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Passwordless authentication startup Descope lands whopping $53M seed round

TechCrunch

Take Descope , for example, which today announced that it raised a whopping $53 million in seed funding for its “developer-first” authentication and user management platform. Capital might be harder to come by than it once was in startup land, but some firms are bucking the trend — hard. So why launch Descope now?

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Bitwarden acquires Passwordless.dev to help companies authenticate users without passwords

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Open source password management platform Bitwarden has made its first known acquisition, snapping up a fledgling Sweden-based startup called Passwordless.dev , which specializes in helping developers integrate passwordless authentication technology into their software. The password problem. Image Credits: Passwordless.dev.

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Web3Auth secures $13M from Sequoia India to simplify crypto onboarding and authentication

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Web3Auth builds on this infrastructure to make Web3 authentication — including password-less auth, SMS auth, or other OAuth methods like Google, Twitter, Discord and Reddit – in apps and wallets simple and intuitive to use. The fresh capital brings its total raised to $15 million since its inception in 2019. authentication space. “We

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CyRC Vulnerability Advisory: Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in multiple wireless router chipsets (CVE-2019-18989, CVE-2019-18990, and CVE-2019-18991)

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Read the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center’s ( CyRC ) analysis of CVE-2019-18989, CVE-2019-18990, and CVE-2019-18991.

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StockX raises $275M Series E, valuing the retailer at $2.8B

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trades increasing 260% over 2019 levels. The company opened new authentication facilities in 2020 resulting in a 50% increase of the company’s global footprint. Earlier in the year, the company opened an authentication facility in Portland, Oregon. Inside StockX’s authentication center.

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CVE-2019-15975, CVE-2019-15976, CVE-2019-15977: Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities in Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Tenable

Cisco kicks off 2020 with 12 CVEs in Cisco Data Center Network Manager, including three critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities. Of the 12 vulnerabilities patched by Cisco, the most severe include a trio of critical authentication bypass flaws , two of which reside in DCNM API endpoints. Background. Proof of concept.

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CVE-2024-55591: Fortinet Authentication Bypass Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

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Fortinet patched a zero day authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS and FortiProxy that has been actively exploited in the wild as a zero-day since November 2024. CVE Description CVSSv3 CVE-2024-55591 FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Vulnerability 9.6 websocket module. through 7.0.16 Upgrade to 7.0.17 through 7.0.19