Herzaliya, Israel-based National ID Electronic Intelligence solutions provider SuperCom announced the completion of its purchase of the Smart ID division of On Track Innovations.
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Tyco International Ltd narrows list of potential private equity acquirers for Caps Co- sources
Tyco International Ltd has shortlisted the list of private equity firms interested in acquiring the industrial conglomerate's South Korean unit, according to sources interviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Cisco report says 14pct increase seen in cyber attacks in 2013
Cyber attacks increased 14% last year as hackers look to firms in the pharmaceuticals, mining and electronics industries which are rich repositories of intellectual property, the Financial Times reported.
Nearly 200 million text messages are collected by NSA every day- report
The National Security Agency in the US collects nearly 200 million text messages every day, storing in its database information like addresses, financial transactions and contact networks.
Google acquires California-based anti-spam firm Impermium
Tech giant Google acquired Redwood City, California-based anti-spam company Impermium for an undisclosed amount, according to an announcement made by Impermium's chief executive on the company website.
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California, US-based security company FireEye purchased Virginia-based firm Mandiant for $1 billion in the biggest security deal of 2013.
US retailer Target said that the data breach involving some 40 million of its credit and debit cards included encrypted personal identification numbers, the Financial Times reported.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba reportedly poured in tens of millions of dollars in mobile security tool LBE Security Master for real-time monitoring of malware, spyware and adware in smartphones.
Investigators think that overseas hackers were responsible for the cyber attack that compromised 40 million payment cards of Target Corp, a US retailer, Reuters reported.
California-based firm Zimperium has raised $8 million in a funding round led by Sierra Ventures to develop its mobile technology that helps protect WiFi network users from hacker attacks.
AlienVault, a provider of Unified Security Management solutions, secured $30 million to close its Series D round led by GGV Capital and first announced in September
Website security provider CloudFlare' chief executive officer and co-founder Matthew Prince revealed to TechCrunch that it received a significant investment to the tune of $50 million from Union Square Ventures about a year ago.
Ireland-based e-commerce fraud prevention startup Trustev added a $500,000 investment from Notion Capital to its recently closed $3-million seed round to capitalize on the booming e-commerce.
San Francisco-based mobile security company Mocana has received $15 million from a funding round led by GE Ventures, to build out the company’s products that prevent hacking of Wi-Fi-enabled objects.
