Artificial intelligence startup SparkCognition Inc. revealed today that it has raised $123 million in new funding to expand sales and marketing efforts as well as research and development investments to accelerate its growth. Investors in the Series D round included March Capital, Doha Venture Capital, B. Riley Venture Capital, AEI Horizon X, Temasek, Alan Howard and Peter ...

Threat detection and response startup Vectra AI Inc. today said it has acquired Siriux Security Technologies Inc., a provider of identity and software-as-a-service posture management. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed. It’s unknown how much Siriux had raised coming into its acquisition, although Pitchbook notes that the company had raised early-stage venture capital. Founded in 2020, ...

Security operations center startup Hunters today announced that it has raised $68 million to develop its platform and services further, strengthen sales and partnerships, and increase its headcount. Stripes led the Series C round. Also participating in the round were DTCP, Cisco Investments, Databricks, YL Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, M12, U.S. Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital and Snowflake ...

“Internet of things” tracking startup Tag-n-Trac Inc. today launched out of stealth with $10 million in new funding. Dell Technologies led the Series A round, with Merck Global Innovation Fund and Aerosafe Global also participating. Including the new funding, Tag-n-Trac has raised $11.8 million to date, according to data from Crunchbase. Founded in 2020, Tag-n-Trac was founded with the goal ...

Application security operations startup ArmorCode Inc. today announced it has raised an additional $8 million in funding to extend its platform capabilities and expand the company’s go-to-market efforts. Cervin Ventures led the additional seed funding with Sierra Ventures, Tau Ventures and several individuals, including founders of Demisto and RedLock Inc. participating. Including the new funding, ArmorCode has ...

Network visibility company LiveAction Inc. today released a new network detection and response platform designed to give SecOps teams what it says is unprecedented visibility into encrypted traffic, threats and network anomalies. Called ThreatEye NV, the NDR platform combines next-generation data collection, advanced behavior analysis and streaming machine learning. The service uses deep packet dynamics that eliminate ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that Russia may launch cyberattacks against the U.S. government and critical infrastructure operators ahead of a potential invasion of Ukraine. The warning came in a DHS intelligence bulletin issued to law enforcement partners Sunday. “We assess that Russia would consider initiating a cyber attack against ...

The price of bitcoin seemingly turned a corner in trading today after the cryptocurrency hit its lowest level since July. The downward slide of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dates back to November when bitcoin hit a record high and has continued into the new year. Bitcoin dropped below $50,000 on Dec. 4 before falling below ...

Fast-growing cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has admitted that over $34 million in cryptocurrency was stolen following unknown attackers successfully accessing user accounts. In a blog post today, Crypto.com said that the hack affected 483 users. Unauthorized withdrawals totaled 4,836.26 Ethereum, 443.93 bitcoin and about $66,200 in other cryptocurrencies. The attack started on Jan. 17 and involved unauthorized ...

Cloud coding startup Codesphere Inc. has raised €4.5 million ($5.11 million) in new funding to hire more people, further develop its platform and open a second data center. LEA Partners led the seed round. Also participating in the round were 42CAP, NewForge, 468 Capital and angel investors from Shopify, Google Cloud and Digital Ocean. Including the new funding, ...