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| 30.04.2026 | Mattermost Appoints Lane McFarland as First Chief People Officer to Scale Global Workforce for Next Phase of Growth | Mattermost has appointed Lane McFarland as its first Chief People Officer to scale its global workforce and accelerate AI‑driven transformation across the organization. McFarland brings 15+ years of experience building high‑performing, glob... |
| 25.04.2026 | AI tools widen cyber attack threat, Flashpoint warns | - |
| 08.04.2026 | Analyst1 Releases Version 2.14.0, Expanding Automation, Integrations, and Intelligence Workflows | announced the release of Version 2.14.0 of its threat intelligence platform, introducing new capabilities designed to scale intelligence production, strengthen integrations, unify vulnerability visibility, flexibly adapt intelligence collec... |
| 07.03.2026 | Iran’s internet blackout extends into second week: NetBlocks | Data monitoring site says Iran remains in a “regime-imposed national internet blackout”.
NetBlocks says the Iranian public remain isolated but officials and state media retain access.
Iran remains under a near-complete internet blackout, da... |
| 13.01.2026 | AI, geopolitics & supply chains reshape cyber risk | - |
| 30.10.2024 | Abstract Security: A New Dawn in Cyber Defense with $15 Million Boost | In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, speed is everything. Abstract Security, a trailblazer in security data fabric and analytics, has just secured a $15 million Series A funding round. This significant investment, led by Munich Re Vent... |
| 29.10.2024 | Abstract Security: Data Fabric And Analytics Company Raises $15 Million (Series A) | Abstract Security, a pioneer in security data fabric and analytics, announced it has closed an oversubscribed Series A funding round of $15 million. Munich Re Ventures led the round, which included super pro-rata participation from existing... |
| 08.03.2024 | UPDATE - Carahsoft Sponsors Inaugural Billington State and Local Cybersecurity Summit at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on March 19-20, 2024 | RESTON, Va., March 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, will be joined by more than 30 of its technology providers at the inaugural Billington State and Local Cybersecurity ... |
| 04.03.2024 | Dark Web Intelligence Market Analysis: Shedding Light on Hidden Markets | Dark Web Intelligence Market
A rise in cyber fraud, cryptocurrencies & technical advancements in cyber-security are the major driving factors for the market growth.
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| 31.01.2024 | Flashpoint Earns Frost & Sullivan's 2024 Global Product Leadership Award for Unrivaled Threat Data and Intelligence | Flashpoint delivers high-performance threat data and intelligence solutions that enable businesses and governments to better detect, prioritize, and remediate emerging cyber and physical risks.
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fro... |
| 05.04.2022 | Hydra, the world’s biggest cybercrime forum, shut down in police sting | Enlarge / Laundering of stolen cryptocurrency was a key service offered by Hydra.
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| 31.03.2022 | Don’t ignore Spring4Shell. But there’s still no sign it’s widespread | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Patches are now available for the Spring4Shell vu... |
| 31.03.2022 | Don’t ignore Spring4Shell. But there’s still no sign it’s widespread | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - August 3. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Learn more about Transform 2022
Patches are now available f... |
| 30.03.2022 | Spring Core vulnerability doesn’t seem to be Log4Shell all over again | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - August 3. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Learn more about Transform 2022
A newly disclosed remote co... |
| 30.03.2022 | Spring Core vulnerability doesn’t seem to be Log4Shell all over again | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A newly disclosed remote code execution vulnerabi... |
| 04.10.2021 | Киберпреступники жалуются, что их обманывают создатели программ-вымогателей | Киберпреступники, использующие программы-вымогатели, жалуются, что во вредоносном ПО, которое они используют, встроен бэкдор, позволяющий перехватить выкуп. По слухам, группировка REvil, предоставляющая услугу программ-вымогателей, обманыва... |
| 29.09.2021 | REvil gang scams ransomware associates out of payments | The REvil ransomware-as-a-service gang, which has made headlines recently with several high-profile attacks, is accused of cutting its associates out of the extortion action, scamming them out of payments from victims with locked-up systems... |
| 25.09.2021 | He escaped the Dark Web’s biggest bust. Now he’s back | Enlarge / DeSnake is back, with big promises about keeping AlphaBay up and running this time.
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| 25.09.2021 | He escaped the dark web’s biggest bust. Now he’s back | Enlarge / DeSnake is back, with big promises about keeping AlphaBay up and running this time.
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| 24.09.2021 | Тайный «второй админ» даркнет-магазина AlphaBay объявил о перезапуске и рассказал о себе — но это выглядит подозрительно Статьи редакции... | В 2017 году власти США закрыли крупнейший магазин в даркнете AlphaBay, а его основателя арестовали. В 2021-м сайт перезапустил аноним, представившийся вторым админом — DeSnake. Он пообещал создать децентрализованную сеть и разрешить вывод с... |
| 28.07.2021 | Haron and BlackMatter are the latest groups to crash the ransomware party | Enlarge
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July has so far ushered in at least two new ransomware groups. Or maybe they’re old ones undergoing a ... |
| 23.07.2021 | Unrivaled Threat Intelligence And Protection Comes To The APAC Region With Flashpoint-Cybermerc Partnership | Flashpoint, the globally trusted leader in actionable threat intelligence, announces a partnership with the Australian threat intelligence services provider Cybermerc. The partnership features a joint solution making Flashpoint’s advanced t... |
| 22.07.2021 | Why Uber’s new deal comes as a surprise | The post-pandemic Uber is certainly not the same business it came in as.
Paid Content The art of swapping cars—for art From Polestar
Throughout the pandemic, as its core ride-hailing business flagged, the company focused on the parts of its... |
| 22.07.2021 | Why Uber’s new deal comes as a surprise | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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The post-pandemic Ube... |
| 18.05.2021 | DarkSide ransomware group suffers setbacks following Colonial Pipeline attack | Image: iStock/nevarpp
The ransomware group that targeted Colonial Pipeline may be regretting its attack in the wake of reprisals from both the U.S. government and the ransomware community. By hitting a critical infrastructure company, DarkS... |
| 14.05.2021 | Pipeline attacker DarkSide suddenly goes dark—here’s what we know | Enlarge reader comments 156 with 106 posters participating
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DarkSide—the ransomware group that disrupted gasoline distribution across a wide swath of the US this week—has go... |
| 23.03.2021 | Flashpoint Named a Strong Performer in External Threat Intelligence Services 2021 report by Independent Research Firm | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 23, 2021--
Flashpoint, the global leader in actionable threat intelligence, has been named a Strong Performer in the new independent technology evaluation The Forrester Wave™: External Threat Intelligence Serv... |
| 04.03.2021 | Russian Hacker Site Maza Gets Hacked: Usernames, Email Ads, and Passwords Compromised | Urian B., Tech Times 04 March 2021, 07:03 pm
(Photo : Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website) Russian Hacker Site Maza has Been Hacked: Usernames, Email Ads, and Passwords Compromised
In the very latest string of "hits" coming fr... |
| 17.02.2021 | Flashpoint launches secondary fund targeting £144M | Leading international technology investment firm from London, Flashpoint has recently announced the launch of its secondary fund, targeting $200 million (£144 million), having completed a first close of $70 million (£50.3 million).
The fund... |
| 16.02.2021 | Flashpoint launches new fund with $200 million target | London-based global investment firm Flashpoint has announced the launch of its secondary fund, targeting $200 million, after completing a first close of $70 million.
Aimed at later-stage tech companies, the fund will provide liquidity for e... |
| 16.02.2021 | Flashpoint launches a $200m secondary fund to support more SaaS startups from the CEE ecosystem | Company:
Back in 1998 when Michael Szalontay and Alexander Konoplyasty were university students in international finance, they set on a journey to give more freedom to their professional creativity by founding Flashpoint – the international... |
| 02.05.2019 | Wipro hackers targeted gift card and rewards programs | The hackers that gained access to over a hundred computers at Indian outsourcer Wipro were attempting gift card and rewards program fraud, new security research suggests.
At first, the Wipro attack was thought to be the work of state-sponso... |
| 24.04.2019 | Flashpoint Strengthens Intelligence Platform with New Dashboards and Analytics, Expanded Collections and Tailored Alerting by Industry | Company Significantly Expands Use-Case Driven Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) Offerings
London - 24th April 2019 - Flashpoint, the global leader in Business Risk Intelligence (BRI), today announced new innovations and enhancements that hel... |
| 07.06.2018 | A friendly reminder: Don’t put passwords in Trello | A new bit of research from David Shear at security firm Flashpoint found that there are hundreds if not thousands of open Trello boards containing passwords, login credentials, and other potentially sensitive stuff including employee on-boa... |
| 09.05.2018 | RiskIQ brings Threat Hunting Educational Workshops to London and Paris | London, UK – May 9, 2018 – RiskIQ, the leader in digital threat management, today announced the company is bringing its educational Threat Hunting Workshops to London, UK and Paris, France. Alongside its partner Flashpoint, RiskIQ’s worksho... |
| 21.01.2018 | Marginalizing Violent Extremism Online | Editor’s Note: The call to take down terrorist-linked content on the Internet is both sensible and limited in its effectiveness. Terrorists use many different aspects of the Internet for many different purposes, and taking down propaganda a... |
| 13.07.2017 | Flashpoint Raises $28M in Series C Funding | Flashpoint, a New York, NY-based provider of a Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) platform, closed a $28m Series C funding.
The round was led by new investor Georgian Partners with participation from existing investors Greycroft Partners, Tec... |
| 12.07.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, July 12 | GROCERY WARS, GRAVITY, CHEERLEADING
The ripple effects of Amazon’s $13.7 billion Whole Foods deal are only starting to show. Nobody knows exactly what Amazon is going to do with Whole Foods, and that uncertainty is freaking everyone out.
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| 12.07.2017 | Flashpoint Raises $28M Series C Led by Georgian Partners | Flashpoint, the global leader in Business Risk Intelligence (BRI), today announced the close of a $28 million Series C funding round led by new investor Georgian Partners. With this round, Steve Leightell, principal at the firm, will join t... |
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| 30.05.2017 | Ransomware WannaCry Linked To Southern China: Perpetrators Could Be Native Chinese Speakers | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 30 May 2017, 07:05 am
Security firms have been trying to crack down the perpetrator of the WannaCry ransomware attack with great difficulty. WannaCry Ransomware
For the uninitiated, a ransomware called WannaCry wrea... |
| 29.05.2017 | Analysis of WannaCry ransom message raises links to China | When the WannaCry ransomware took hold earlier this month, it quickly began infecting thousands of machines in a number of countries all across the world. In the process, it even managed to infect computers at the National Health Service in... |
| 01.05.2017 | Hacker leaks Orange is the New Black new season after ransom demands ignored | Lionsgate/Netflix reader comments 100 with 78 posters participating
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| 19.04.2017 | Reports of a fresh Snapchat hack appear to be bogus | Reports have been circulating that allege Snap, the ephemeral messaging firm that recently went public, suffered a data breach at the hands of anonymous Indian hackers last year, and that the hackers this week leaked the information they su... |
| 19.04.2017 | Reports of a fresh Snapchat hack appear to be bogus | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Reports have been circulating that allege Snap, the ephemeral messaging firm that recently went public, suffered a data breach at the h... |
| 10.01.2017 | Hackers steal data from 1.5 million user accounts after esports company refuses to pay ransom | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Hackers continue to use ransomware to attack and extort businesses and other organizations, highlighting the dangers of failing to put ... |
| 10.01.2017 | Hackers steal data from 1.5 million user accounts after esports company refuses to pay ransom | Hackers continue to use ransomware to attack and extort businesses and other organizations, highlighting the dangers of failing to put up adequate cyber defenses.
E-Sports Entertainment Association, a company that hosts competitive video ga... |
| 14.11.2016 | Don't take part in a DDoS botnet | DDoS attacks have been at the forefront of the media for weeks. The unprecedented scale of the attacks on Brian Krebs website lit the powder keg, and it hasn’t stopped, with the most recent example being the attack on Dyn’s servers that led... |
| 10.11.2016 | US Customs Police Paid Contractors to Monitor the Dark Web | Law enforcement aren't tackling the dark web alone. According to public records and documents obtained by Motherboard, a section of the Department of Homeland Security has paid contractors around $150,000 for dark web monitoring services.
T... |
| 31.10.2016 | New leak may show if you were hacked by the NSA | Enlarge
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| 26.10.2016 | Dyn DNS DDoS likely the work of script kiddies, says Flashpoint | Business risk intelligence firm Flashpoint has put out a preliminary analysis of last week’s massive denial of service attack against Dyn DNS, and its conclusion is it was likely the work of amateur hackers — rather than, as some had posite... |
| 24.10.2016 | Chinese Company Recalls Cameras, DVRs Used In Last Week's Massive DDoS Attack | For some time now, security researchers have been warning that our lackadaisical approach to Internet of Things security would soon be coming home to roost. Initially it was kind of funny to read how “smart” fridges, tea kettles and Barbie ... |
| 23.07.2016 | The online tools used by terrorists should come as no surprise | Terrorism has been front and center lately thanks to high profile attacks around the world and the scare tactics being used in the current US election. But how do these people communicate? What is the tool of choice for today's Jihadist – w... |
| 12.07.2016 | TechOperators Joins $10M Series B for Flashpoint | Flashpoint, the global leader in intelligence from the Deep & Dark Web, is expanding into Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) to deliver its unique insights gleaned from the underbelly of the Internet across an enterprise’s multiple lines ... |
| 12.07.2016 | Flashpoint Raises $10M Series B | Flashpoint, the global leader in intelligence from the Deep & Dark Web, is expanding into Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) to deliver its unique insights gleaned from the underbelly of the Internet across an enterprise’s multiple lines ... |
| 12.07.2016 | Deep & Dark Web Intelligence Platform Flashpoint Closes $10M | Flashpoint, a NYC-based platform that brings intelligence from the Deep & Dark Web, closed a $10m Series B funding round.
The round was led by Greycroft Partners with participation from new investors Jump Capital and Leaders Fund and ex... |
| 28.04.2016 | As US drops “cyber bombs,” ISIS retools its own cyber army | The new, "improved" United Cyber Caliphate—the power of four jihadi hacktivist cells fused together like some sort of cyber-Voltron. reader comments 35 with 32 posters participating
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| 29.02.2016 | Innovations In Cybersecurity At RSA 2016 | Mahendra Ramsinghani Contributor
Mahendra Ramsinghani founded Secure Octane Investments, which includes Demisto, CyberGRX and 16 other infrastructure and cybersecurity companies. Mahendra authored "The Business of Venture Capital"... |
| 01.02.2016 | Machine Learning Advances Cybersecurity: Battery Ventures’ View | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
An office worker who usually spends time in programs like PowerPoint suddenly logs into the company expense records system. Data-sifting computers are on the alert for unusual... |
| 17.04.2015 | Flashpoint Secures $5M in Series A Financing | Flashpoint, a NYC-based commercial provider of intelligence from the Deep and Dark Web, secured $5m in Series A financing.
The round was led by TechOperators, LLC, with participation from Bloomberg Beta, Cisco Investments, Greycroft Partner... |
| - | Mumbai Police Arrest ‘Crypto King’ In Bitcoin-Linked Drug Bust | The Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai Zone has arrested a Mumbai resident Makarand P Adivirkar for allegedly facilitating the purchasing of drugs in Bitcoin. Known as ‘Crypto King’ by some, Adivirkar used to convert one’s cash in Bitcoin by t... |
| - | ISIS is assembling a cyber army | Following the deadly assaults on Europe in late 2015 and early 2016, reports emerged suggesting that ISIS has an army of organized hackers who can provide consistent, round the clock support to foot soldiers. However, new information on the... |
| - | Analysis of WannaCry ransom message raises links to China | When the WannaCry ransomware took hold earlier this month, it quickly began infecting thousands of machines in a number of countries all across the world. In the process, it even managed to infect computers at the National Health Service in... |
| - | NCB Arrests ‘Crypto King’ In Bitcoin-Linked Drug Bust | The Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai Zone has arrested a Mumbai resident Makarand P Adivirkar for allegedly facilitating the purchasing of drugs in Bitcoin. Known as ‘Crypto King’ by some, Adivirkar used to convert one’s cash in Bitcoin by t... |
