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QED Secures $3 Million in Funding to Propel Fully Trustless Zero-Knowledge Applications Across the Bitcoin Ecosystem

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Decentralized applications built on QED can locally prove transactions, providing users with unlimited computation for a fixed gas fee.

Key Points: 
  • Decentralized applications built on QED can locally prove transactions, providing users with unlimited computation for a fixed gas fee.
  • "Bitcoin has traditionally lagged behind other blockchain protocols due to its lack of support for smart contracts and decentralized applications.
  • "We're pioneering a new frontier for decentralized applications that can take advantage of the liquidity of $1.01 trillion and growing Bitcoin market cap."
  • "We thrive on supporting exceptional teams and QED stands out as one that will accomplish much for the Web3 ecosystem.

Update to Dapr Open Source Accelerates Developer Productivity and Unleashes Workflow Capabilities

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Dapr provides developers with APIs that abstract away the complexity of common challenges when building distributed applications.

Key Points: 
  • Dapr provides developers with APIs that abstract away the complexity of common challenges when building distributed applications.
  • Newly added in 1.13 are Go and Javascript SDKs to the Dapr Workflow API which allow developers to run fault-tolerant durable executions.
  • It increases developer productivity by 20-40% with features such as workflow, pub/sub, state management, secret stores, external configuration, bindings, actors, distributed lock, and cryptography.
  • Dapr enables developers to benefit from its built-in security, reliability, and observability capabilities, so they don't need to write boilerplate code to achieve production-ready applications.

Okta Announces Availability of Fine Grained Authorization for Enhanced Security and Efficiency

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent identity partner, today announced general availability of Fine Grained Authorization (FGA) to address authorization complexities for developers.

Key Points: 
  • Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent identity partner, today announced general availability of Fine Grained Authorization (FGA) to address authorization complexities for developers.
  • By enabling developers to define authorization in a way that best fits their business and use cases, FGA helps increase security and efficiency and gives developers greater visibility and control than traditional authorization methods.
  • “Evolving security and compliance requirements mean managing authorization ad-hoc is no longer a viable option,” said Shiven Ramji, President Customer Identity Cloud at Okta.
  • Learn more about FGA scalability in our blog “Getting Unlimited Scalability with Okta Fine Grained Authorization” (2023).

Tray.io Debuts New AI-augmented API Management and Composability Capabilities to Maximize Operational Efficiency and Reduce Technical Debt

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Tray.io , creator of the AI-powered, multi-experience iPaaS, today announced AI-augmented API Management, a new Tray Universal Automation Cloud capability that turns any new or existing workflow into a reusable API, significantly decreasing the technical debt associated with the operational effort and costs of traditional API management (APIM).

Key Points: 
  • Tray.io , creator of the AI-powered, multi-experience iPaaS, today announced AI-augmented API Management, a new Tray Universal Automation Cloud capability that turns any new or existing workflow into a reusable API, significantly decreasing the technical debt associated with the operational effort and costs of traditional API management (APIM).
  • Additionally, with a modern connector development kit (CDK) and new Tray Build user experience, fusion teams can drive high-velocity composable, collaborative and reusable integration and automation development.
  • “The demand for APIs is set to further accelerate as organizations look to build new composite services that tap into AI capabilities.
  • API governance and control provides secure publishing, governance, access control, rate limiting and more, so teams can deploy APIs with confidence.

Web Application Attacks Intensify in Fourth Quarter of 2023, According to New Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Edgio (NASDAQ: EGIO), the platform of choice for speed, security, and simplicity at the edge, found that web application attacks continued to increase and evolve in the fourth quarter of 2023, as reported in its new Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report in which the company analyzed 5.2 billion attack requests.

Key Points: 
  • Edgio (NASDAQ: EGIO), the platform of choice for speed, security, and simplicity at the edge, found that web application attacks continued to increase and evolve in the fourth quarter of 2023, as reported in its new Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report in which the company analyzed 5.2 billion attack requests.
  • Unmitigated attacks can lead to even more serious consequences, such as the deployment of ransomware or other malicious software.
  • “As one of the leading edge-computing providers, Edgio has unparalleled visibility into the threats facing web applications today,” said Tom Gorup, Vice President of Security for Edgio.
  • “We are assembling our knowledge and expertise into a quarterly read-out to enable enterprises to better protect their web infrastructure and applications.

Freelance Marketplace Leader goLance Welcomes Brian Childress as CTO

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

DOVER, Del., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- goLance, an industry-leading online global freelance marketplace that connects skilled virtual teams and freelancers with clients, announced today that they have hired Brian Childress as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this role, Childress is focused on advancements to the goLance award-winning platform that finds, manages, and pays freelancers quickly and securely.

Key Points: 
  • DOVER, Del., March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- goLance , an industry-leading online global freelance marketplace that connects skilled virtual teams and freelancers with clients, announced today that they have hired Brian Childress as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
  • Childress joins goLance with more than 15 years of technical product and software development experience including roles at Capital One, WealthForge, Calendly and ByDesign.
  • goLance is disrupting the future of work by offering a new way to think about, recognize, and reward workers in the freelance marketplace.
  • "In joining the amazing goLance team, my primary focus is on enhancing the already robust platform to meet the current demands of our users, and anticipate future needs," stated Brian Childress, CTO, goLance.

Release of LEADTOOLS Version 23 Accelerates Application Development with New Features and Major Toolkit Enhancements

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

DENVER, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On the heels of their most recent acquisition of LEAD Technologies, Apryse is thrilled to announce the launch of LEADTOOLS Version 23, a comprehensive update to their AI-powered SDKs used for application development across all major platforms and programming languages. This expansive release provides numerous new features, including a new Excel API and LEADTOOLS Excel Web Editor, a redesigned React Medical Web Viewer, and .NET MAUI support throughout the product line.

Key Points: 
  • This expansive release provides numerous new features, including a new Excel API and LEADTOOLS Excel Web Editor, a redesigned React Medical Web Viewer, and .NET MAUI support throughout the product line.
  • These integrated, powerful, and customizable features make it possible for developers to build better, more sophisticated applications quickly without compromising on quality.
  • With this release, developers can better optimize productivity and customize SDK functionality based on their internal application needs and budgets.
  • Recognition Engine Enhancements: The LEADTOOLS Recognition engine now includes AutoZone and segmentation algorithms for incredibly accurate paragraph detection.

New Potential With Cutting-Edge Tools in Software Development

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Monday, March 4, 2024

VALLETTA, Malta, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Our Head Of Development is excited to share a lineup of development tools designed to help streamline development processes and make software creation easier for developers.

Key Points: 
  • VALLETTA, Malta, March 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Our Head Of Development is excited to share a lineup of development tools designed to help streamline development processes and make software creation easier for developers.
  • SwiftUI / Jetpack Compose UI: Enhancing native mobile development for iOS and Android, these tools provide a declarative UI framework that minimizes code complexity, incorporates modern elements/APIs, and simplifies the development workflow.
  • These tools stand at the cutting edge of development technology, streamlining processes, fostering collaboration, and boosting efficiency.
  • Our Head Of Development believes these innovations will be essential for developers in various fields, propelling innovation and productivity in the software development sector.

Group-IB reveals Hi-Tech Crime Trends 23/24: surge in ransomware against backdrop of growing AI, macOS threats

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

The growing appetite of nation-state sponsored threat actors, also known as advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, has shown that no region is immune to cyber threats.

Key Points: 
  • The growing appetite of nation-state sponsored threat actors, also known as advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, has shown that no region is immune to cyber threats.
  • FraudGPT and WormGPT are highly discussed tools on underground forums and Telegram channels, tailored for social engineering and phishing.
  • Group-IB's Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2023/2024 also highlighted the sale of compromised ChatGPT credentials on the dark web, building upon past research .
  • A full round-up of the top global threats and invaluable insights from the Group-IB Threat Intelligence unit can be found in the full Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2023/2024 report.

Group-IB reveals Hi-Tech Crime Trends 23/24: surge in ransomware against backdrop of growing AI, macOS threats

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, February 29, 2024

The growing appetite of nation-state sponsored threat actors, also known as advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, has shown that no region is immune to cyber threats.

Key Points: 
  • The growing appetite of nation-state sponsored threat actors, also known as advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, has shown that no region is immune to cyber threats.
  • FraudGPT and WormGPT are highly discussed tools on underground forums and Telegram channels, tailored for social engineering and phishing.
  • Group-IB's Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2023/2024 also highlighted the sale of compromised ChatGPT credentials on the dark web, building upon past research .
  • A full round-up of the top global threats and invaluable insights from the Group-IB Threat Intelligence unit can be found in the full Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2023/2024 report.