Security intelligence firm LogRhythm Inc. today announced a new partnership with file integrity monitoring company Cimcor Inc. to help organizations increase visibility and protect against modern cyberattacks. The partnership leverages LogRhythm’s security information and event management platform and Cimcor’s file integrity monitoring solution, CimTrak, to ingest integrity data that can identify zero-day, or unpatched, attacks, as well as ...

Security researchers are warning that a new wave of LockBit ransomware variants is in the wild following a leak of the source code used by the prolific ransomware gang last year. First emerging in 2020, the LockBit ransomware gang operates on a ransomware-as-a-service model where affiliates use already-developed ransomware to execute attacks. In its time, ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Impact Theory LLC, a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, for selling unauthorized securities for the company’s sale of nonfungible tokens in 2021, the first time the SEC has taken action against a company selling NFTs. Between October and December 2021, Impact Theory offered three tiers of NFTs known ...

Danish cloud hosting provider CloudNordic ApS has been struck by a ransomware attack that resulted in most customer data being lost and its systems rendered unusable. According to a statement on the company’s website, the ransomware attack took place on Aug. 18 local time, with those behind the attack shutting down all systems, including websites, ...

Cybersecurity software firm Malwarebytes Inc. today announced that it has acquired online privacy solutions provider Cyrus Labs Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2020, Cyrus offers a platform designed to shield individuals and businesses from increasing cybercrime and fraud threats. The platform explores the kill chain for consumer threats – considering social media, dark web content ...

Shares in Marvell Technology Inc. fell in late trading today despite the semiconductor maker reporting earnings and revenue just ahead of expectations in its latest quarter. For its fiscal second quarter that ended July 29, Marvell reported adjusted earnings of $290.2 million, or 33 cents per share, down from $486 million, or 57 cents per share, in ...

Shares in Workday Inc. rose in late trading today after the enterprise resource planning software giant delivered earnings and revenue beats in its latest quarterly results. For its second quarter that ended July 31, Workday reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.43, up from 83 cents per share a year prior, on revenue of $1.79 billion, up ...

A new report from DocSend Inc., a Dropbox Inc. company, released today detailed new data pointing to a heightened risk aversion in pre-seed investing, with venture capital investors shifting priorities to long-term profitability over rapid growth. The report, “From FOMO to JOMO: VCs shift from rapid growth to long-term risk aversion,” was based on an analysis of more ...

Microsoft Corp. is reportedly expanding its efforts to integrate artificial intelligence into Windows 11 and is looking at adding AI features to built-in Windows apps such as Photos, Snipping Tool and Paint. Windows Central, citing unnamed sources, claims that Microsoft is exploring adding AI to a range of apps, starting with the Photos apps. Microsoft is ...

Computer-aided design software company Autodesk Inc. surprised analysts and investors alike today by delivering better-than-expected earnings and revenue in its fiscal second quarter. For the quarter that ended July 30, Autodesk reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.91 on revenue of $1.345 billion, up 9% year-over-year. Analysts had been expecting earnings per share of $1.73 ...