Shares in Workday Inc. dropped slightly in after-hours trading today despite the enterprise cloud applications provider beating analysts’ predictions in its fiscal first-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended April 30, Workday reported revenue rose 1% from a year ago, to $1.18 billion, and subscription revenue rose 17%, to $1.03 billion. The company booked a $38.3 ...

Software-as-a-service bot protection startup DataDome announced today it has raised $35 million in new funding to allow it to scale up its global sales, marketing, delivery and research and development teams. The Series B round was led by Elephant and included ISAI. Founded in 2014, DataDome is a bot protection startup that uses artificial intelligence and machine ...

Application programming interface security startup Salt Security Inc. disclosed today that it has raised $70 million in new funding to expand its global operations across research and development, sales and marketing, and customer success. The Series C round was led by Advent International and included Alkeon Capital, DFJ Growth, Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital, S Capital VC ...

E-commerce fraud prevention startup Forter Ltd. has raised $300 million in new funding to continue to expand its global ecosystem and hire more people. The Series F round was led by Tiger Global Management. Other investors included Third Point Ventures, Adage Capital Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, March Capital, NewView Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Scale Venture ...

Enterprise security firm Tessian Ltd. revealed today it has raised $65 million in new funding to accelerate platform development and hire more people. The Series C round was led by March Capital and included Accel, Balderton Capital, Latitude, Sequoia Capital and Schroder Adveq. The round was raised at a valuation of $500 million. Founded in 2013, Tessian pitches ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is preparing to issue a directive that will require all pipeline companies to report cybersecurity incidents following the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. earlier this month. The Washington Post reported today that the Transportation Security Administration, a unit of the DHS, will issue the reporting directive later this week. ...

Juniper Networks Inc. today announced a new version of its turnkey automation software-only solution Apstra to simplify deployment. The first new release of the software since Juniper acquired Apstra in January, Apstra 4.0 builds on the multivendor capabilities of the Apstra solution. Added in the release is support for VMware NSX-T 3.0 and Enterprise SONiC, in ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a flash alert warning that Contri ransomware attacks are continuing to impact healthcare providers and others. The alert, issued on May 20, claims that there have now been 16 Conti ransomware attacks targeting healthcare and first responder networks, including law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 911 dispatch ...

India’s flag carrier Air India Ltd. has revealed that the personal data of some 4.5 million of its customers was stolen following an attack on airline information technology services company SITA in March. The data stolen included passenger names, credit card details, dates of birth, contact information, ticket information and frequent-flyer data. The airline noted ...

Apple Inc. today released a security update for macOS Big Sur 11.4 to address a vulnerability that was being exploited to bypass macOS security defenses. The vulnerability traces back to a discovery made by researchers at Trend Micro Inc. in August that found a form of malware dubbed XCSSET targeting Xcode projects. Further digging by ...