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 ...

It’s never a dull day in cybersecurity. How many companies have been affected is the question of the day following news yesterday that the REvil ransomware gang had exploited Kaseya VSA and taken down a Swiss supermarket. The REvil ransomware gang has targeted companies using information technology management software from Kaseya Ltd. The attack, which came ahead ...

Google LLC has removed nine Android apps from the Play store, including one with millions of users, after they were discovered to be stealing users’ Facebook Inc. login credentials. Discovered and detailed July 1 by malware analysts at Dr. Web, the apps, described as “stealer Trojans,” were spread as harmless software and were installed nearly 6 ...

A chain of supermarkets in Switzerland is one of possibly thousands of potential victims in a new REvil ransomware gang attack that has targeted companies using information technology management software from Kaseya Ltd. The new REvil attack came ahead of the Independence Day holiday in the U.S. today. According to Bleeping Computer, the attack targeted managed ...

The Chinese government has ordered the removal of the Didi Chuxing app from app stores in mainland China on security grounds days after parent company Didi Global Inc. went public on the New York Stock Exchange. The order came from the Cyberspace Administration of China on Sunday local time and cited serious violations on collecting ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency released a new module in its Cyber Security Evaluation Tool Wednesday to allow businesses to assess their exposure to ransomware and their preparedness for defending against an attack. The Ransomware Readiness Assessment is a desktop software tool that guides network operators through a step-by-step ...