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Browser cybersecurity startup Guardio Ltd. has raised $47 million in new funding to accelerate the company’s vision of creating a secure digital world. Tiger Global led the round, announced today, with Vintage, Cerca Partners, Union and Samsung Next also participating. Founded in …
Ransomware strikes workflow solutions provider Kronos via suspected Log4shell exploit
A ransomware attack has struck workflow management solutions provider Kronos Inc. and knocked services offline. UKG Inc., the parent company of Kronos, said today that the ransomware attack could result in its services being out for “several weeks.” The company even suggested …
Cable TV provider Cox Communications hit by data breach
Cable television provider Cox Communications Inc. has been hit by a data breach after a hacker impersonated a support agent to gain access to customer information. After the breach, first reported today by Bleeping Computer, customers started receiving letters from the company this week …
Startup Software raises $15M to grow its DevOps metrics platform
DevOps metrics startup Software.co Technologies Inc. announced today it has raised $15 million in new funding to grow its platform and provide essential insights to engineering teams to enable faster and more efficient software development. Next47 and 8VC led the Series A round. Including the …
Crypto chat: WhatsApp launches pilot program with Novi digital wallet
WhatsApp today launched a new pilot program allowing some users in the U.S. to send and receive cryptocurrency using Meta Platforms Inc.’s Novi digital wallet. Meta, previously Facebook, announced a pilot program for the Novi wallet in October but without support for …
Adobe buys social media marketing startup ContentCal
Adobe Inc. has acquired social media marketing startup ContentCal for an undisclosed price, although Bloomberg reported today that the deal was for more than $100 million. Six-year-old ContentCal, incorporated as ContentCalendar Ltd., is a business-to-business software-as-a-service content marketing platform that pitches itself as allowing …
Number of vulnerabilities reported in 2021 hits record high
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Vulnerability Database has hit a record high of reported vulnerabilities in 2021. The new record, the fifth straight year the record has been broken, came to 18,378 vulnerabilities reported. The …
Google disrupts Russian botnet, files lawsuit against the operators
Google LLC today revealed it has disrupted the operations of a large Russian botnet and filed a lawsuit against the operators of the network. The Glupteba botnet and related malware has been around since 2014 and has grown to a network of an estimated …
Cloud tax practice management startup Canopy raises $35M
Cloud tax practice management platform startup Canopy Tax Inc. today announced it has raised $35 million in new funding to accelerate its mission to become the default operating system for accounting firms. Ten Coves Capital led the Series BB round. Also participating in the round …
Google Cloud IDS for network-based threat detection is now generally available
Google LLC today announced that its Cloud IDS for network-based threat detection is now generally available. Initially announced in July, the service, whose acronym refers to “intrusion detection system,” is designed as a cloud-native managed IDS offering Google’s vision of “Invisible Security.” Google …