European Uber Technologies Inc. rival Bolt Technology OÜ has raised €628m ($711 million) in new funding to accelerate its stated mission to help cities transform urban areas into sustainable, people-friendly spaces. Sequoia Capital and Fidelity led the Series F round, with Whale Rock and Owl Rock also participating. The round was raised on a valuation of €7.4B ...

NTT Security AppSec Solutions Inc. today announced a solution that enables enterprises to conduct dynamic application security testing at each phase of the development cycle and prevent exploitable vulnerabilities from reaching production. Vantage Prevent, the next phase of the WhiteHat Vantage Platform, is designed to leverage developers’ functional and quality assurance tests to identify exploitable security ...

Japanese conglomerate Panasonic Corp. has disclosed that job applicant and business partner data were stolen in a breach that the company first revealed in November. The company still didn’t reveal the exact details of how the data breach took place in its Jan. 7 announcement, instead referring to the incident as unauthorized access to a ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning that hackers are sending malicious USB thumb drives via mail to companies hoping that recipients will use them and hence infect their networks. The malware by mail campaign is being linked to the FIN7 cybercrime gang. “Since August 2021, the FBI has received reports of several packages containing ...

Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc. today said it had acquired artificial intelligence-powered data protection firm Dathena Science Pte. Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2016 and based in Singapore, Dathena offers a platform that evaluates data sensitivity, protects data and enables companies to meet compliance demands. Pitched as delivering data protection and privacy with confidence and ...

A newly discovered vulnerability in H2 database consoles could allow remote code execution, similarly to the recently rampant Log4j “Log4Shell” vulnerability. H2 is an open-source relational database management system written in Java. It can be embedded in Java applications or run in client-server mode. H2 is popular as a lightweight in-memory solution that does not ...

PayPal Holdings Inc. has confirmed that it’s looking at developing and launching a stablecoin after a developer discovered references to something called “PayPal Coin” within the company’s iOS app. A stablecoin is a form of cryptocurrency pegged to a stable reserve asset such as the dollar or gold. By being pegged, the price remains mostly ...

Mark Gurman of Bloomberg is back with new Apple Inc. predictions, including a likely launch date for the new iPhone SE and what the Apple virtual reality headset won’t include. Gurman, who is rated at 87% accurate with his Apple predictions by Apple Track, today predicted that the iPhone SE 3 will be launched at ...

A chain of fertility clinics in northern Illinois has suffered a data breach following an unspecified cyberattack. The attack struck Fertility Centers of Illinois PLLCn with 79,943 current and former patients potentially having their personal information being stolen. Information accessed includes Social Security and passport numbers, payment card information, medical records, health insurance information, account numbers, ...

The U.S. International Trade Commission today ruled that Google LLC infringed on five audio technology patents held by Sonos Inc. and has banned Google from importing any products that violate those patents. Sonos filed a lawsuit against Google and a complaint with the ITC over alleged patent infringement in 2020. Sonos charged that features in ...