Financial services and stock trading platform CashApp on Tuesday fessed up to a data breach being blamed on a former employee who stole brokerage data, including portfolio values, from an unknown number of U.S. accounts.
Experts Warn Defenders: Don’t Relax on Log4j
It’s been four months since the Log4j issue exploded onto the internet. All the major software vendors affected by it have by now released patches – but even where companies have patched, it would be wrong to relax.
PCI Data Security Standard v4.0 Released to Address Emerging Threats

The PCI Security Standards Council (SSC), the organization that oversees the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), this week announced the release of PCI DSS v4.0.
Skiff Banks $10.5M for E2E Encrypted Workplace Collaboration
Sequoia Capital has doubled down on its early-stage investment in Skiff, a startup building a security-themed, end-to-end encrypted workspace collaboration platform.
Investors Bet on Cyberpion in Attack Surface Management Space
Attack surface management specialists Cyberpion has secured $27 million in early-stage funding to build technology that helps organizations manage exposure to risk.
Checkmarx Finds Threat Actor ‘Fully Automating’ NPM Supply Chain Attacks
Threat hunters at Checkmarx on Monday raised an alarm after discovering a threat actor fully automating the creation and delivery of “hundreds of malicious packages” into the NPM ecosystem.
MixMode Banks $45 Million in Series B Funding
Cyberattacks detection technology provider MixMode has announced the closing of a $45 million Series B funding round led by PSG, with participation from Entrada Ventures.
Theta Lake Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding Round
Theta Lake, a company that specializes in compliance and security solutions for collaboration platforms, on Wednesday announced raising $50 million in a Series B funding round.
Ransomware, Malware-as-a-Service Dominate Threat Landscape
Ransomware continues to expand with double-extortion now the standard; the malware-as-a-service model is now common; and criminals are increasingly ‘living off the land’, according to data from Red Canary.
Compliance Startup Trustero Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million in Funding
Trustero, a Palo Alto, California-based startup offering Compliance-as-a-Service (CaaS) for enterprises, has emerged from stealth mode with $8 million in seed funding.
The investment round was led by Zetta Venture Partners, with participation from Engineering Capital and Vertex Ventures.












