Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today confirmed that it has suffered a data breach in which confidential information was stolen, including the source code for its Galaxy smartphones. The theft occurred late last week. The Lapsus$ ransomware gang took the credit. Lapsus$ is the same hacking group that was behind the theft of data from Nvidia ...

Cloudflare Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. and Ping Identity Corp. today are teaming up to form the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project, a project that will provide free cybersecurity services to vulnerable industries. The project is designed to enhance defenses against critical areas of enterprise risk. Under the project, eligible organizations will have access to the full suite of ...

Self-driving car technology startup Pony.ai late Sunday said it has raised new funding on a valuation of $8.5 billion, a significant increase in valuation from its last round in February 2021. The amount raised in the Series D round and who participated in the funding were not disclosed. The funding comes after Pony.ai scrapped plans ...

The data of thousands of patients is believed to have been exposed following a data breach at Michigan Medicine. The data breach started with an employee email account compromised on Dec. 23. The attacker used the account to obtain information and send phishing emails. However, the employee did not notice the account being taken over until ...

Intel Corp. today announced the latest Intel vPro platform powered by 12th Gen Intel Core, offering what it says are enhanced performance, security, manageability and stability. Built for businesses, the Intel vPro platform with 12 Gen Intel Core processors is said to provide leading productivity, high performance and the most comprehensive platform security for businesses. ...

Shares in machine learning cybersecurity firm Darktrace PLC rose in regular trading after the company revised its outlook thanks to growing demand for its services. For the six months ended Dec. 31, Darktrace reported a net profit of $5.9 million, compared with a loss of $48.4 million in the same six months in 2020. Revenue ...

Israeli artificial intelligence-powered security engineering startup CardinalOps Ltd. revealed today that it has raised $17.5 million in new funding to fuel global expansion in go-to-market and product innovation activities. Viola Ventures led the Series A round with Battery Ventures, Glilot Capital, Symbol and top angel investors from the security industry also participating. Including the new funding, CardinalOps has ...

Shares Okta Inc. dropped in late trading after the identity and access management company reported an outlook under analysts’ expectations in its latest earnings report. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, Okta reported a loss before costs such as stock compensation of $29 million, or 18 cents per share. That compares with an adjusted profit ...

Shares of cloud subscription services company Zuora Inc. rose slightly in late trading today, in line with quarterly earnings that narrowly beat analyst expectations. Zuora also announced today that it had received a $400 million strategic investment from Silver Lake. The investment is said to reinforce Zuora’s leadership position and empower the company to accelerate growth, ...

Shares in Anaplan Inc. rose in late trading today after the business planning software company reported better-than-expected earnings. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, Anaplan reported a loss before certain costs of $10.6 million, or 11 cents per share, up from a loss of $9.4 million, or seven cents per share, in the same quarter ...