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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.

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

TechCrunch

There have also been security issues when it comes to platforms holding control of a user’s private keys. Users use keys as accounts to trade, hold assets, or just interact with blockchains, so control and security of those keys are important,” chief executive officer and co-founder Zhen Yu Young told TechCrunch.

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

TechCrunch

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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Is ad fraud a cybersecurity problem?

The Parallax

Should chief information security officers at companies hit by ad fraud take a stronger role in stopping it? billion and $19 billion in 2019, and Juniper Research concluded that it would cost $42 billion by the end of 2019. Research company eMarketer estimated costs between $6.5 READ MORE ON CYBERCRIME.

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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)

Synopsys

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

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How to protect your Ring from hackers (and Amazon partners)

The Parallax

The Ring doorbell spent much of 2019 getting buzzed by perceived security and privacy issues, from secret agreements with law enforcement agencies to cybersecurity practices that put its users at risk. It’s designed to be a Wi-Fi-enabled, 180-degree security camera pointed perpetually at your doorstep and your neighbors.

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Set your iPhone up as a Google 2FA key in 5 steps

The Parallax

Google has made it possible to use your iPhone as a two-factor authentication key, just as it did last year for Android phones. Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to account log-ins. That form of 2FA, while certainly more secure than single-factor authentication, is susceptible to SIM card jacking.