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Report: Apple may introduce new iPhone Ultra in 2024
Apple Inc. may be considering a new high-end Ultra model iPhone in 2024, according to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, based on comments made by Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on a Feb. 2 investor call following the company’s quarterly earnings report. Cook said on the call in response to a question from Wamsi Mohan of Bank ...
LockBit claims responsibility for ransomware attack on ION Trading
The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for an attack on financial services company ION Trading UK Ltd. that has forced derivatives traders to resort to manually processing trades. In a statement, ION described the attack as a “cybersecurity event” that commenced Tuesday, affecting some services in the ION Cleared Derivatives division. The incident is ...
Okta and Miro cut staff amid biggest tech layoffs in two decades
Identity access management company Okta Inc. and online collaborative whiteboard startup Miro today became the latest two companies to announce layoffs amid the biggest layoffs in the tech industry in more than 20 years. Okta is laying off 5% of its workforce, about 300 employees, citing macroeconomic challenges as its motivating factor. Chief Executive Officer ...
OpenText reports mixed results as it completes purchase of Micro Focus
Enterprise software provider OpenText Corp. today reported mixed quarterly results following the completion of its purchase Wednesday of Micro Focus International plc. For its fiscal 2023 second quarter, OpenText reported earnings before costs such as stock compensation of 89 cents per share, flat with a year ago. Revenue rose 2.4%, to $897.4 million. Analysts had ...
Atlassian shares drop despite better-than-expected revenue and earnings
Shares in Atlassian Corp. fell in after-hours trading today despite the Australian software company reporting better-than-expected earnings results. For its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, Atlassian reported a net income of $114.7 million, or 45 cents per diluted share, up from $110.4 million ,or 43 cents per share, in the same quarter of last ...
Infamous North Korean hacking group Lazarus targets research organizations
A new campaign from the infamous North Korean hacking group Lazarus has been found to be actively targeting public and private sector research organizations, the medical research and energy sector and their supply chain. Detailed today by security researchers at cybersecurity solution provider WithSecure Oyj, the campaign was first detected in the fourth quarter of ...
Splunk and Rivian cut jobs amid biggest layoffs since the end of the dot-com bubble
Data analytics firm Splunk Inc. and electric car maker Rivian Automotive Inc. announced layoffs today amid what is shaping up to be the biggest job cuts in the tech industry since the end of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s. Splunk is cutting 4% or about 325 employees, most in its North American offices. ...
Dynatrace shares surge on strong earnings beat and outlook
Shares in Dynatrace Inc. surged in regular trading today after the software intelligence platform provider delivered a strong beat and outlook in its latest earnings report. For its third fiscal quarter that ended Dec. 31, Dynatrace reported earnings before costs such as stock compensation of 25 cents a share, up from 18 cents in the ...
Israeli cloud security startup Gem Security launches with $11M in funding
Israeli cloud security startup Gem Security Inc. today launched out of stealth mode with the announcement of $11 million in funding and its first product, Cloud TDIR, a threat detection, investigation and response platform. Co-founded by Chief Executive Officer Arie Zilberstein, Chief Technology Officer Ron Konigsberg and Vice President of Product Ofir Brukner, all former members ...
Cofense Protect+ offers automated email security for midsized companies
Phishing detection and response solutions company Cofense Inc. today announced Cofense Protect+, a new product that brings automated email security solutions to the mid-size market. The new product is designed to address the increasing issues mid-market organizations face from cyberattack surfaces and email threats while at the same time finding themselves resource- and budget-constrained. Cofense argues ...









