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LiquidStack Holding B.V., a startup providing liquid immersion cooling for data centers, today announced that it has received funding from Trane Technologies PLC to support the adoption of its solutions and significantly reduce data center carbon footprint, water consumption, electronic waste and environmental …
‘AIoT’ startup Butlr raises funding from Qualcomm, launches new wireless sensor
Butlr Technologies Inc., which styles itself an “artificial intelligence of things” startup, today announced that it has raised additional funding from Qualcomm Ventures LLC and launched the next generation of its Heatic wireless sensors. Founded in 2019 as a spinoff from the MIT Media Lab, …
XM Cyber acquires Confluera to enhance its cloud-native protection services
Cybersecurity firm XM Cyber Inc., owned since November 2021 by Schwarz Group, today revealed that it has acquired attack interception cybersecurity firm Confluera Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2018, Confluera’s platform offers real-time attack interception and defense by deterministically identifying complex, multistage attacks. …
Ferrari discloses ‘cyber incident’ that involved a ransom demand
Italian vehicle manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A. has disclosed that it has suffered a “cyber incident” that involved a threat actor with a ransom demand related to certain client contact details. Upon receipt of the ransom demand, the company launched an investigation with an …
Sophos partners with Cowbell to provide easier access to cyber insurance
Cybersecurity firm Sophos Group plc today announced a partnership with cybersecurity insurance provider Cowbell Cyber Inc. to provide businesses with an easier way to access cyber insurance. The partnership will allow Sophos customers to directly share their security health information with Cowbell to facilitate optimal premium …
Security access solutions startup Oleria launches with $8M in seed funding
Adaptive and autonomous security access solutions startup Oleria today launched with $8 million in funding raised from Tapestry Venture Capital LLC and angel investors, including chief executive officers and chief information security officers of prominent tech and security companies. Founded by former Salesforce …
Hackers increasingly use phone and email harassment to extort ransom payments
A new report out today from Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s Unit 42 finds that ransomware and extortion actors are using more aggressive tactics to pressure organizations, with harassment involved 20 times more often in ransomware attacks than in 2021. The 2023 Unit 42 …
NBA notifies fans of data breach at third-party newsletter provider
The National Basketball Association is the latest organization to suffer a data breach, with fan data stolen following the hack of a third-party newsletter service provider. The association started informing affected fans last week, only describing the data theft as an “incident” …
Asian attack group deploys new forms of malware to target companies
A previously little-documented attack group based in Southeast Asia has been actively targeting companies worldwide to steal data using new forms of malware. Tracked as “REF2924” by researchers at Elastic Security Labs, the security research arm of Elastic Inc., the group is notable for …
ForgeRock teams with Secret Double Octopus for new passwordless service
Digital identity management company ForgeRock Inc. today announced Enterprise Connect Passwordless, a new authentication solution that eliminates the need for users to interact with passwords inside large organizations. Developed through a strategic partnership between ForgeRock and password authentication company Secret Double Octopus Ltd., the …