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Argo AI founders return with new SoftBank-backed autonomous truck startup Stack AV
The founders of Argo AI LLC, a self-driving car startup backed by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG that had raised $3.6 billion in funding before it was shut down in October, are back with a new autonomous truck business called Stack AV Co. Stack AV launched today with a focus on revolutionizing the way businesses ...
Smartsheet shares rise on strong second-quarter results
Shares in Smartsheet Inc. were up by nearly 6% in late trading today after the management platform provider reported strong second-quarter results. For the quarter that ended July 31, Smartsheet reported adjusted earnings per share of 16 cents, up from a loss of 10 cents per share in the same quarter of last year, on revenue of $235.6 million, ...
Operational management platform startup Certa raises $35M
Operational management platform startup Certa announced today that it has raised $35 million in new funding to bolster its go-to-market efforts, expand its reach into new high-growth markets and accelerate adoption. Founded in 2019, Certa, officially Opinr Inc., offers an operational management platform that provides a fully integrated suite of products for third-party lifecycle management. The platform ...
W3LL ‘Phishing Empire’ targets Microsoft 365 accounts
A new report from cybersecurity services company Group-IB Global Pvt. Ltd. warns of a largely unknown threat actor that is running a “phishing empire” targeting Microsoft 365 accounts. The group, called “W3LL,” runs a hidden underground market known as the W3LL Store that serves a closed community of at least 500 threat actors. On the store, the ...
Microsoft reveals hackers compromised engineer account to gain access to government accounts
Microsoft Corp. has revealed that alleged Chinese hackers who breached email accounts belonging to U.S. government agencies, including the State Department, earlier this year did so by compromising the account of a Microsoft engineer. The details were revealed in a post-mortem published today by the Microsoft Security Response Center, which did a deep dive into ...
Israeli cloud security company Upwind raises $50M
Israeli cloud security company Upwind Security Inc. today launched out of stealth mode and announced that it has raised $50 million in new funding to help enterprises secure their cloud-native infrastructure. Founded by Amiram Shachar and the founding partners from Spot, a compute management company acquired by NetApp Inc. for $450 million in 2020, Upwind offers ...
Asana shares drop following warning of challenging macro environment
Following the lead of Zscaler Inc., which saw its share price drop in extended trading today after warning of a challenging macro environment, shares in work management software company Asana Inc. also fell following a similar warning, despite strong results and a good outlook in its latest earnings report. For the quarter that ended July 31, ...
GitLab shares rise on better-than-expected earnings and revenue
Shares in GitLab Inc. rose more than 5% in extended trading today after the DevOps company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in its most recent quarter. For the quarter that ended July 31, GitLab reported adjusted earnings of a penny per share, up from a loss of 15 cents per share in the same quarter ...
Despite solid earnings, Zscaler shares drop after warning about challenging macro environment
Despite reporting strong results and outlook in its latest earnings report today, shares in Zscaler Inc. fell slightly in late trading after executives warned that the macro environment and closing deals remain challenging. For its fiscal fourth quarter ended July 31, Zscaler reported adjusted earnings per share of 64 cents, up from 25 cents in the same ...
Armis report sheds light on top 10 targeted assets by cyberattackers
A new report released today by asset visibility and security company Armis Inc. has identified the riskiest connected assets posing threats to global businesses. Based on data from the Armis Asset Intelligence Engine, the findings focus on connected assets with the most attack attempts, weaponized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, and high-risk ratings to determine the riskiest ...









