Morgan Stanley has disclosed that some of its corporate customers had their data stolen following a data breach at a third-party vendor. The data breach involved Guidehouse Inc., a company that provides account maintenance services to Morgan Stanley’s StockPlan Connect Business. The data breach took place in January and was initially discovered by Guidehouse in ...

Cryptocurrency and blockchain services provider Circle Internet Financial Inc. is the latest to jump on the SPAC bandwagon as the company announced today that it plans to go public through a special-purpose acquisition company merger. The deal will see Circle merge with Concord Acquisition Corp., a SPAC currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange and ...

Users of software from Kaseya Ltd. are being targeted with fake updates following an attack by the REvil ransomware group, as it was revealed today that the company was allegedly informed of a vulnerability exploited in a ransomware attack by REvil earlier this month. Detected by researchers at Malwarebytes Labs, the campaign targets potential victims ...

Cybersecurity firm Sophos Group plc announced today it has acquired Linux attack protection startup Capsule8 Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2016, Capsule8 offers an attack detection platform built for Linux production environments. The service provides detection to customers whether they use software containers, virtualized computers or bare-metal servers with no software pre-installed, and whether ...

Satellite imagery and data startup Planet Labs Inc. announced today that it’s planning to go public through a special-purpose acquisition company in a $2.8 billion deal. Under the deal, Planet will merge with dNY Technology Group IV, a SPAC listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Planet will also raise $434 million through the transaction, ...

Cybersecurity firm ZeroFOX Inc. said today it has acquired “dark web” intelligence research firm Vigilante ATI Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2003, Vigilante offers business-focused security monitoring solutions through a combination of consulting, managed services and threat intelligence. The company is best known as an expert in threat intelligence on the dark web, a ...

Hyperlocal social networking startup Nextdoor Inc. is set to go public as the company announced today that it will do so through a special-purpose acquisition company. The deal will see Nextdoor merge with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II and values the company at $4.3 billion. Under the deal, Nextdoor will raise $686 million in gross proceeds, ...

The U.S. government today vowed to take action against Russia if the ransomware attack that targeted software from Kaseya Ltd. is proved to be linked to the country. The ransomware attack, attributed to the REvil ransomware gang started on Friday ahead of the Independence Day long weekend. The first known victim was Coop, a chain of ...

A crackdown by the Chinese government on companies that choose to go public in the U.S. may put the initial public offerings of dozens of Chinese companies at risk The suggestion, according to Bloomberg, comes after the Cyberspace Administration of China banned the Didi Chuxing app from app stores in mainland China. Didi Global Inc. was listed on ...

When exactly Apple Inc. will release its next range of iPhones is open to speculation, but not the name, for better or worse. Last year the new iPhone was released in October, but whatever the date, the rumor mill and supposed leaks from suppliers in mainland China and Taiwan are starting to heat up. It ...