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Robinhood Taps Caleb Sima to Lead Security

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Caleb Sima to Join Robinhood as Chief Security Officer
Veteran cybersecurity practitioner, entrepreneur and executive Caleb Sima has been tapped to lead security at mobile stock trading startup Robinhood.
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Red Canary Raises $81 Million to Grow Security Operations Business

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Red Canary, a Denver, Colo.-based managed detection and response (MDR) firm, has raised $81 million through a Series C founding round led by Summit Partners.
The provider of SaaS-based security operations solutions has now raised more than $125 million… Continue reading Red Canary Raises $81 Million to Grow Security Operations Business→

Report: TikTok Harvested MAC Addresses By Exploiting Android Loophole

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The ongoing controversies surrounding TikTok hit a new gear on Thursday with a bombshell report accusing the Chinese company of spying on millions of Android users using a technique banned by Google.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 83 Vulnerabilities, 10 Critical, 1 Actively Exploited

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Microsoft on Tuesday released the first batch of security patches for 2021 with fixes for 83 documented security vulnerabilities, including a “critical” bug in the Defender security product that’s being actively exploited.
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