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Researchers say the flaws, detailed at Black Hat USA on Thursday, potentially impacted over 2 million Mercedes-Benz connected cars before they were fixed. "We reported the flaws to Mercedez-Benz, we found about 19 vulnerabilities," said Minrui Yan, head of the Sky-Go Team with 360 Group, presenting with Jiahao Li, researcher with 360 Group, at Black Hat.
D-Link announced its new PoE surveillance switch series, which includes the 9-Port PoE Unmanaged Surveillance Switch and the 18-Port PoE Unmanaged Surveillance Switch. Supporting long range PoE delivery, DSS-100E switches are a cost-effective solution that provide a versatile and reliable surveillance network.
Threat hunting solutions provider Hunters today announced that it closed a $15 million Series A funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $20.4 million. The funds will allow Hunters to invest further in machine learning research and extend its threat detection capabilities.
Breach protection solutions provider Cynet on Monday announced that it has raised $18 million in a Series B+ funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $38 million. Cynet previously raised $13 million in a Series B funding round in June 2018.
"Small and midsize organizations without adequate security resources require the best of both worlds. With leading throughput levels, layered security services, zero-touch SD-WAN capabilities and many other benefits, our new line of tabletop security appliances provides just that." WatchGuard's new tabletop security appliances are built to provide the advanced throughput and improved HTTPS traffic processing today's organizations need to keep up with the ever-increasing velocity of business, along with a comprehensive set of security services.
Data discovery, privacy and security provider 1touch.io has secured $14 million in Series A funding, which will help it boost R&D and field presence. Founded in 2017, the Stamford, Connecticut-based startup continuously analyzes traffic and repository stores connected to an organization's network, to help them identify all network elements storing, processing, and sharing personal data, both internally and externally.
Zyxel Networks announced USG FLEX, a new series of mid-range firewalls designed for SMBs to keep up with the workplace mobility, connectivity and security requirements post-pandemic. Zyxel's new USG FLEX 100, USG FLEX 200 and USG FLEX 500 firewalls feature upgraded hardware and software power that level up SMB security with up to 125 percent of firewall performance and up to an additional 500 percent Unified Threat Management performance.
Israel-based container security company Aqua Security has raised another $30 million in a Series D funding round, which brings the total raised to date to more than $130 million. Aqua Security provides solutions designed to help organizations secure their cloud, container-based and serverless applications and infrastructure.
To help them adapt, Citrix Systems, has launched Remote Works, a new virtual series designed to share tips and best practices for staying engaged and productive while working from home. "Working from home is perhaps the biggest change in the way business is done that the world has ever seen and the speed with which it moved from an experiment to a requirement has many companies reeling," said Tim Minahan, Executive Vice President, Business Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer, Citrix.
Data access and governance provider Okera this week announced the closing of a $15 million Series B funding round that brings the total raised by the company to $29.6 million. Okera's Active Data Access Platform helps companies comply with regulations and better secure their data access in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.