‘Don’t Be Google’: The Rise of Privacy Focused Startups

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Google once used the slogan “don’t be evil” to distinguish itself from its competitors, but now a growing number of pro-privacy startups are rallying to the mantra “don’t be Google”.

They are taking on Google Analytics, a product used by more than half of the world’s websites to understand people’s browsing habits.

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Alphabet’s CapitalG Makes Big Bet on Salt Security

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Salt Security is the latest addition to a growing list of cybersecurity startups boasting billion-dollar valuations.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based Salt Security on Thursday announced a new $140 million funding round that brings its valuation to $1.4 billion and signals heightened investor interest in the API security space.

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Apple Says WebKit Zero-Day Hitting iOS, macOS Devices

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Apple’s struggles with zero-day attacks on its iOS and macOS platforms are showing no signs of slowing down.

For the second time in as many months, Cupertino released iOS, iPadOS and macOS updates to address a critical WebKit security defect (CVE-2022-22620) that exposes Apple devices to remote code execution attacks.

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