US investment in smart roadways will pave the path to an economic boom – TechCrunch

Tim Sylvester Contributor The challenges facing the U.S. transportation system are plentiful and worsen each year. As demand on our nation’s roadways increases, so do safety, efficiency and sustainability issues. The historic $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, one of the largest and wide-reaching infrastructure packages in decades, is a massive down payment on…

Facebook to Pay Hackers for Reporting Data Scraping Bugs and Scraped Datasets

Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, has announced that it’s expanding its bug bounty program to start rewarding valid reports of scraping vulnerabilities across its platforms as well as include reports of scraping data sets that are available online. “We know that automated activity designed to scrape people’s public and private data targets…

Christmas 2021 shipping deadlines for online shopping — here are the dates

Christmas 2021 shipping deadlines are fast approaching. This year, however, holiday deadlines are especially tricky with the lingering effects of the pandemic and massive stock shortages still affecting deliveries. Fortunately, not all hope is lost. Many retailers are offering expedited shipping, curbside pickup, or same-day delivery.   Below, we’re tracking all of the Christmas 2021 shipping…

More funding for Israel’s SaaS security startups as Atmosec raises $6 million seed round – TechCrunch

Israeli SaaS security startup Atmosec today announced having raised a $6 million seed round led by Israeli VC firm Glilot Capital Partners and American fund Battery Ventures. Its team had previously participated in Intel Ignite’s fourth Tel Aviv startup acceleration cohort. Now out of stealth mode, Atmosec wants to make it more secure for companies…

Hackers Using Malicious IIS Server Module to Steal Microsoft Exchange Credentials

Malicious actors are deploying a previously undiscovered binary, an Internet Information Services (IIS) webserver module dubbed “Owowa,” on Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access servers with the goal of stealing credentials and enabling remote command execution. “Owowa is a C#-developed .NET v4.0 assembly that is intended to be loaded as a module within an IIS web…