Monthly Archives: October 2022

DataGrail announces automated risk assessment tool and $45M investment

DataGrail has always focused on helping companies comply with the growing world of privacy regulation, building plug-ins to common data-heavy applications to help automate data discovery and compliance. Today, it’s building on that with a new automated risk monitoring solution that helps companies build third-party application risk assessments quickly. While they were at it, the…

Dear Sophie: How can I protect my H-1B and green card if I am laid off?

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: Any…

Toyota exposed 300,000 customer email addresses for 5 years

Automotive giant and car maker Toyota has warned that the personal information of roughly 300,000 customers may have been exposed for close to five years. The possible exposure relates to T-Connect, an official Toyota app that allows customers to connect their smartphone to their vehicle’s dashboard infotainment system. In a statement, Toyota admitted that a…

Cyber training platform pulls in another $66M after post-pandemic remote working increases cyber threats

It was only in June last year when we reported how Immersive Labs, a platform which teaches cybersecurity skills to employees in a “gamified” way, had closed a $75 million Series C funding round. As of today, the company just pulled in another $66 Million, taking the total raised to $189 million. And it can…

Need for Speed Unbound’s driving effects can be disabled, but why would you want to?

It looks like one of Need for Speed Unbound’s most eye-catching features can actually be entirely ignored, should you so choose. Need for Speed Unbound’s impressive, highly-stylized driving effects can actually be switched off entirely, as confirmed by the game’s official Twitter account. “Yes, you can turn the effects off,” the account states in a…