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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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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

Researchers at the firm also identified seven new Chinese-origin cyber espionage groups in 2024, many of which exhibited specialized targeting and toolsets. The report also highlighted that Chinese groups continue to share malware tools a long-standing hallmark of Chinese cyber espionage with the KEYPLUG backdoor serving as a prime example.

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Managing the many we’s of IT

CIO

Moreover, the CIOs identity has to be an authentic and managed narrative. ITs inner we is a coalition of interest groups, an agglomeration of different communities. In fact, it should be part of the authentic and managed narrative of their identity. In the business context, thats all about value creation.

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Securing S3 Downloads with ALB and Cognito Authentication

Xebia

For this, you will need authentication and authorization. Authentication vs Authorization Authentication is all about identifying who you are. You can also create groups, and based on these groups, you can manage the authorization. For example, you could make a group called developers.

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Data center provider fakes Tier 4 data center certificate to bag $11M SEC deal

CIO

A cursory check and balance on the name of the certifying authority will help to know the likely authenticity of the certification claim,” said Abhishek Gupta, CIO at leading Indian satellite broadcaster DishTV. The certification authenticity forms a smaller part of overall final decision-making, said Gupta.

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TrovaTrip, a group travel management platform and marketplace, raises $15M

TechCrunch

The idea for TrovaTrip began when Poggi, Schneider and a few of their friends were planning a two-week vacation trip to Europe, but were unable to find group travel options for young professionals, Poggi told TechCrunch in an interview. TrovaTrip also plans to continue to make travel safer and maintain a high bar for quality group travel.

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Russell Westbrook, Chainsmokers join group pouring $13.5M into prebiotic soda brand Poppi

TechCrunch

The investor group includes CAVU Ventures as well as sports and entertainment celebrities like Russell Westbrook, the Chainsmokers, 24kGoldn, Kygo, Halsey, Kevin Love, Ellie Goulding, Olivia Munn, Nicole Scherzinger, Chantel Jeffries, Bryce Hall, Noah Beck, Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson and Blake Gray.

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