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Microsoft Issues Emergency Internet Explorer Security Update

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Microsoft issued an emergency security update for Internet Explorer after hackers were able to exploit a new flaw in several versions of the browser. Unfortunately, the security issue come right before what is expected to be the biggest shopping day of the year: the Saturday before Christmas.

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Tanium Secures $6.5 Billion Valuation For Enterprise Security Tech

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Tanium, which provides organizations with an IT security platform, raised $200 million from Wellington Management, Baillie Gifford & Company and Adage Capital Management, pushing Tanium’s valuation up to $6.5 According to reports, Tanium addresses security friction within businesses caused by a disparate security strategy.

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Today In Payments Around The World: Lendify Secures $115M In Funding; Contour Teams With Mphasis On Trade Tech

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In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. Swedish Startup Lendify Closes $115M Funding Deal.

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How The Z-Wave Alliance Is Balancing IoT Interoperability And Security

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This presents problems for developers, who need to make sure that their products run both smoothly and securely. Developers keen on addressing these concerns must carefully consider how to design and connect their devices to provide reliable, secure performance. The reality is the physical frequency that it operates on.

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‘Death-Spiral Financing’ Leads to SEC Fraud Charges Against Penny-Stock Operator

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Securities and Exchange Commission has sued financier Joshua Sason for fraud. Sason ran a company called Magna Group, and according to the SEC, raked in more than $25 million via what the federal agency in its complaint described as an operation that involved the quick dumping of penny-stock shares that had been illegally gained.

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Airbnb Files For IPO Likely To Value The Company Around $30B 

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Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday (Nov. COVID-19 has materially adversely affected our recent operating and financial results and is continuing to materially adversely impact our long-term operating and financial results,” the company wrote in its prospectus. Airbnb filed paperwork with the U.S.

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SWIFT Too Slow On Security Risks?

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The financial messaging service known as SWIFT — which operates as a bank-owned consortium and helps payments in the billions of dollars move globally — has been beset by security flaws, has known about those flaws and has done little to address those flaws. So reported Reuters on Wednesday (Aug.

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