Security researchers at Cyble Inc. have uncovered more than 900,000 exposed Kubernetes clusters that could be vulnerable to malicious scans or data theft. The 900,000-plus exposed clusters were found by the researchers as part of a threat-hunting exercise. It’s noted that although not all are vulnerable to attacks or the loss of sensitive data, they ...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is investigating a potential data breach after a hacking group claimed to have stolen 450 gigabytes of data from the chipmaker. The stolen data claim comes from a hacking group calling itself RansomHouse. The group claims on its darknet site that it breached AMD on Jan. 5 and got the data ...

OpenReplay, a startup that provides an open-source session replay tool for developers, said today it has raised $4.7 million in new funding to grow its community, accelerate deployment at scale and improve user experience. Runa Capital led the seed round, with Expa, 468 Capital, Rheingau Founders and Tekion co-founders also participating. Including the new funding, OpenReplay has ...

Communications hub startup FrontApp Inc. has raised $65 million in new funding to accelerate investments in both product and go-to-market initiatives. Salesforce Ventures and Battery Ventures led the Series D round, with Sequoia Capital, Threshold Ventures, Uncork Capital and PageDuty Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Tejada, also participating. The round was raised at a valuation of $1.7 billion, giving ...

Autonomous systems software company Real-Time Innovations Inc. today announced a new production-grade connectivity framework for software-defined vehicles. RTI Connext Drive 2.0 is designed to enable developers to leverage data-centric connectivity with familiar ecosystem architectures. In doing so, the new framework offers a faster start to building on existing platforms and eliminates the need for custom programming. ...

Data platform startup Lightbits Labs Ltd. announced today that it has raised $42 million in new funding to fuel the growth of its Lightbits Cloud Data Platform, including investments in innovation and expansion. The growth capital round was led by Atreides Management and included J.P. Morgan, Valor Equity Partners, O.G. Tech, Richard Li, existing investors and others. Including the ...

A cybersecurity researcher has developed a new phishing technique that can bypass multifactor authentication and steal login cookies through Microsoft Corp.’s Edge WebView2. WebView2 is a runtime, or software and instructions that are executed while a program is running, that provides web-based features in Microsoft 365 desktop applications using Microsoft Edge as a rendering engine. As ...

A Russian hacking group has taken responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack targeting government and private organizations in Lithuania. According to a report today in The Baltic Times, the attack, from a group known as “Killnet,” caused delays in processing passports and residence permits through Lithuania’s Migration Department. Other public agencies and companies in the communications and ...

Cybersecurity firm XM Cyber Inc., owned since November by Schwarz Group, today acquired continuous end-to-end cybersecurity assessment startup Cyber Observer Ltd. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2012, Cyber Observer offers a critical controls monitoring solution designed to simplify the way cybersecurity tools and monitored and managed. The company’s platform reduces business losses and audit costs ...

Shares in Robinhood Markets Inc. surged 14% today after Bloomberg published a report claiming that cryptocurrency exchange FTX Digital Markets Ltd. is exploring acquiring the company. The report, referencing people with knowledge of the matter, says FTX is deliberating internally on how to buy Robinhood. No formal takeover approach has been made and FTX could ...