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Magic lands $27M Series A for its ‘plug and play’ passwordless tech

TechCrunch

Magic, a San Francisco-based startup that builds “plug and play” passwordless authentication technology, has raised $27 million in Series A funding. The company, like many others, is on a mission to end traditional password-based authentication. We want to be the passport of the internet,” Li adds.

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Why 81% of organizations plan to adopt zero trust by 2026

CIO

Because VPNs are internet-connected, it has become relatively straightforward for attackers to use AI for automated recon targeting VPN vulnerabilities. This can take the form of simply asking your favorite AI chatbot to return all current CVEs for VPN products in use by an enterprise, which are then easily scanned over the public internet.

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Corsha lands $12M to bring MFA security to machine-to-machine API traffic

TechCrunch

based cybersecurity startup, has secured a $12 million Series A investment to bring multi-factor authentication (MFA) to machine-to-machine API traffic. APIs, which allow two applications on the internet to talk to each other, became central to organizations’ digital transformation efforts during the pandemic.

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CVE-2020-6207: Proof of Concept Available for Missing Authentication Vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager

Tenable

A researcher has published a proof-of-concept exploit script for a critical SAP vulnerability patched in March 2020 and attackers have begun probing for vulnerable SAP systems. It was originally patched in March 2020 as part of SAP’s Security Patch Day. RECALL : CVE-2020-6207 evokes memories of RECON vulnerability. Background.

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Microsoft’s February 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 99 CVEs Including Internet Explorer Zero-Day (CVE-2020-0674)

Tenable

Microsoft addresses a staggering 99 CVEs in the February 2020 Patch Tuesday release. CVE-2020-0673 and CVE-2020-0674 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability. CVE-2020-0674 was first noted as being exploited in the wild in January , where Microsoft released an out-of-band advisory ( ADV200001 ).

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Fraud prevention platform Sift raises $50M at over $1B valuation, eyes acquisitions

TechCrunch

In 2020, complaints of suspected internet crime surged by 61%, to 791,790, according to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report. The company’s “Digital Trust & Safety” platform aims to help merchants not only fight all types of internet fraud and abuse, but to also “reduce friction” for legitimate customers.

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Top 10 Cybersecurity Threats in 2020

Kaseya

Here are the top 10 cybersecurity threats businesses face in 2020: Phishing Attacks. 1 This number, however, is likely to increase in 2020, with phishing attempts now being launched through cloud applications as opposed to traditional emails. 2020 will see the emergence of highly sophisticated and targeted ransomware attacks.

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