General Catalyst leads $200M investment into Bilt Rewards, doubling its valuation to $3.1B

Bilt Rewards, whose platform aims to allow consumers to earn rewards on rent and daily neighborhood spend, has raised $200 million at a $3.1 valuation, the company announced today. General Catalyst led the financing, which more than doubles the New York-based company’s valuation compared to its $150 million October 2022 raise. Eldridge and existing backers…

The Unknown Risks of The Software Supply Chain: A Deep-Dive

Jan 24, 2024The Hacker NewsVulnerability / Software Security In a world where more & more organizations are adopting open-source components as foundational blocks in their application’s infrastructure, it’s difficult to consider traditional SCAs as complete protection mechanisms against open-source threats. Using open-source libraries saves tons of coding and debugging time, and by that – shortens…

Samsung’s developing game-changing blood glucose tracking — could it beat Apple?

Apple isn’t the only tech giant looking to bring breakthrough health-tracking to its wearables. Samsung is hard at work exploring the development of continuous blood pressure monitoring and noninvasive blood glucose readings for its devices, according to a new Bloomberg report.  It’s part of a larger push to bring game-changing health features to a range…

VexTrio: The Uber of Cybercrime

The threat actors behind ClearFake, SocGholish, and dozens of other actors have established partnerships with another entity known as VexTrio as part of a massive “criminal affiliate program,” new findings from Infoblox reveal. The latest development demonstrates the “breadth of their activities and depth of their connections within the cybercrime industry,” the company said, describing…