Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Zürich-based ANYbotics, which develops autonomous legged robots for industrial inspection, raised a $50M Series B led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital  —  ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Maryland-based Huntress, a managed security platform focused on SMBs, raised a $60M Series C led by Sapphire Ventures, bringing its total funding to ~$160M  —  Managed cybersecurity platform startup Huntress Labs Inc. today announced that it has raised $60 million in new funding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Belkin says the company won’t patch a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Wemo Mini Smart Plug V2 disclosed on March 14 as the device is at the end of its life  —  Tricking a plug with a too-long name could lead to buffer overflows, injections.  —  I once co-owned a coworking space. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins raise concerns over Google’s new .zip and .mov TLDs, warning that threat actors could use them for phishing and malware  —  Cybersecurity researchers and IT admins have raised concerns over Google’s new ZIP and MOV Internet domains … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, who joined Amazon in 2018’s acquisition, sells startup Honest Day’s Work to smart lock maker Latch and is set to become Latch’s CEO  —  Jamie Siminoff has been busy.  The Ring founder quietly exited the advisor role he took back in March after exiting the brand’s CEO role. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Judith Bannermanquist / Cointelegraph: Crypto wallet startup Ledger faces criticism after unveiling an optional seed phrase recovery subscription service that some security experts say is insecure  —  Many members of the crypto community believe Ledger’s latest seed phrase recovery feature is a bad idea.  —  362 Total views Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: IBM acquires cloud data protection startup Polar Security, a source says for ~$60M, and plans to integrate Polar into its Guardium unit, itself acquired in 2019  —  Update: IBM has now confirmed the news and said Polar will be integrated into its Guardium unit (itself based on an acquisition from way back in 2009). Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Researchers bought 228 phones from PropertyRoom.com, a top auction house for US police departments, and found many had not been wiped and had no PIN or passcode  —  Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Peters / Marketwatch: Rumble acquires podcasting and livestreaming service Callin; former PayPal COO and Callin’s co-founder David Sacks plans to join Rumble’s board of directors  —  ‘I strongly support Rumble’s unwavering commitment to free speech in the face of growing censorship and government overreach … Lees verder op Tech Meme