LayerX Raises $7.5M Seed Funding to Tackle Secure Web Browsing
Israeli startup LayerX has joined the list of companies scoring investor interest in the tricky enterprise browser market.
LayerX, based in Tel Aviv, came out of the shadows Monday with $7.5 million in seed funding and ambitious plans to build technology to turn any web browser into a protected and manageable workspace.
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North Korean Gov Hackers Caught Rigging Legit Software
Threat hunters at Microsoft have intercepted a notorious North Korean government hacking group lacing legitimate open source software with custom malware capable of data theft, espionage, financial gain and network destruction.
Investors Bet on Ox Security to Guard Software Supply Chains
The funding frenzy in the software supply chain space now includes Ox Security, an early-stage Israeli startup that just raised a whopping $34 million in seed-stage financing.
High-Profile Hacks Show Effectiveness of MFA Fatigue Attacks
Researchers Crowdsourcing Effort to Identify Mysterious Metador APT
Cybersecurity sleuths at SentinelLabs are calling on the wider threat hunting community to help decipher a new mysterious malware campaign hitting telcos, ISPs and universities in the Middle East and Africa.
Ukraine Says Russia Planning ‘Massive Cyberattacks’ on Critical Infrastructure
The Ukrainian government says it is bracing to deal with “massive cyberattacks” from Russian hackers against critical infrastructure targets in the energy sector.
Twitter Logs Out Some Users Due to Security Issue Related to Password Resets
Twitter said on Wednesday that some users have been logged out of their active sessions in response to a bug that posed a security risk.
The issue was related to password resets — when users reset their password, their active sessions on Android and iOS devices were not closed. Impacted users have been directly notified.
CrowdStrike to Buy Reposify, Invests in Salt Security
Endpoint detection and response pioneer CrowdStrike is elbowing its way into new security markets with a planned acquisition of attack surface management startup Reposify and a strategic investment in API security vendor Salt Security.
