Hundreds of companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2022 edition of the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
RSA Conference 2022 – Announcements Summary (Day 1)
Threat Awareness Firm HackNotice Raises $7 Million
Threat awareness startup HackNotice has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Strategic Cyber Ventures and Lytical Ventures. The funding will primarily be used to build the team around an already mature product.
Personal Information of Over 30,000 Students Exposed in Unprotected Database
The personal information of more than 30,000 students was found on an improperly secured Elasticsearch server, security researchers with SafetyDetectives report.
The server, the researchers say, was left connected to the Internet and did not require a password to allow access to the data within.
Beating Ransomware With Advanced Backup and Data Defense Technologies
Question: if we can mitigate file encryption ransomware with backup, can we mitigate double extortion by adding advanced PII protection through data encryption or tokenization?
Chainguard Bags Massive $50M Series A for Supply Chain Security
Venture capital powerhouse Sequoia is leading a massive $50 million early-stage investment in Chainguard, a startup created by a team of ex-Google software engineers to “make software supply chain secure by default.”
Automation. Where do We Go from Here?
Three Nigerian Users of Agent Tesla RAT Arrested
Interpol on Monday announced the arrest of three Nigerians accused on using the Agent Tesla remote access trojan (RAT) in financial scams.
SYN Ventures Closes $300M Fund for Cybersecurity Bets
SYN Ventures, a Florida-based venture capital firm placing early-stage bets in cybersecurity startups, has closed a new $300 million fund and announced the addition of serial entrepreneur Ryan Permeh as full-time operating partner.
Semperis Banks $200 Million to Scale Enterprise ID Protection Tech
Enterprise identity protection vendor Semperis has banked $200 million in a new round of funding that values the company north of $1 billion.
CISA: Hackers Will Quickly Start Exploiting Newly Patched VMware Vulnerabilities
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned organizations about two actively exploited VMware product vulnerabilities, and the agency believes two other freshly patched flaws will also be exploited soon.
