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Karamba Security raises another $10M for its IoT and automotive security platform

TechCrunch

Karamba Security , an Israel-based security startup that focuses on the IoT and automotive industry, today announced a $10 million extension to its $12 million Series B round from 2017. ” Karamba Security’s XGuard. One of its largest recent engagements involved securing a fleet of 800,000 units in over one hundred countries.

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Primer: What DDoS attacks could mean for IoT

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IoT-initiated attacks like this one, he says, are smaller in scale and less potent than traditional DDoS attacks. Even without a boost from IoT devices, application layer attacks are becoming more common.

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3 tips to secure your connected home

The Parallax

5 questions to ask before buying an IOT device. A PriceWaterhouseCoopers study from January 2017 found that 26 percent of U.S. An Altimeter report from August 2017 came to similar conclusions, with current usage rates at 23 percent of those surveyed, and consumer intent to purchase a connected home device “very strong.”.

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Rise Gardens grows with $9M Series A to help anyone be an indoor farmer

TechCrunch

The company has a total of $13 million in venture-backed investments since Rise was founded in 2017, founder and CEO Hank Adams told TechCrunch. Though he began in 2017, Adams, who has a background in sports technology, said he spent a few years working on prototypes before launching the first products in 2019. Ever since Climate Corp.

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Swarm’s low-cost satellite data network is now available to commercial clients

TechCrunch

Founded in 2017 by CEO Sara Spangelo and CTO Ben Longmier, Swarm has accomplished a lot in a relatively short time, culminating in its recent launch of 36 of its smalll satellites during SpaceX’s first ride-sharing rocket launch late last month. ” Swarm’s sandwich-sized IoT network satellites.

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Finite State lands $30M Series B to help uncover security flaws in device firmware

TechCrunch

By looking at every piece of their supply chain and every detail of their firmware — something no other product on the market offers — we enable manufacturers to ship more secure products so that users can trust their connected devices more,” Wyckhouse says. seed to secure IoT devices. million Series A round. million Series A round.

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ForgeRock files for IPO as identity and access management business grows

TechCrunch

At that time, CEO Fran Rosch told TechCrunch that the round would be the last before an IPO, which was also what former CEO Mike Ellis told us after the startup’s $88 million Series D in September 2017. Among the many competitors that ForgeRock faces is Okta, which went public in 2017 and has been growing in the years since.