The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating Yuga Labs Inc., the creator of leading nonfungible tokens such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club, over whether the company’s sale of digital assets violates securities laws. Bloomberg, referencing a person familiar with the matter, claims that the SEC is examining whether certain NFTs from Yuga Labs are ...

Cybersecurity management platform startup Skybox Security Inc. today announced a new release of its Security Posture Management Platform which offers to propel its customers to the next era of proactive cybersecurity. The release, which is claimed to include the industry’s first software-as-a-service solution for security policy and vulnerability management, includes major innovations. The company says they advance the ...

“Internet of things” cloud platform provider Samsara Inc. today launched a new solution designed to address driver training and build safe habits while on the road. Samsara’s new Proactive Driver Coaching is an evolution of the company’s existing in-cab coaching capability. The service combines artificial intelligence and coaching technology to take a preventive approach to ...

Fresh from targeting state websites, Russian government-linked hacking group Killnet has gone after U.S. airport websites, knocking several offline in a new distributed denial-of-service attack. Airports targeted by Killnet that have experienced outages or difficulties include Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway International Airports, which share the same website, as well as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Los ...

Fortinet Inc. today issued emergency patches for a number of its products after a severe vulnerability was discovered and exposed last week. The vulnerability, designated CVE-2022-40684, is described by Fortinet as an authentication bypass. The bypass uses an alternate path or channel vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy and FortiSwitchManager that may allow an unauthenticated attacker to ...

So much for good intentions: A new feature in Apple Inc.’s iPhone 14 calls 911 when users are on rollercoaster rides. Apple debuted a feature called Crash Detection in iPhone 14 models in September, a feature that uses a dual-core accelerometer and a high dynamic-range gyroscope to detect a severe car crash and automatically call emergency ...

Security researchers at application security testing firm Checkmarx Ltd. have detailed a range of attacks from a previously little-known attack group called “LofyGang” that target online accounts. LofyGang has been found to be linked to more than 200 malicious packages, with thousands of installations throughout 2022. The group, believed to have been operating for more than a ...

Hackers with ties to the Russian government have claimed credit for taking down websites in three U.S. states for politically motivated purposes. Killnet, which first emerged in January, claims to have taken down sites belonging to the states of Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi. The web portals for all three were functioning again as of the ...

French open-source cybersecurity platform startup CrowdSec announced today it has raised €14 million ($13.7 million) in new funding to expand its operations in the U.S. and increase its user network tenfold. Supernova Invest led the Series A round, with Breega also participating. Including the new funding, the company has raised €19.5 million ($19.1 million) to date, according to Crunchbase. Founded ...

A Delaware judge today granted Elon Musk a delay in his trial against Twitter Inc. over his on-again, off-again acquisition despite efforts by Twitter’s lawyers to have the trial proceed as scheduled. The trial, scheduled to start Oct. 17 after a previous attempt by Musk to have it delayed failed, came about after Twitter filed ...