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Shares in Snap Inc. surged in after-hours trading today after the company smashed estimates on earnings, revenue and user growth in its fourth-quarter earnings report and reported its first-ever quarterly net profit. The stock jump of nearly 60% in extended trading followed …
Fortinet and Check Point shares rise on better-than-expected earnings
Shares in cybersecurity firms Fortinet Inc. and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. rose after the companies reported better-than-expected quarterly results. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Fortinet reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of $205.8 million, or $1.23 per …
Keeper Security acquires Apache Guacamole inventor Glyptodon
Cybersecurity software startup Keeper Security Inc. today said it has acquired remote access gateway company Glyptodon Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2013, Glyptodon is the company that invented and maintains Apache Guacamole, the free and open-source, cross-platform remote access desktop gateway. In 2018, …
Security management platform startup PlexTrac raises $70M
Security management platform startup PlexTrac Inc. has raised $70 million in new funding to accelerate its growth by expanding market reach, increasing brand awareness and doubling its headcount. Insight Partners led the Series B round, with Madrona Venture Group, Noro-Moseley Partners and StageDotO …
Intel brings together elite hackers in new Project Circuit Breaker
Intel Corp. today expanded its bug bounty program with a new offering that brings together a community of elite hackers to reshape vulnerability management. The new Project Circuit Breaker brings together hackers to hunt for bugs in firmware, hypervisors, graphics processing units, …
New Lacework platform helps companies uncover suspicious activity in the multicloud
Cloud security company Lacework Inc. today unveiled a new platform designed to help companies automatically uncover suspicious activity across a multicloud environment. Called the Polygraph Data Platform, the service can detect and address genuine threats and risks to business from build time through runtime. …
LogMeIn rebrands as GoTo to reflect its mission of making IT easy anywhere
Fresh from announcing in December that it was spinning off LastPass as a separate company, LogMeIn Inc. announced today that it’s rebranding as GoTo to better reflect the company’s mission of making information technology management easy anywhere. GoTo is an existing product within …
Cyberattack on German fuel and oil distributors disrupts operations
A cyberattack has struck two German fuel and oil distributors, disrupting operations and supply chain management. The attack targeted Oittanking Deutschland GmbH and Mabanaft GmbH & Co KG Group, both subsidiaries of Marquard & Bahls AG, on Jan. 29. The form of cyberattack …
Tenable agrees to acquire attack path management startup Cymptom
Tenable Inc. today said it has entered an agreement to acquire Cymptom Labs Ltd., an attack path management startup, for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2019, Cymptom proactively measures the impact of cybersecurity risk by mapping all attack paths before they happen. …
Check Point acquires Israeli code security startup Spectral
Cybersecurity giant Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today announced it has acquired Israeli code security startup Spectral Cyber Technologies Ltd. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2020, Spectral offers developers the ability to build and shift software without worry through tools for …