Cyber Security Today, June 21, 2023 – More MOVEit victims, more ransomware news and 100,000 stolen ChatGPT credentials up for sale
More MOVEit victims, more ransomware news and 100,000 stolen ChatGPT credentials are up for sale Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, June 21st, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. The Metro Vancouver Transit Police department is the latest organization to
Read moreBetterBrand’s new dough raises company’s valuation to over $170M
BetterBrand, a foodtech company known for creating “The Better Bagel,” closed on $6 million of Series A capital at a pre-money valuation of $170 million. The company, citing Crunchbase data, also touts that the raise puts founder Aimee Yang among just 150 solo female founders to raise a Series A
Read moreNotarize launches Proof to ensure safe online transactions
Notarize, the world’s largest online notary network, is launching Proof, a new company and platform for digital identity verifications. Beginning in August, Notarize’s business tools will be rebranded to Proof, and it is also changing its company name to Proof. Notarize will continue serving its online notary network, which is
Read moreVolt, an open banking fintech for payments and more, raises $60M at a $350M+ valuation
Open banking — where traditional banks enable payments and other new services by way of APIs that give access to financial data previously locked up in their systems — has led to a rush of startups looking to build the links to make it a reality. Today one of the
Read moreHashtag Trending Jun.21-Over 100,00 ChatGPT accounts on sale on the dark web; Employees believe companies are slow to adopt new technologies; Are we finally getting flying cars?
Over 100,000 ChatGPT accounts found for sale on the dark web, Employees claim companies are too slow to adopt new technologies and yes, finally, we might actually get those flying cars. These and more top tech news stories from Hashtag Trending and Tech News Day. I’m your host Jim
Read moreAmazon will hold its Prime Day shopping event on July 11-12
Amazon announced today that it will host the annual Prime Day shopping event on July 11-12. The company typically offers a lot of discounts to customers to boost sales numbers during this event. The company said the event will start on July 3 a.m. EDT and run through July 12.
Read moreHow Amazon beat Walmart — and who might beat Amazon: talking with reporter Jason Del Rey
Jason Del Rey has spent the last 15 years reporting on e-commerce businesses, including Walmart and Amazon. Now, in a new book that hit shelves today called Winner Sells All, he tells the broader story of Walmart — which long focused on preserving what it had built — and its
Read moreRoblox invites its community to build mature experiences for 17+ users
Roblox is well aware that its young users are getting older, and the company is making every effort to grow up along with them. The platform, once synonymous with younger kids, announced Tuesday that it would allow creators to build mature content designed for users age 17 and up. To
Read moreInstagram now finally allows users to download public Reels
Instagram is finally letting users download Reels posted by others so they can share them outside the app. Rival short video app TikTok has had this feature for years and gained popularity by people watching short videos with the app’s watermark outside the platform. On Tuesday, the company’s head Adam
Read moreMusk says looking to bring Tesla and Starlink to India after meeting with PM Modi
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says the firm is looking to invest in India and bring the electric carmaker to the country “as soon as humanly possible.” Musk said he had a “very good” conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and is hopeful that they will be
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