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AI-powered cybersecurity company Doppel has raised $35m in a Series B funding round to strengthen its social engineering defence platform for enterprises.The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from 9Yards Capital, Sozo Ventures, and existing investors including a16z, South Park Commons, Strategic Cyber Ventures, Script Capital, and Sabrina Hahn. Doppel’s valuation now stands at $205m, bringing its total funding to $54.4m.Doppel specialises in tackling digital threats like phishing, deepfakes, and brand impersonation. Its platform, Doppel Vision, identifies and eliminates attacker infrastructure across channels such as domains, email, social media, and apps, combining large language models (LLMs) with…

SymphonyAI, a leader in enterprise AI, is helping firms transform operations through the power of unified namespace technology.By creating a single, centralised source of truth for all data, unified namespace frameworks are enabling organisations to streamline integration, enhance visibility, and scale AI solutions more efficiently than ever before.The company recently released a short video guide outlining how unified data model and unified namespace system works.   SymphonyAI’s video guide explores what unified namespace is, its key benefits, real-world implementation and AI deployment, AI integration and scalability and best practices.The video will also teach about data integration and contextualisation, AI-powered insights and…

Despite significant industry buzz around artificial intelligence, Nordic companies remain hesitant to fully embrace its potential. According to a new study by Tietoevry Create, only 17% of IT decision-makers in Finland and Sweden believe AI is currently making a significant commercial impact.While AI has been used in some form for years, most organisations are only now exploring the potential of generative AI, with widespread adoption still limited.The research revealed that 52% of Nordic organisations are still in the early stages of AI deployment. Only 7% reported that AI tools are widely used across their workforce. For most businesses, AI currently…

As IRS regulations expand to cover digital assets, companies must take proactive steps to ensure tax compliance. Amendments to Sections 6045 and 6045A now classify digital asset platforms, payment processors, and wallet providers as brokers, subjecting them to the same reporting requirements as traditional securities.To help firms stay compliant, Comply Exchange recently delved into the IRS TIN matching program and why firms should be proactive.Alongside this, Section 3406’s backup withholding rules and penalties under Section 6721 make accurate Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) collection critical. The IRS TIN Matching Program is a key tool for validating TINs and preventing costly mistakes.…

As financial crime compliance becomes increasingly complex, many banks continue to rely on outdated anti-money laundering (AML) systems, choosing to layer new technology over old rather than fully replace it. While augmentation once seemed like the safer route, especially during early cloud transitions, it now leaves institutions exposed to inefficiencies and compliance risks.Napier AI, a provider of a next generation intelligent compliance platform, recently delved into why augmentation of legacy AML systems is not the answer.One of the most common arguments against replacing legacy systems is their deep integration. But outdated sanctions screening tools simply can’t be adjusted to handle…

Pinterest is upgrading its visual search feature with a handful of new capabilities. On Monday, the company announced it’s rolling out new functionality to improve its feature that allows users to search using an image instead of text. This includes new tools to more precisely narrow and refine searches, as well as those that make visual search more accessible across Pinterest’s website. The company believes the new additions will help Pinterest stand out as a search engine for things users may otherwise have trouble describing with words — like a vibe, style, or aesthetic. One new enhancement will help users…

San Francisco-based Doppel has secured $35 million in a Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to $54.4 million.  Doppel said the new investment values the company at $205 million and provides runway to meet enterprise demand for AI-assisted tools to detect and mitigate digital impersonation, phishing, and other social engineering threats. Doppel’s ambition is to build AI-powered technology for continuous monitoring, rapid detection, and seamless takedowns across traditional channels like web domains, social media platforms, and the dark web as well as emerging channels such as Telegram and crypto.  The company is…

Benefits and payroll solutions firm Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (dba Kelly Benefits) has revealed that the impact of a recently disclosed data breach is significantly bigger than initially believed. Kelly Benefits provides benefits administration, broker, and payroll solutions in Maryland and surrounding states. The company revealed last month that it was targeted by hackers in December 2024. An investigation showed that the attackers managed to exfiltrate personal information during a five-day period, including name, SSN, date of birth, tax ID number, health insurance and medical information, as well as financial account information.  The company has been notifying impacted individuals,…

A second Commvault flaw has been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog within a week, signaling increased threat actor interest in the platform. Tracked as CVE-2025-34028 (CVSS score of 10/10), the issue is described as a path traversal flaw in Commvault Command Center that could be exploited without authentication for remote code execution (RCE). An attacker could upload ZIP files that result in code execution when expanded by the server, a NIST advisory reads. According to Commvault, the bug impacts Command Center versions 11.38.0 to 11.38.19 (only the Innovation Release), and was addressed with the release of versions…

A 25-year-old man from California has pleaded guilty to hacking Disney systems and leaking data under the guise of a hacktivist collective, the Justice Department announced. According to the DoJ, Ryan Mitchell Kramer has pleaded guilty to accessing a computer and obtaining information, and threatening to damage a protected computer, as well as to two felony charges that each carry a prison sentence of up to five years. Kramer is behind the 2024 hack targeting The Walt Disney Company. The media giant launched an investigation into the incident in July 2024, after a threat actor calling itself NullBulge announced the…