Connected device cybersecurity platform startup Ordr Inc. today announced that it has raised $40 million in new funding to meet the growing need for organizations to understand, manage and secure the increasing number of connected devices in their environment. Battery Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures led the Series C round, with Northgate Capital, Wing Venture Capital, ...

Cybersecurity company Lookout Inc. today announced it has acquired password management company SaferPass s.r.o for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2014, SaferPass pitches itself as a simple and secure password manager for individuals and companies. The service offers a range of password-related services, including autofill, a password generator, leak checking, security reporting, password sharing and multifactor authentication. ...

An officially confirmed vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Support Diagnostic Tool can allow hackers to run remote code and take over a targeted Windows computer. Known as CVE-2022-30190 in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool, it was first reported May 27 by Nao Sec and then further detailed May 29 by security researcher Kevin Beaumont, who dubbed it ...

Threat detection and response startup Vade Secure SASU revealed today that it has raised €28 million ($30 million) in new funding with an eye to accelerating its international expansion and providing additional investment to enhance its cybersecurity products for internet service providers. Investors in the Series B round included Tikehau Ace Capital, Bpifrance (French Tech Souveraineté Fund) and ...

SentinelOne Inc. has announced a new integration with Okta Inc. promising to deliver a solution that will enable security teams to respond to credential compromise and identity-based attacks quickly. SentinelOne XDR for Okta is pitched as combining SentinelOne’s XDR platform with Okta’s identity management capability to accelerate response and minimize enterprise risk. The service, according to ...

Apple Inc. analyst Mark Gurman at Bloomberg today made several new predictions ahead of the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference scheduled to start on June 6. Leading Gurman’s list is the suggestion that iOS 16 will have an upgraded lock screen with support for wallpapers with “widget-like” capabilities and an always-on lock screen. Always-on lock screens are ...

Eight vulnerabilities have been found in the Open Automation Software Platform that could allow an attacker to carry out a variety of malicious actions. The platform, from the company of the same name, connects industrial devices, servers, files, databases and “internet of things” devices to provide supervisory control and data acquisition systems or industrial automation ...

A new form of Linux-based ransomware has been found targeting VMware Inc. servers using the ESXi hypervisor it developed for deploying virtual computers. Detailed Wednesday by researchers at Trend Micro Inc., the new form of ransomware has been dubbed “Cheerscrypt.” The ransomware encrypts VMware-related files and shares some similarities with other ransomware families such as LockBit, ...

Workday Inc. saw its shares drop in late trading after the enterprise resource planning software company reported lower-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended April 30, Workday reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of 83 cents, down from 86 cents in the same quarter of last year. Revenue rose 22% from a ...

Shares in Zscaler Inc. rose slightly in late trading after the cybersecurity company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue ahead of market expectations. For the quarter ended April 30, Zscaler reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of 17 cents per share, up from 15 cents in the same quarter of last year. Revenue ...