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South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent

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Unlike other African countries, South Africa also has a functioning credit system with the prevalent use of credit cards. Chinese internet giant Tencent led the round, with other investors Endeavor Catalyst and Endeavor Harvest Fund participating. Faster deals, less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals.

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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

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million in grants to assist state governments in reducing barriers to employment with Code for America’s Clear My Record tool, which uses an open source algorithm to review records and produce clearance motions. .” There are over 77,000 people incarcerated in New York across the state and New York City correctional systems.

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ZirooPay raises $11.4M to scale its mobile POS solutions for retailers across Nigeria

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In Nigeria, POS terminals are used to process card payments at retail locations as well as for agency banking purposes, a branchless banking system where agents act like human ATMs. One of the biggest challenges to the mass adoption of card payments at retail locations is the rate of transaction failures due to poor internet connection.

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Critical Vulnerability Found, Exploited, Patched in Internet Explorer

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Microsoft acknowledged a zero day vulnerability in Internet Explorer – the default web browser for many computers, laptops, and tablets – in a security advisory released last weekend. Vulnerable Internet Explorers include versions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. But patching systems requires actions. By ShannonPerry. Did you patch them?

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Biosafety startup R-Zero acquires CoWorkr to create an ‘OS for the workplace’

TechCrunch

When R-Zero was founded in April 2020, the company primarily focused on developing hospital-grade UVC disinfection systems, or lights that can neutralize certain types of viruses (more on this later). CoWorkr was founded in 2014 and had totaled about $200,000 in seed funding, per Crunchbase. . million in funding at a $256.5

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Book Review: Cult of the Dead Cow

Palo Alto Networks

Cybersecurity Canon Candidate Book Review: “Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World,” by Joseph Menn (Published June 4, 2019). Book Reviewed by: Rick Howard, October 2019. The Cybersecurity Canon Committee nominated it as a Hall of Fame candidate in 2014. Please do so!

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Guidance Software Federal Summit 6 March 2014

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By Bob Gourley 2014 Guidance Software Federal Summit: Cybersecurity | E-Discovery | Enterprise Forensics. As an information security trailblazer, Mr. Bigman participated in developing security measures for Government computers well before commercial industry found the Internet.