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Threat hunting cybersecurity startup Hunters raises $30M to drive innovation
Threat hunting cybersecurity startup Hunters today announced that it has raised $30 million in new funding to increase its headcount, drive innovation, enhance customer satisfaction, increase market reach and support partner expansion. Bessemer Venture Partners led the Series B round into the company, incorporated as Cyber Hunters Ltd. Other investors included YL Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Microsoft’s ...
Israeli connected-home experience startup Veego raises $13M
Israeli connected-home experience startup Veego Software Ltd. said today it has raised $13 million in new funding to enhance its machine learning models. Magenta Venture Partners led the Series A round. Other investors included State of Mind Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, North First Ventures and Amdocs Ventures. Founded in 2018, Veego is aiming to become ...
Didi suspends European expansion plans amid ongoing drama with Chinese authorities
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. is reported to have suspended plans to launch in the U.K. and Europe amid its ongoing drama with Chinese authorities. The Telegraph reported today that staff working on the expansion plans in the U.K. have been told that they may be made redundant because of plans to put expansion on ...
State Department reportedly hit by serious cyberattack
The U.S. State Department is said to have been hit by a serious cyberattack that was reported to the Department of Defense Cyber Command, according to Fox Business. The details of the type of attack, exactly when it happened and what data may have been stolen were not revealed. Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich said on ...
Hacker behind $600M Poly Network theft returns stolen cryptocurrency
Poly Network, the cross-chain decentralized finance platform provider that had about $600 million in cryptocurrency stolen from it earlier this month, has had all the funds returned. The hack, first reported Aug. 10, involved the theft of Binance Chain, Ethereum and Polygon assets, with estimates that they were worth at the time up to $611 ...
Critical vulnerability in older ‘end of life’ Cisco routers to remain unpatched
A critical vulnerability in older Cisco Systems Inc. routers will remain unpatched after the company advised that they have reached end-of-life status. The vulnerability is in the Universal Plug-and-Play service in Cisco Small Business RV110W, RV130, RV130W and RV214W routers. Rated by Cisco as “critical,” it could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code ...
70M stolen AT&T records advertised for sale by well-known hacker
Telecommunications company AT&T Inc. may have been hacked, as a well-known hacker advertised a database from the company with more than 70 million customer records. The listing on the hacking site Raid Forums, from ShinyHunters, claims that the database includes Social Security numbers and dates of birth. In a change from a typical offer, Shiny ...
Databricks reportedly raising $1.5B on a $38B valuation
Databrinks Inc. is reportedly raising at least $1.5 billion in new funding on a valuation of $38 billion despite previous reports that it was planning on going public this year. Bloomberg, citing three people familiar with the terms, said Morgan Stanley will lead the round. The report added that the round could grow even larger ...
Facebook’s David Marcus says Novi digital wallet is ready to go
Facebook Inc. says its long-awaited digital wallet Novi is ready to come to market. In a post on Medium today, Marcus (pictured), the head of F2, for Facebook Financial, said the Novi wallet will be integrated into the Facebook app. However, he did not give a specific time as to when that will happen other than ...
In its first post-IPO earnings, Robinhood shares plunge on revenue outlook
Shares in Robinhood Markets Inc. plunged in after-hours trading today after the company warned that a slowdown in trading would affect revenue in the coming quarter. In its first post-initial public offering earnings report, Robinhood reported revenue of $565 million for the quarter ended June 30, up from $244 million in the same quarter of ...









