Industrial control system cybersecurity startup Dragos Inc. has announced that it has raised $200 million in new funding to accelerate its global expansion and support customers in key growth markets and industries. Koch Disruptive Technologies and funds managed by BlackRock led the Series D round. Also participating in the round were Emerson, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Allegis Cyber, ...

The U.S. National Rifle Association has been struck by a ransomware attack and data was reportedly stolen. The attack was first disclosed by Grief, a ransomware gang reportedly linked to prolific Russian ransomware gang Evil Corp. The gang has published 13 stolen documents as proof of the attack, including minutes from a recent NRA meeting. ...

Relationship intelligence startup Staircase AI Inc. has raised $4 million in new funding to scale up its engineering team and accelerate its go-to-market plans. The seed round included Disruptive AI and StageOne Ventures. Founded in 2019, Staircase AI offers a platform that uses advanced machine learning to analyze thousands of digital engagements between companies and their ...

Enterprise security firm Tessian Ltd. today announced it’s offering integration with Okta Inc. to provide improved protection against enterprise security risks. The integration follows a strategic investment in Tessian made by Okta Ventures. Okta will now integrate its identity platform with Tessian’s Human Layer Security platform to assist enterprises in better understanding and managing cybersecurity ...

Iranian authorities are blaming a cyberattack for disrupting services at gas stations across the country today. The form of the cyberattack is unknown at this time and no group has claimed responsibility, The Times of Israel reported. The attack rendered useless government-issued electronic cards that Iranians use to buy subsidized fuel at the pump. “The ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. has won a contract with the U.K.’s spy agencies to host classified material in a deal aimed at boosting the use of data analytics and artificial intelligence for espionage. The Financial Times reported today that the AWS deal was championed by GCHQ, the U.K.’s signals intelligence body, and will be used by ...

Shares in Robinhood Markets Inc. plunged after the bell today after the company missed forecasts on revenue and earnings in its third-quarter earnings report. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Robinhood reported revenue rose 35% from a year ago, to $365 million, but that was significantly down from $565 million in the previous quarter. Analysts ...

Shares in Twitter Inc. rose in after-hours trading today after the microblogging platform said that it had not been affected as much as expected by privacy changes Apple Inc. has made in iOS 14. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Twitter reported a profit of 18 cents a share. Revenue rose 37% from a year ago, ...

Data privacy engineering for cloud startup Piiano Privacy Solutions Ltd. today launched out of stealth mode with an announcement of $9 million in new funding to drive research and development and go-to-market efforts. YL Ventures led the seed round. Also participating were Jibe Ventures and founders of leading cybersecurity companies such as Snyk Ltd., Armis Inc., Wiz ...

In the age of COVID-19, healthcare security has never been more vital. But despite the known risks, a new report finds that applications in the industry continue to remain at high risk of being attacked because of poor security. The data comes from the Application Security Division of NTT Ltd., which found that 52% of ...