Identification/Background checks

As risks of financial crime continue to rise in the digital world, companies will need to improve the use of technology-powered solutions. Adverse media screening is of growing importance and can offer more than just security.

Cybersecurity platform Virsec has secured $100m from a Series C funding round led by BlueIO.

The Russian-speaking REvil ransomware gang has seen its sites go dark, a few days after it claimed responsibility for the massive cyberattack of US IT provider Kaseya.

The US Senate has confirmed Jen Easterly as the new director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Interpol has urged police agencies and industry partners to unite to prevent a possible ransomware pandemic from taking hold.

Argentina-based anti-fraud company Vu Security has reportedly collected $12m in its Series B funding round.

A cybersecurity report has found an alleged Chinese state-sponsored faction is attempting to hack telecommunications organisations in Taiwan, Nepal and the Philippines.

Security tool developer Mondoo has pulled in $15m in funding from Series A and seed financing rounds.

A US federal judge has sentenced a Houston-based man to a 7-year jail sentence for his role in trying to steal over $2m from victims through romance scams and spoofed emails.

Israeli device protection and management firm NanoLock Security has raised $11m from a Series B funding round.