Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo LLC today said it has signed a deal to acquire business planning software company Anaplan Inc. for $10.7 billion. The all-cash deal prices Anaplan shares at $66, a nice bonus on its closing price of $50.59 per share on Friday. Founded in 2006, Anaplan pitches itself as transforming how ...

Networking and security platform startup Todyl Inc. today revealed it has raised $28 million in new funding to develop and expand its platform. Anthos Capital led the Series A round, with existing investors Tech Operators, Blu Ventures and StoneMill Ventures also participating. Including the new funding, Todyl has raised $30.3 million to date, according to Crunchbase. Founded ...

Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group today exposed an initial access broker with ties to the infamous Conti ransomware gang. IAB’s are cybercriminals specializing in breaching companies and then selling access to ransomware gangs. Google calls them “the opportunistic locksmiths of the security world.” Dubbed “Exotic Lily,” the group is described as resourceful and financially motivated with ...

A protest via a developer against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned into a supply chain attack in a popular JavaScript developer module. Detailed Wednesday by researchers at Snyk Ltd., the bizarre tale starts on March 8 with developer Brandon Nozaki Miller, who wrote source code and published an “npm” software module called “peacenotwar.” The notes ...

Shares in cybersecurity firm Secureworks Corp. dropped in regular trading today after the company missed on revenue and predicted a weaker-than-expected outlook for the next quarter. For the quarter ended Jan. 28, Secureworks reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of $2.6 million, or three cents per share, compared with an adjusted profit of $300,000 ...

Cloudflare Inc. and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. today announced that they were expanding their existing relationship with Cloudflare integrating its zero trust platform with CrowdStrike Falcon Zero Trust Assessment. The integration of the two products is pitched as giving joint customers simple and robust controls to ensure employees have secure access to applications wherever they are ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has fined online merchandise provider CafePress Inc. $500,000 over a data breach that the company failed to disclose in 2019. The data breach first came to light in August 2019 after a database of the company’s customer records was found online. The database contained 23,205,290 records, including email addresses, names, phone numbers and ...

NortonLifeLock Inc.’s acquisition of Avast plc has a hit a spanner in the works as the U.K. government put the deal on hold until further information is provided. The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority have ruled that the deal raises competition concerns and may now be referred for an in-depth investigation. More specifically, the CMA ...

Shares in SentinelOne Inc. dropped in late trading today despite beating expectations in its latest earnings report on the same day the cybersecurity provider announced it has agreed to acquire Attivo Networks Inc. for $616.5 million. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, SentinelOne reported an adjusted loss of 16 cents per share, compared with a loss ...

Shares in work management platform provider Smartsheet Inc. dropped in extended trading today after the company reported a lower-than-expected outlook in its quarterly earnings report. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, Smartsheet reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of $15.5 million, or 12 cents per share, compared with an adjusted loss of $4.9 ...