A new report today from researchers at bot mitigation company Kasada Pty. Ltd. details the rise of pharmacy account theft and how stolen accounts are being resold on the internet. Targeting pharmacy accounts, those used by people to obtain prescription medication and other controlled substances, isn’t that surprising but it is fairly new, at least ...

Cybersecurity firm NetRise Inc. today released NetRise Platform, a new solution designed to provide insights into shared vulnerabilities across extended “internet of things” firmware within an organization. The new cloud-based software-as-a-service platform analyzes and continuously monitors XIoT devices’ firmware, the device-specific hardware embedded into a chip. The platform takes firmware images and dissects them, presenting ...

Shares in Atlassian Corp. PLC rose strongly in late trading after the Australian collaboration software company surpassed revenue expectations in its latest quarter. For its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter ended June 30, Atlassian reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of $68.1 million, or 27 cents per share, compared with $62.2 million or ...

Shares in Lyft Inc. surged in late trading after the ride-hailing company reported record earnings as riders returned to the service post-COVID-19. For its second quarter ended June 30, Lyft reported an adjusted net income of $46.4 million, or 12 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $18 million in the second quarter ...

Shares in Block Inc. slumped in late trading after the company previously known as Square Inc. reported a loss in its latest quarter. For its second quarter ended June 30, Block reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of 18 cents a share, down from 49 cents a share in the same quarter ...

Cybersecurity firms Cloudflare Inc., Synaptics Inc. and NortonLifeLock Inc. delivered solid earnings beats in their quarterly earnings reports Thursday but had different outlooks for the quarter ahead. For its second quarter ended June 30, Cloudflare reported it broke even before costs such as stock compensation, compared with a loss of two cents per share in ...

A new report from PitchBook Data Inc. released today finds that venture capital investment in financial technology startups has experienced a significant drop amid a broader VC slowdown. In the second quarter, fintech companies globally raised $24.1 billion in venture capital across 1,103 deals, representing a 17.8% decrease in quarter-over-quarter deal value. The decline is the ...

VMware Inc. today introduced VMware Carbon Black Workload for Amazon Web Services to help defend against emerging threats and deliver comprehensive visibility and security across on-premises and cloud environments for AWS customers. VMware Carbon Black for AWS has been designed to deliver advanced protection purpose-built for securing both traditional and modern workloads. The service uses ...

Cybersecurity risk management startup Axio Global Inc. announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding to accelerate its mission of empowering security and business leaders to discover and respond to the cyber risks that most affect their organizations. ISTARI led the Series B round, with existing investors NFP Ventures and IA Capital Group also participating. Including ...

Business risk intelligence startup Flashpoint has acquired open-source intelligence startup Echosec Systems Ltd. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2013, Echosec provides security and intelligence teams enhanced access to a wide range of open-source intelligence data in real time. The company’s platform and application programming interface delivers timely, relevant data from sources such as social media, the ...