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Identity Security Firm Saviynt Raises $700 Million at $3 Billion Valuation 

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Identity Security Firm Saviynt Raises $700 Million at $3 Billion Valuation  2025-12-09 at 17:40 By Eduard Kovacs The funding round was led by KKR, with participation from Sixth Street Growth, TenEleven, and Carrick Capital Partners. The post Identity Security Firm Saviynt Raises $700 Million at $3 Billion Valuation  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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ServiceNow to Acquire Identity Security Firm Veza in Reported $1 Billion Deal 

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ServiceNow to Acquire Identity Security Firm Veza in Reported $1 Billion Deal  2025-12-03 at 14:01 By Eduard Kovacs Veza Security was recently valued at more than $800 million after raising $108 million in Series D funding. The post ServiceNow to Acquire Identity Security Firm Veza in Reported $1 Billion Deal  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Saporo Raises $8 Million for Identity Security Platform

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Saporo Raises $8 Million for Identity Security Platform 2025-12-02 at 14:17 By Ionut Arghire The Swiss cybersecurity firm will scale its R&D, sales and marketing teams as it pursues expansion across Europe. The post Saporo Raises $8 Million for Identity Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Facial Recognition’s Trust Problem

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Facial Recognition’s Trust Problem 2025-12-01 at 21:01 By Kevin Townsend Two technologies — one for public safety, one for controlled entry — show why trust in facial recognition must be earned, not assumed. The post Facial Recognition’s Trust Problem appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Opti Raises $20 Million for Identity Security Platform

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Opti Raises $20 Million for Identity Security Platform 2025-11-26 at 12:04 By Ionut Arghire The cybersecurity startup plans to use the seed funding to accelerate product expansion and global growth. The post Opti Raises $20 Million for Identity Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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AI Is Supercharging Phishing: Here’s How to Fight Back

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AI Is Supercharging Phishing: Here’s How to Fight Back 2025-11-19 at 14:19 By Torsten George AI has given cybercriminals the ability to operate like Fortune‑500‑scale marketing departments—except their product is account takeover, data theft, and identity fraud. The post AI Is Supercharging Phishing: Here’s How to Fight Back appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Apono Raises $34 Million for Cloud Identity Management Platform

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Apono Raises $34 Million for Cloud Identity Management Platform 2025-11-18 at 16:54 By Ionut Arghire The company will use the investment to accelerate product development, expand go-to-market operations, and hire new talent. The post Apono Raises $34 Million for Cloud Identity Management Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Defakto Raises $30 Million for Non-Human IAM Platform

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Defakto Raises $30 Million for Non-Human IAM Platform 2025-10-21 at 17:41 By Eduard Kovacs Defakto’s Series B funding, which brings the total raised to $50 million, was led by XYZ Venture Capital. The post Defakto Raises $30 Million for Non-Human IAM Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Descope Raises $35 Million in Seed Round Extension

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Descope Raises $35 Million in Seed Round Extension 2025-10-01 at 14:18 By Ionut Arghire The identity and access management provider will invest in agentic identity R&D, expand to new regions, and hire new talent. The post Descope Raises $35 Million in Seed Round Extension appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Hush Security Emerges Stealth to Eliminate Credential Threats With No-Secrets Platform

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Hush Security Emerges Stealth to Eliminate Credential Threats With No-Secrets Platform 2025-09-10 at 13:52 By Kevin Townsend Tel Aviv–based startup replaces vaults and secrets managers with just-in-time policies, aiming to eliminate credentials entirely. The post Hush Security Emerges Stealth to Eliminate Credential Threats With No-Secrets Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Amazon Disrupts Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Microsoft Users

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Amazon Disrupts Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Microsoft Users 2025-09-02 at 15:21 By Ionut Arghire The Midnight Blizzard cyberspies used compromised websites to trick users into authorizing devices they controlled. The post Amazon Disrupts Russian Hacking Campaign Targeting Microsoft Users appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Passkey Login Bypassed via WebAuthn Process Manipulation

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Passkey Login Bypassed via WebAuthn Process Manipulation 2025-08-14 at 12:21 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers at enterprise browser security firm SquareX showed how an attacker can impersonate a user and bypass passkey security.  The post Passkey Login Bypassed via WebAuthn Process Manipulation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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1Kosmos Raises $57 Million for Identity Verification and Authentication Platform

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1Kosmos Raises $57 Million for Identity Verification and Authentication Platform 2025-08-12 at 16:11 By Eduard Kovacs 1Kosmos has raised $57 million in Series B funding, which brings the total raised by the company to $72 million. The post 1Kosmos Raises $57 Million for Identity Verification and Authentication Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Help Desk at Risk: Scattered Spider Shines Light on Overlook Threat Vector

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Help Desk at Risk: Scattered Spider Shines Light on Overlook Threat Vector 2025-08-08 at 19:08 By Torsten George As attackers target help desks and identity systems, traditional security perimeters are proving insufficient against agile, socially-engineered threats. The post Help Desk at Risk: Scattered Spider Shines Light on Overlook Threat Vector appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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PLoB: A Behavioral Fingerprinting Framework to Hunt for Malicious Logins

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PLoB: A Behavioral Fingerprinting Framework to Hunt for Malicious Logins 2025-08-06 at 19:48 By Kevin Townsend Splunk researchers developed a system to fingerprint post-logon behavior, using AI to find subtle signals of intrusion. The post PLoB: A Behavioral Fingerprinting Framework to Hunt for Malicious Logins appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Who’s Really Behind the Mask? Combatting Identity Fraud

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Who’s Really Behind the Mask? Combatting Identity Fraud 2025-07-31 at 16:33 By Etay Maor Why context, behavioral baselines, and multi-source visibility are the new pillars of identity security in a world where credentials alone no longer cut it. The post Who’s Really Behind the Mask? Combatting Identity Fraud appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Palo Alto Networks to Acquire CyberArk for $25 Billion

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Palo Alto Networks to Acquire CyberArk for $25 Billion 2025-07-30 at 16:32 By Mike Lennon Strategic acquisitions marks Palo Alto Networks’ formal entry into the identity security space and accelerates its platform strategy. The post Palo Alto Networks to Acquire CyberArk for $25 Billion appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Booz Allen Invests in Machine Identity Firm Corsha

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Booz Allen Invests in Machine Identity Firm Corsha 2025-07-10 at 15:03 By Kevin Townsend ‘Machine identities’, often used interchangeably with ‘non-human identities’ (NHIs), have been increasing rapidly since the start of digital transformation. The post Booz Allen Invests in Machine Identity Firm Corsha appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Thousands of SaaS Apps Could Still Be Susceptible to nOAuth

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Thousands of SaaS Apps Could Still Be Susceptible to nOAuth 2025-06-25 at 17:26 By Kevin Townsend New research suggests more than 10,000 SaaS apps could remain vulnerable to a nOAuth variant despite the basic issue being disclosed in June 2023. The post Thousands of SaaS Apps Could Still Be Susceptible to nOAuth appeared first on

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Identity Is the New Perimeter: Why Proofing and Verification Are Business Imperatives

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Identity Is the New Perimeter: Why Proofing and Verification Are Business Imperatives 2025-06-24 at 14:10 By Torsten George The future of secure digital engagement depends on continuous identity verification and proofing that can scale with risk. The post Identity Is the New Perimeter: Why Proofing and Verification Are Business Imperatives appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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