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), GE, Bank Hapoalim, OurCrowd, SVB Investments, and others. That puts its fundraising total to date at about $ 60 million. “In this era when […]
The Bleak State of Federal Government Cybersecurity
Nearly three out of four federal agencies is unprepared for a cyberattack, and there’s no system in place to fix it. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b0e31eac13be438098d2aa6/master/pass/CapitolHill_6.06198159-w.jpg
White House Cuts Top Cybersecurity Role as Threats Loom
Former national security officials say the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate top cybersecurity policy roles sends the wrong message. https://media.wired.com/photos/5afb6f1dc4af1f1e108a8271/master/pass/johnbolton-956423704.jpg
Georgia Hacking Bill SB315 Gets Cybersecurity All Wrong
Georgia’s SB315 discourages security research and encourages hacking back—meaning it’s exactly backwards. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aeb92ffb5eca94045e286df/master/pass/GeorgiaBill2-498029459.jpg
Cybersecurity engineering: A new academic discipline
GUEST: Cyber startups and legacy technology companies know exactly how to attract top undergraduates: a six-figure salary, a signing bonus, even a new car. With these luxuries in reach, choosing to forgo the job offer in pursuit of advanced higher education seems irrational for most new grads. However, this is exactly what’s being asked of […]
Onapsis Raises $31 Million Series C Funding Led by LLR Partners for ERP Cybersecurity
PRESS RELEASE: Investment to help fuel company growth in a fast-growing market for securing business-critical applications, such as SAP and Oracle Financials, amid rising threat of data breaches, financial fraud and heightened compliance mandates BOSTON & PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 13, 2018– Onapsis, the global experts…Read More
Red Balloon Security Raises $21.9 Million in Series A Investment for Embedded Device Cybersecurity
PRESS RELEASE: NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 3, 2018– Red Balloon Security, a world leader in embedded device security, today announced it has secured $ 21.9 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with additional investment from Greycroft, American Family Ventures and Abstract Ventures. This latest round…Read More
