Money Stuff: Robinhood’s Investors Have Fun
Programming note: I said yesterday that there would not be a Money Stuff today, but the Robinhood S-1 dropped yesterday, so we might as well talk about it for a bit. Regular programming resumes on Tuesday.
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DEAL: Fintech startup, FairMoney raises $42 million Series B round
The funding round was led by the US hedge fund and investment firm, Tiger Global.
Despite Trumps Facebook Ban, His PAC Is Raising Money Through Facebook Ads
Then President Donald Trump looks back at journalists after welcoming Mongolian President Battulga … [+] Khaltmaa to the White House, July 31, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Getty Images President Trump may not be officially allowed on Facebook, but his presence looms there still: His Save America PAC launched an ad campaign on the platform last…
Supreme Court Sides With Conservative Groups, Empowers Dark Money Groups With Ruling Striking Down California Donor Law
Updated Jul 1, 2021, 11:23am EDT Topline The U.S. Supreme Court sided with conservative advocacy groups Tuesday and ruled 6-3 that California cannot require nonprofits to disclose their donors to the state, a ruling that critics had warned could potentially go beyond the California law and have a sweeping effect on campaign finance disclosure rules…
Didi Set Shares Price Three Days After Listing, Reportedly To Raise More Money
The latest news shows that Didi Chuxing, a Chinese online ride-hailing giant, has been wooed by US stock investors. Read: Didi Set Shares Price Three Days After Listing, Reportedly To Raise More Money on Pandaily.
Google releases new open-source security software program: Scorecards
How safe is that open-source software in the Git library, the one with the questionable history? Scorecard 2.0 can quickly tell you just how secure, or not, it really is.
NSA, FBI warn of ongoing brute force hacking campaign tied to Russian military
Russian military intelligence tied to the group Fancy Bear are using brute force techniques to infiltrate the networks of government and private sector organizations, a joint advisory from US and UK cybersecurity agencies said.
Google rolling out the July security update to Pixel phones later than usual next week
A new month getting under way means that a new security patch is about to launch for Android devices. However, the July security update will be rolling out later than usual to Google Pixel phones. more… The post Google rolling out the July security update to Pixel phones later than usual next week appeared first…
Good guy Russia gives enterprises, cloud platforms a free brute-force security test using Kubernetes clusters
Thanks, Vlad, for the cyber-check-up and the containerization case study US and UK intelligence and law enforcement agencies on Thursday issued a joint cybersecurity advisory [PDF] warning that Russian military intelligence is using Kubernetes clusters cloaked by various VPN services and Tor relays to conduct brute force attacks on enterprise and cloud environments.…
Google lawyers dismiss sueball over ‘security flaw’ in contact-tracing software as ‘theoretical’ and ‘hypothetical’
‘Complaint is noticeably devoid of factual allegations’ Attorneys for Google have called for a would-be class action lawsuit linked to its COVID-19 tracking software to be thrown out on grounds that any alleged data breaches are both “theoretical” and “hypothetical”.…