Service level observability startup Nobl9 Inc. announced today that it has raised $15.8 million in new funding for product development, increased customer service and further education of the community about the power of service-level objectives. ServiceNow Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. led the Series C round, with existing investors Battery Ventures and CRV also participating. Including ...

A new report from researchers at Armorblox Inc. today warns of a recent malicious email campaign that attempted to trick users into believing the emails were from DocuSign Inc. to steal sensitive login credentials. The attack was first detected earlier this month, targeting more than 10,000 end users across multiple organizations. While Armoblox detected and blocked the ...

U.K. retailer JD Sports Fashion plc has been hacked, with data belonging to about 10 million customers believed to have been stolen. In a statement today, the company described the issue as a cyber incident that resulted in authorized access to a system containing customer data on some online orders placed between November 2018 and October ...

Twitter Inc. is reportedly applying for regulatory licenses and is designing software to support payment services as part of owner and Chief Executive Elon Musk’s push for Twitter to become an “everything app.” The Financial Times, referencing people familiar with the company’s plans, reported today that Twitter Director of Product Management Esther Crawford has assembled ...

San Francisco authorities are opposing an expansion of self-driving robotaxi services in the city because of ongoing issues and erratic behavior demonstrated by driverless vehicles within its borders. The San Francisco Country Transportation Authority is opposing two applications by Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo LLC and General Motor Co.’s Cruise to expand their services. The agency claims ...

The White House published a so-called “roadmap to mitigate cryptocurrencies’ risks” on Friday that calls on Congress to toughen laws on dubious players in the industry. The long-winded statement highlights some of the negative stories from last year, stating that though cryptocurrency might be relatively new, “the behavior we have seen some cryptocurrency companies exhibit ...

Amazon.com Inc. is reportedly planning a nonfungible token initiative in the second quarter that could involve customers playing games to earn tokens. Blockworks, citing four sources familiar with the matter, said today that Amazon has been shopping its digital assets enterprise to power players in the industry, including layer-1 blockchains, blockchain-based gaming startups and developers ...

Stripe Inc. is reportedly considering going public in what could be the biggest initial public offering of a tech startup in recent times. The Wall Street Journal reported today that co-founders Patrick and John Collison have told employees that the company has set a goal of going public or allowing employees to sell shares through a secondary ...

A joint operation between law enforcement agencies in North America and Europe has resulted in the infrastructure of the Hive ransomware group getting taken offline. The takedown, led by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, was announced today. It involved what officials called a “21st-century cyber stakeout,” with agents first infiltrating the group and its ...

Shares in NetScout Systems Inc. soared in regular trading today after the cybersecurity company delivered a strong earnings beat in its fiscal third quarter. For the quarter that ended Dec. 31, NetScout reported earnings before costs such as stock compensation of $73 million, or $1 per share, up from $66.5 million, or 89 cents per ...