Network security specialist Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced Prisma SASE, a new product that brings together Prisma Access and Prisma SD-WAN into an integrated cloud-delivered service. The new product combines network security known as secure access service edge or SASE and software-defined wide-area networking or SD-WAN to ensure that organizations stay secure and productive while working ...

Intuit Inc. announced today it has agreed to acquire email marketing firm Mailchimp Inc. for $12 billion in a cash and stock deal. Acquisition talks were first reported Aug. 12. It was noted at the time that Mailchimp had received interest from private equity firms and “large technology firms.” On Aug. 31, one of those ...

Software-as-a-service customer relations management startup Freshworks Inc. today set its initial public offering range after having previously filed for an IPO in August. Freshworks is seeking to raise as much as $912 million in its public offering on a valuation of about $9 billion. The company plans to sell 28.5 million shares at a price range of ...

Apple Inc. today released an update from iOS, macOS and watchOS that addresses security flaws, including those being exploited by clients of Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group Technologies Ltd. The so-called Forcedentry flaw was first revealed in August. The Citizen Lab is posting about it again, albeit in the context that Apple has finally addressed ...

Smart glasses are arguably the Holy Grail when it comes to tech adoption, since many have tried and none has succeeded. Despite the likes of Google LLC and Snap Inc. trying and dismally failing, Facebook Inc. has joined the club with the launch of its own take on smart glasses. First reported in March, Facebook’s ...

Shares in Affirm Holdings Inc. surged more than 20% in after-hours trading today after the online payments company predicted stronger-than-expected earnings. For the quarter ended June 30, Affirm reported a loss before costs such as stock compensation of 48 cents a share, on revenue of $261.8 million, up 71% from a year ago. Analysts had been predicting a ...

Shares in Zscaler Inc. rose in after-hours trading today after the cloud security provider delivered better-than-expected earnings results. For the quarter ended July 31, Zscaler reported revenue jumped 57% from a year ago, to $197.1 million. Profit before costs such as stock compensation came in at $20.4 million, or 14 cents per share. Analysts had expected ...

For years now, companies exposing data via misconfigured cloud storage have been a dime a dozen. Over the last few years, reports of companies inadvertently sharing their data often came multiple times a week. Exposed data typically included a company incorrectly setting the security of an Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 instance or an ElasticSearch ...

A newly discovered Linux version of the ChaChi remote-access trojan virus has been found in the wild in a rare example of Windows-based malware being adapted for the operating system. ChaChi, which is written in the compiled GoLang compiled programming language designed by Google LLC, first appeared last year and was used in attacks against U.S. ...

Infamous ransomware gang REvil has returned to the dark web, the shady corner of the internet reachable with special software, after disappearing in July amid pressure from the U.S. government on Russia to act on ransomware groups operating in the country. REvil, also known as Sodinokibi, was before its disappearance a prolific ransomware group linked to dozens of ...