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Cyber criminals net £8bn from financial services in 2016

Computer Weekly

Organised cyber fraud gangs are turning their attention to online lenders and emerging financial services, potentially netting £8bn in 2016, a report reveals

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TechNet Augusta 2016: Defensive Cyber

CTOvision

Defensive cyber includes passive and active cyberspace operations intended to preserve the ability to utilize friendly cyberspace capabilities and protect data, networks, net-centric capabilities, and other designated systems. This includes actively hunting for threats as well as internal responses to threats.

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Smartsheet reportedly attracting buyout interest from private equity firms

GeekWire

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader at the GeekWire Awards in 2016, when the company won the “Next Tech Titan” award. It also trimmed net losses from $29.9 GeekWire File Photo) Smartsheet hired investment bankers after receiving buyout interest from private equity firms, according to a report from Reuters on Thursday.

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Seattle marketing company Banzai goes public, rings opening bell at Nasdaq following SPAC deal

GeekWire

Founded in 2016, Banzai announced a year ago that it planned to go public by merging with a SPAC group led by 7GC Holdings , a partnership between San Francisco-based tech investment firm 7GC and SPAC sponsor Hennessy Capital. 30, 2022, and a net loss of $8.5 Banzai employees rang the opening bell at Nasdaq today in New York City.

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Tech News Roundup March 16

CTOvision

Consumer Electronics Net. IT Business Net. Sony to launch Playstation VR for $399 right before 2016 holiday season. City Council Recap: March 15, 2016 | Fayetteville Flyer - Fayetteville Flyer. Trifacta Expands Federal Market Presence to Accelerate the. CrowdStreet raises $3.5M

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IBM: Tax-related spam up 6,000% since Dec.; Darkweb tactics net billions

Network World

The notion that spam has been increasing lately has been obvious recently and for more evidence of that nasty trends you need look no further than this fact: From Dec 2016 to Feb 2017, IBM X-Force researchers saw a 6,000% increase in tax-related spam emails. Tis’ the season for tax villains.

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IBM: Financial services industry bombarded by malware, security threats

Network World

The number of financial services records breached skyrocketed 937% in 2016 to more than 200 million. Darkweb tactics net billions + To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Financial institutions were forced to defend against a 29 percent increase in the number of attacks from 2015, IBM stated.

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