Mastercard and Chainlink are teaming up to power Swapper Finance, a new way to buy crypto directly from decentralized exchanges (DEXs) using any Mastercard. Holders of Mastercard’s 3.5 billion cards around the world will now be able to directly purchase…
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XBOW’s AI reached the top ranks on HackerOne, and now it has $75M to scale up
XBOW has raised $75 million in Series B funding to grow its AI-driven offensive security platform. The round was led by Altimeter’s Apoorv Agrawal, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital and Nat Friedman. This brings XBOW’s total funding to…
BackBox 8.0 empowers organizations to strengthen their cyber resilience strategy
BackBox announced the upcoming release of BackBox 8.0, a significant advancement engineered to address the complex and often disparate challenge of securing modern networks that blend traditional on-premise hardware with burgeoning cloud-managed and SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) environments. This…
Why the SOC needs its “Moneyball” moment
In the classic book and later Brad Pitt movie Moneyball, the Oakland A’s didn’t beat baseball’s giants by spending more – they won by thinking differently, scouting players not through gut instinct and received wisdom, but by utilizing relevant data…
Abstract Security unveils cloud-native cold storage for security telemetry
Abstract Security announced LakeVilla, a cloud-native cold storage solution built for long-term security telemetry retention that delivers compliance-ready, highly accessible storage at a fraction of SIEM costs—without compromising on performance or accessibility. “Security telemetry is exploding—but that doesn’t mean you…
The tiny amplifier that could supercharge quantum computing
Quantum computers are built to handle problems that are far too complex for today’s machines. They could lead to major advances in areas like drug development, encryption, AI, and logistics. Photo by Chalmers University of Technology Now, researchers at Chalmers…
From posture to prioritization: The shift toward unified runtime platforms
In this Help Net Security interview, Rinki Sethi, Chief Security Officer at Upwind, discusses how runtime platforms help CISOs shift from managing tools to managing risk. She encourages CISOs to position runtime as a practical layer for real-time risk reduction,…
Why should companies or organizations convert to FIDO security keys?
In this Help Net Security interview, Alexander Summerer, Head of Authentication at Swissbit, explains how FIDO security keys work, what threats they address, and why they’re gaining traction across industries, from healthcare to critical infrastructure. He also shares insights into…
Users lack control as major AI platforms share personal info with third parties
Some of the most popular generative AI and large language model (LLM) platforms, from companies like Meta, Google, and Microsoft, are collecting sensitive data and sharing it with unknown third parties, leaving users with limited transparency and virtually no control…
Companies negotiate their way to lower ransom payments
Nearly 50% of companies paid the ransom to recover their data, the second-highest rate in six years, according to Sophos. How actual payments stack up with the initial demand Ransom payments and recovery costs are on the decline Despite the…