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KeyCaliber announced its $2.6M seed funding from leading venture capital firms Lytical Ventures, Unusual Ventures, and HearstLab as well as accomplished cybersecurity industry experts and entrepreneurs including Brian NeSmith (co-founder of Arctic Wolf… Continue reading KeyCaliber raises $2.6M to accelerate platform development and propel go-to-market channels
F5 announced enhancements to its application security portfolio. The new solutions highlight F5’s progressive approach to application security, enabling customers to deliver safe, frictionless, and modern digital experiences as consumers increasingly r… Continue reading F5 enhances its application security portfolio to help protect customers against fraud and evolving threats
It’s essential for older companies to recognize changes in the marketplace or face the brutal reality of being left in the dust. F5 is an old-school company that launched back in the 90s, yet has been able to transform a number of times in its history to avoid major disruption. Over the last two years, […] Continue reading Why F5 spent $2.2B on 3 companies to focus on cloud native applications
COVID-19 continues to significantly embolden cybercriminals’ phishing and fraud efforts, according to research from F5 Labs. The report found that phishing incidents rose 220% during the height of the global pandemic compared to the yearly average. The… Continue reading Fraudsters increasingly creative with names and addresses for phishing sites
F5 got an expensive holiday present today, snagging startup Shape Security for approximately $1 billion. What the networking company gets with a shiny red ribbon is a security product that helps stop automated attacks like credential stuffing. In an article earlier this year, Shape CTO Shuman Ghosemajumder explained what the company does: “We’re an enterprise-focused […] Continue reading F5 acquires Shape Security for $1B
F5 Networks this week announced it is acquiring Shape Security, a provider of a cloud service that leverages machine learning algorithms to identify instances of fraud, for roughly $1 billion in cash. Preston Hogue, senior director of security marketi… Continue reading F5 Networks Buys Shape Security to Prevent Fraud
F5 Networks and Shape Security announced a definitive agreement under which F5 will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of the privately held Shape for a total enterprise value of approximately $1 billion in cash, subject to certain adjustments. … Continue reading F5 Networks acquires Shape Security to offer orgs comprehensive, end-to-end application security
Shape Security revealed a partnership with Okta. Through this integration, joint customers can leverage Shape’s technology to offer an additional layer of preventative security to their Okta identity platform to help thwart account takeovers. Shape’s t… Continue reading Shape Security partners with Okta to help prevent cyberattacks
Symantec boosts security with Javelin Networks, ThreatQuotient integrates Verified Breach Intelligence from Visa, FireMon delivers hybrid cloud security with new visibility and orchestration, StackPath partners with Sectigo, and we have some acquisitio… Continue reading Symantec, Veracode, & Thoma Bravo – Enterprise Security Weekly #114
Shape Security released its Credential Spill Report, shedding light on the extent to which the consumer banking, retail, airline and hospitality industries are impacted by credential stuffing attacks and account takeover. The report analyzes attacks th… Continue reading Inside look at lifecycle of stolen credentials and extent of data breach damage