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Gradient backs Butter’s operating system for food distribution businesses

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Butter ’s solution is an all-in-one management system that helps distributors run their businesses while serving as a system of record to help them comply with food safety rules. Butter was founded by Winston Chi and Shangyan Li in 2020, during the height of the pandemic.

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a16z, NFX back Latitud’s effort to become ‘the operating system for every venture-backed company in LatAm’

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When he sold Brazilian online real estate marketplace VivaReal for $550 million several years ago, he had to pay more than $100 million in capital gains taxes due to incorporation errors made early on. I ended up taking 150 Zoom calls in the summer of 2020 and heard countless stories of founders’ great ideas and amazing businesses.

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Butter raises $7M to end ‘accidental’ customer churn due to payment failure

TechCrunch

It was there that he realized there was an astounding number of subscriptions that failed to renew or even go through to begin with due to payment-related issues. The accidental churn is often not just due to problems with renewals, where people get frustrated by failed attempts to charge their credit card, for example. to $5 million.

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Microsoft’s April 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 113 CVEs Including Adobe Type Manager Library Zero-Day Flaws (CVE-2020-0938, CVE-2020-1020)

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Microsoft's April 2020 Patch Tuesday includes 113 CVEs, including a patch for two zero-day flaws (CVE-2020-0938 and CVE-2020-1020) in Adobe Type Manager Library disclosed on March 23. CVE-2020-1020 and CVE-2020-0938 | Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities.

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CVE-2020-6207: Proof of Concept Available for Missing Authentication Vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager

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A researcher has published a proof-of-concept exploit script for a critical SAP vulnerability patched in March 2020 and attackers have begun probing for vulnerable SAP systems. It was originally patched in March 2020 as part of SAP’s Security Patch Day. RECALL : CVE-2020-6207 evokes memories of RECON vulnerability.

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Sharing Responsibility for Data Security in the Cloud

CIO

But outsourcing operational risk is untenable, given the criticality of data-first modernization to overall enterprise success. Intellectual property is key to a company’s success,” notes Simon Leech, operational security lead for HPE GreenLake Cloud Services. trillion mark by 2025, noted the “ 2020 Cybersecurity Ventures ” report.

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Microsoft’s October 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 87 CVEs including “Bad Neighbor” Windows TCP/IP Vulnerability (CVE-2020-16898)

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Microsoft patched 87 CVEs in the October 2020 Patch Tuesday release, including 11 CVEs rated critical. CVE-2020-16898 | Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVE-2020-16898 , dubbed “Bad Neighbor,” is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability within the Windows TCP/IP stack.

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