Microservices platform provider greymatter.io announced today it has raised $7.1 million in new funding to fuel global growth as demand intensifies for its platform. Elsewhere Partners led the Series A round. Founded in 2015, greymatter.io offers a microservices platform that uses service mesh and application programming interface management to solve challenges flowing through production operations from enterprises’ DevSecOps and NetSecOps pipelines. ...

The infamous North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus has been linked to the hack of the Ronin Network, the blockchain underlying the popular “Axie Infinity” game, that resulted in the theft of $615 million in cryptocurrency in March. The link was discovered following an updated sanctions list published today by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office ...

Software-as-a-service security startup DoControl Inc. announced today that it has raised $30 million in new funding to help scale up its security innovations, launch strategic channel and partnership programs, and speed up its global growth. Insight Partners led the Series B round, with existing investors also participating. Previous investors were RTP Global, StageOne Ventures, Cardumen Capital and the ...

Zero-trust security startup Twingate Inc. today announced it has raised $42 million in new funding to scale up its operations to meet the growing demand for easier-to-use security solutions. BOND led the Series B round, with WndrCo, 8VC and SignalFire also participating. Including the new funding, Twingate has raised $67 million to date. Previous investors include Green Bay ...

Venture capital funding dropped in the first quarter after a record-breaking 2021, according to the findings of the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report released early Thursday. Describing venture capital deal-making as adjusting to a “new normal,” the report found that investment activity remained strong in the quarter, coming at $70.7 billion, the fifth-highest total in PitchBook’s ...

The U.S. government today issued a new warning that advanced persistent threat actors have exhibited the capability to gain full system access to multiple industrial control systems and supervisory control and data acquisition devices using custom-made tools. The joint advisory issued by the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, the ...

Meta Inc. is reported to be planning to launch new augmented reality smart glasses in 2024 that will operate independently of smartphones. The Verge reported today that Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg believes that the AR glasses will be a “holy grail device” that will “redefine our relationship with technology. Referencing a former Meta employee, ...

A Russian attack against a Ukranian energy company has been stopped by security researchers from ESET spol s.r.o and Microsoft Corp. in conjunction with Ukraine’s Governmental Computer Emergency Response Team. The attack, linked to the Russian government “Sandworm” hacking group, used a new variant of the Industroyer malware dubbed Industroyer2. Industroyer is an infamous malware ...

A former Ethereum Foundation research scientist has been sentenced to more than five years in jail for providing information to North Korea on how to evade sanctions. Virgil Griffith, a U.S. citizen but previously a resident of Singapore, was arrested in December 2019 after speaking at the Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference earlier the same year. ...

COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and neighboring Kunshan have disrupted key manufacturers of Apple Inc. products, with suppliers forced to halt manufacturing. The companies affected by the lockdowns include Pegatron Corp., which makes iPhones in Shanghai and Kunshan; Quanta Computer Inc., which makes MacBooks for Apple and devices for Dell Corp. and HP Development Co. LP in the ...