Atlanta, US-based security software provider Damballa pocketed $13 million in venture funding from its existing investors to beef up its sales force and support its growth campaign in North America.
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Hungarian startup Tresorit lands $3M in Series A round to provide convenient and secure cloud services
Budapest, Hungary-based startup Tresorit landed $3 million in its Series A funding round with Euroventures as lead investor to provide both convenience and security along with its cloud storage services.
London security firm CertiVox scores $8M in Series B financing
London, UK-based security firm CertiVox scored $8 million in its Series B financing from new investor NTT Docomo Ventures and previous backer Octopus Investments to expand its software-based alternative authentication platform.
American SaaS security startup Vorstack bags $5.2M in funding for real time data protection
Los Altos Hills, California-based software as a service (SaaS) security startup Vorstack bagged $5.2 million in a new funding round led by Glenn McGonnigle and Tom Noonan to ramp up its real time data protection services.
Former NSA agent hacking company infused with $7.5 mln in series A round
California-based Synack, a crowdsourced platform for hacking into customers' security holes, raises $7.5 million for a series A funding round.
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Richardson, US-based secure cloud hosting firm FireHost received $25 million in its latest funding round led by Little Rock, Arkansas-based investment firm Stephens Group to fuel its growth and marketing campaigns.
WestPark Capital, a Los Angeles based Investment Banking firm, announced today that it had closed a $2,000,000 private placement for Digital Ally, Inc. Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
Chicago-based Trustwave Holdings Inc denied allegations on the lawsuit filed by two lenders that it managed Target's data security and processed the data of its cardholders, Reuters reported.
In the latest news of social media hacking, multiple Pinterest accounts have been flooded with photos of butts, prompting warnings to avoid clicking on suspicious pictures until the security flaw is resolved.
Journalists and news organizations are being targeted by hackers who are working for or supporting a government, according to two Google security engineers, Reuters reported.
ThreatMetrix, the company that offers advanced cybercrime prevention solutions and online fraud protection, obtained $20 million for its latest funding round, VentureBeat reported citing a SEC filing.
Palo Alto Networks, a cyber security firm based in Santa Clara, California, has bought Israel-based cyber security company Cyvera for a price tag of $200 million, TechCrunch reported.
US President Barack Obama is getting ready to propose a legislation that will halt the bulk phone data collection of the National Security Agency (NSA) and instead let the agency procure individual court authorizations for every phone number to be investigated.
US District Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco ordered that the evidence related to the lawsuits filed by a privacy rights group against the NSA's surveillance operations be kept intact, Bloomberg News reported.
