Tag: Cybersecurity

Lots of financial services companies leave themselves exposed to hacks by using unpatched services, according to a new report by Rapid7.

Oomnitza, which helps companies to secure and manage their digital presence, has closed its Series B round on $12.5m.

clean.io, which protects enterprises from the execution of malicious and untrusted JavaScript, has bagged $5m in its Series A round.

Capital One Financial has been ordered to pay an $80m fine by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) after its data breach in 2019.

Cyber threats are as troublesome as ever and with masses of people working from home, attacks could be rising. Financial institutions are noting the rising threat and have increased their spending budgets for defences.

Censys, a cybersecurity platform offering internet-wide visibility and real-time risk assessments around threats, has secured $15.5m in its Series A round.

Silverfort, a proxyless authentication platform, has netted $30m in its Series B round, which will help it meet rising customer demand.

Threat hunting and intelligence company Group-IB has received a grant as part of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Industry Call.

Cybersecurity platform Spyderbat has raised $2.4m in its seed funding round, which was led by LiveOak Venture Partners and Benhamou Global Ventures.

The Bank of Ireland has been fined €1.66m ($1.95m) by the Central Bank of Ireland for misleading the institution about a security breach back in 2014.