SlashNext, which helps businesses counter cyberattacks, today announced new funding of $9 million. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners and Wing Venture Capital.
The Pleasanton, California-based startup provides a cloud-based program that uses machine learning to stop malware and socially engineered attacks that spread through social media, email, and messaging apps. “Some of the most significant breaches in modern times have started through hard to detect social engineering attacks,” said SlashNext’s founder and CEO Atif Mushtaq in a statement. “Just think about the latest DNC hack where Russian threat actors compromised John Podesta’s email account by simply providing a phishing link to a fake Gmail login page.”
