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Open-source developer adds pro-Ukraine ‘protestware’ to JavaScript tool
The developer of a popular open-source tool added pro-Ukraine “protestware” to the software, prominent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported on Thursday. The open-source tool in question is known as node-ipc. It’s written in the JavaScript programming language and is used for networking tasks. Cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. provided a technical analysis of the incident in a ...
CISA and FBI warn of possible threats to satellite communications networks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are warning of possible threats to satellite communication networks. The agencies “are aware of possible threats to U.S. and international satellite communication (SATCOM) networks,” CISA and FBI officials stated in a joint cybersecurity advisory Thursday. “Successful intrusions into SATCOM networks could create risk in ...
Meta details its approach to detecting data errors in IT infrastructure
Meta Platforms Inc. today detailed its approach to detecting so-called silent data corruptions, or SDCs, subtle errors that often emerge in information technology infrastructure and are highly difficult to troubleshoot. Outages and other technical issues are a frequent phenomenon in data centers. As a result, companies use a variety of methods to ensure that important ...
Amazon closes its $8.45B acquisition of MGM
Amazon.com Inc. has closed its $8.45 billion acquisition of storied film studio MGM, the company announced today. The milestone comes nearly a year after Amazon announced plans to acquire MGM last March. Founded nearly a century ago, MGM has created more than 4,000 film titles and 17,000 TV episodes, winning 180 Academy Awards and 100 Emmy ...
AWS to invest $2.3B+ in UK data centers over the next two years
Amazon Web Services Inc. on Wednesday announced that it will spend more than £1.8 billion, or about $2.37 billion, to build and operate data centers in the U.K. The investment will be made over the next two years, AWS said. According to the company, the move will double the total value of the investments it ...
TruEra raises $25M for its AI reliability technology
Artificial intelligence startup TruEra Inc. has raised a $25 million funding round led by Menlo Ventures after growing revenue more than fivefold over the past year. The Series B round, which was announced this morning, also included the participation of Forgepoint Capital, B Capital Group’s Ascent Fund and several returning TruEra backers. It comes less ...
No-code website development startup Webflow raises $120M at $4B valuation
Startup Webflow Inc., which provides a popular no-code website development platform of the same name, today announced that it has closed a $120 million funding round at a $4 billion valuation. Y Combinator’s Continuity fund led the Series C round. The storied startup accelerator was joined by Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG investment arm, Accel, Silversmith and ...
Google Cloud and VMware expand partnership with focus on cloud migrations
Google LLC’s cloud business and VMware Inc. today announced that they’re expanding their partnership to help enterprises more easily move on-premises applications to the cloud. At the center of the expanded partnership is Google Cloud’s VMware Engine service. The search giant said it’s adding the service to VMware’s VMware Cloud Universal subscription offering. Google Cloud’s ...
Observability startup Coralogix launches Snowbit cybersecurity venture
Coralogix Ltd. today announced the launch of a new venture, Snowbit, that will focus on helping companies protect their public cloud environments from cyberattacks. Coralogix is a venture-backed startup that provides an observability platform of the same name. The startup’s platform helps companies detect and troubleshoot technical issues in their technology environments, as well as ...
Blockchain startup ConsenSys raises $450M in new funding at $7B+ valuation
ConsenSys Software Inc., a fast-growing blockchain startup focused primarily on the Ethereum ecosystem, today announced that it has raised $450 million in funding at a valuation exceeding $7 billion. The investment was led by ParaFi Capital with participation from Microsoft Corp., SoftBank Group Corp. and more than a half-dozen others. ConsenSys’ latest funding round reportedly ...