LayerX Raises $7.5M Seed Funding to Tackle Secure Web Browsing

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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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Shangri-La hotels Customer Database Hacked

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The Shangri-La hotel group has said a database containing the personal information of customers at eight of its Asian properties between May and July has been hacked.

The breach covered hotels in Hong Kong, Singapore, Chiang Mai, Taipei and Tokyo but the company said it had not yet been able to determine what data had been stolen.

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Hack Puts Latin American Security Agencies on Edge

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A massive trove of emails from Mexico’s Defense Department is among electronic communications taken by a group of hackers from military and police agencies across several Latin American countries, Mexico’s president confirmed Friday.

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