The Week in Breach News: 05/12/21 – 05/18/21

It’s the all ransomware edition featuring huge breaches at Toshiba & the VA plus a special report on the state of phishing security in 2021.
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Worksome pulls $13M into its high skill freelancer talent platform

More money for the now very buzzy business of reshaping how people work: Worksome is announcing it recently closed a $13 million Series A funding round for its “freelance talent platform” — after racking up 10x growth in revenue since January 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic sparked a remote working boom. The 2017 founded […] Continue reading Worksome pulls $13M into its high skill freelancer talent platform

Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines

Israeli security startup Cycode, which specializes in helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines and prevent code tampering, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Seed investor YL Ventures also participated in this round, which brings the total funding in the company to $24.6 million. Cycode’s […] Continue reading Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines

The Week in Breach News: 04/28/21 – 05/04/21

Huge Codecov breach creates risk shockwave, selling security to budget-minded clients & your customer retention blueprint.
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The health data transparency movement is birthing a new generation of startups

The recent movement toward data transparency is birthing a new generation of innovation and startups that could ultimately make healthcare better and more transparent for all of us. Continue reading The health data transparency movement is birthing a new generation of startups

The Week in Breach News: 04/14/21 – 04/20/21

Huge Codecov breach creates risk shockwave, selling security to budget-minded clients & your customer retention blueprint.
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A quick round up of privacy highlights for Q1 of 2021

As expected, the start of 2021 has seen unprecedented movement in the U.S. with 22 states introducing comprehensive privacy legislation and even more introducing specific-use legislation. To date, hundreds of privacy bills were introduced across the st… Continue reading A quick round up of privacy highlights for Q1 of 2021

The Week in Breach News: 04/07/21 – 04/13/21

Massive LinkedIn breach impacts millions, ransomware shuts down colleges again, and new tips for controlling supply chain risk.
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Nation-State Cyberthreats Persist

We are often told how particular threats were the responsibility of a certain nation-state, and that there was difference between those nations and cybercriminals. While it made good copy, the cybersecurity domain has always been crowded, and the coll… Continue reading Nation-State Cyberthreats Persist