Bay Dynamics, a maker of cyber risk analytics software, has completed a $23 million Series B financing round led by Carrick Capital Partners.
The company’s flagship “Risk Fabric” platform was designed to detect and remediate insider threats and automate the process of analyzing security information to measure cyber risk.
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Android Apps Fool Hundreds of Thousands With Empty Promises
Nearly one million Android users have fallen victims to eight fake applications that falsely claimed to help them gain more followers on social networks, but instead stole their information and money.
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SWIFT Bolsters Threat Intelligence Sharing
SWIFT Engages BAE Systems and Fox-IT to Bolster Threat Intelligence Sharing
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Tor Rival Riffle Promises Anonymity Improvements
The Onion Router, better known as Tor, is the most popular anonymity network out there, but MIT researchers claim to have created an even better system, called Riffle.
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What’s Your Threat Intelligence Strategy?
In my previous SecurityWeek article, we looked at what type of cyber threat intelligence analyst makes sense for your business. Analyst expertise can span a wide range of business, technical and security-related areas and the outputs that analysts provide can vary greatly based on business need.
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Android Trojan Blocks Outgoing Calls to Banks
After Android malware that intercepts incoming calls to bypass two-factor authentication systems emerged earlier this year, Symantec researchers have now discovered a Trojan that prevents users from making outgoing calls to banks from their smartphones.
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Locky Ransomware Gets Offline Encryption Capabilities
Blocking C&C Connections Won't Stop Locky Ransomware
Locky, one of the most used ransomware families during the first half of the year, is now able to encrypt files without connecting to a command and control (C&C) server, Avira researchers warn.
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Survey Shows Users Ready for Biometric Payments
Two-thirds of European consumers want to use biometrics to make payments easier and more secure. This is the finding of new research commissioned by Visa Inc and undertaken by Populas during late April and early May 2016.
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Why Microsoft’s Victory in Irish Email Case Matters
Microsoft Email Ruling will Make GDPR Conformance Simpler and the Privacy Shield Stronger
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New Trojan Helps Attackers Recruit Insiders
Experts monitoring the dark web have come across a new Trojan designed to help threat actors recruit insiders within the organizations they want to target.
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