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Passwordless authentication startup Descope lands whopping $53M seed round

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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. In 2021, VC investment in identity management startups reached $3.2 billion, according to Crunchbase — a record at the time.)

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How Ryan Reynolds has mastered authentic marketing

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At TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 this week, we sat down with Reynolds to discuss how startups can use “fast-vertising” (a term Reynolds coined), which involves treating real-time cultural moments as a springboard, to build their own brand buzz. The secrets of great marketing.

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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. In 2021, more than 300 applications and wallets selected Web3Auth to secure over four million users’ private keys.

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CVE-2020-2021: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Vulnerable to Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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Critical authentication bypass vulnerability in PAN-OS devices could be exploited in certain configurations, which are commonly recommended by identity providers. CVE-2020-2021 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication in PAN-OS. Background. score of 10.0

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CVE-2021-22893: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure Exploited in the Wild

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CVE-2021-22893. Pulse Connect Secure Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. CVE-2021-22893 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure. Authenticated. Authenticated. Description. Privileges. Unauthenticated. Pulse Connect Secure Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability.

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CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-27065: Four Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Exploited in the Wild

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CVE-2021-26855. CVE-2021-26857. CVE-2021-26858. CVE-2021-27065. CVE-2021-26855 is a SSRF vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server. Successful exploitation of this flaw would allow the attacker to authenticate to the Exchange Server. Vulnerability Type. Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF).

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From Bugs to Breaches: 25 Significant CVEs As MITRE CVE Turns 25

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CVE-2021-36942: Windows LSA Spoofing Vulnerability PetitPotam Spoofing Exploited Zero-Day Network Ransomware Groups High 2021 Why it’s significant: This vulnerability can force domain controllers to authenticate to an attacker-controlled destination.