Identity MokN raises $15 million to combat identity-based cyber threats June 1, 2026 Share By SC Staff Adobe Stock French cybersecurity startup MokN has secured $15 million in Series A funding, bringing its total investment to $18 million. The company, founded in 2023, aims to enhance identity protection by deploying honeypots within enterprise networks to lure attackers and expose compromised credentials, as reported by Security Week. MokN's approach utilizes ultra-realistic decoy access points, a technique they call "phish-back," designed to trap threat actors and allow organizations to neutralize stolen credentials before they can be exploited. The Series A round was led by Google Ventures, with participation from DataDog and existing investors Moonfire and OVNI Capital. This new capital will fuel MokN's expansion into the U.S. market, where credential-based attacks remain a significant threat, accounting for approximately 13% of confirmed data breaches in 2025 according to the Verizon DBIR. The company also plans to establish offices in the UK, hire additional sales, marketing, and customer success personnel, and bolster its engineering team to enhance the platform's capabilities. Source: Security Week SC Staff Related Identity Key Questions to Ask When Evaluating an Identity and Access Management Vendor Dustin Sachs May 29, 2026 Identity How to Build an AI Governance Framework for Identity Dustin Sachs May 29, 2026 Identity SAML: How It Works, Common Misconfigurations, and Security Implications Dustin Sachs May 29, 2026 Related Events Cybercast IAM for MSSPs: Real-World Deployments On-Demand Event Cybercast Privilege risk is in the lifecycle: A CISO discussion on modernizing identity control On-Demand Event Cybercast The industrialization of identity compromise On-Demand Event Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe Related Terms Basic Authentication Biometrics Certificate-Based Authentication Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) Digest Authentication Digital Certificate Discretionary Access Control (DAC) You can skip this ad in 5 seconds