A newly disclosed vulnerability in Apple Inc.’s Safari web browser and related WebKit code can leak a users’ identity and website history. Discovered and detailed Jan. 14 by researchers at FingerprintJs Inc., the vulnerability relates to Safari 15’s implementation of the IndexedDB application programming interface. IndexedDB is a browser API for client-side storage designed to hold ...

2021 started with a bang in venture capital activity and continued to boom, producing another record-setting year, according to the latest quarterly report out early Friday from the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. Reflecting similar results reported by CB Insights Wednesday, the report notes that venture capital dealmaking, exits and fundraising values all broke records by “stunning amounts,” ...

A prison in New Mexico was forced to go into lockdown last week after a ransomware attack knocked its systems offline. The ransomware attack hit the Metropolitan Detention Center in Bernalillo County on Jan. 5. Systems affected by the attack included the jail’s internet, most of its data systems and its security cameras. With limited ...

Digital security provider DigiCert Inc. disclosed today that it has acquired “internet of things” company Mocana Corp. for an undisclosed price. Founded back in 2004, Mocana offers an IoT security platform designed for mission-critical security solutions for industrial control systems and IoT providers. The company’s on-device cybersecurity software and lifecycle management platform enable manufacturers and industrial companies to build ...

The NEAR Foundation has raised $150 million in new funding to accelerate its mission to help billions of people learn and use blockchain and decentralized technologies at the heart of the fast-emerging, so-called web3. Three Arrows Capital led the round. Also participating were Mechanism Capital, Dragonfly Capital, a16z, Jump, Alameda, Zee Prime, Folius, Amber Group, ...

An Iranian state-sponsored hacking group has been found to be actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Apache Log4j to distribute a new modular PowerShell toolkit for nefarious purposes. Detailed Tuesday by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the APT35 hacking group, also known as Phosphorous and Charming Kitten, was first detected exploiting Log4j only four days after ...

Distributed machine learning startup Boosted.ai revealed today it has raised $35 million in new funding to scale up its web-based platform that brings explainable machine learning tools to investment managers. Ten Cove Capital and Spark Capital led the Series B round. Also participating in the round were Portage Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada and HarbourVest Partners. Including the new ...

Business risk intelligence startup Flashpoint said today it has acquired vulnerability and data breach intelligence company Risk Based Security Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2011, RBS identifies risks to an organization’s most valuable assets through a combination of security intelligence and big data analytics. The company claims its services provide actionable insight into cybersecurity risks, even ...

Microsoft Corp. has hired a veteran chip designer from Apple Inc. as part of an effort to design its own chips. Bloomberg reported today that Mike Filippo joined Microsoft after nearly three years at Apple. According to his LinkedIn profile, Filippo previously spent 10 years at Arm Ltd. Prior to that, he worked at Intel Corp. ...

Israeli cloud data security posture management platform startup Eureka today launched out of stealth mode with $8 million in seed funding. YL Ventures led the round, with renowned security executives and serial entrepreneurs also participating. Founded by Palo Alto Networks Inc. veterans Liat Hayun and Asaf Weiss, Eureka’s service is designed to enable security teams to mitigate ...