Private equity firms KKR & Co. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC are close to a deal to acquire big-data specialist Cloudera Inc., according to a report today from The Wall Street Journal. The Journal, quoting people familiar with the matter, says that the deal could be finalized by Tuesday, presuming that talks don’t collapse at the ...

A new form of ransomware dubbed “Epsilon Red” has been found in the wild targeting unpatched Microsoft Corp. Exchange servers. First detected by security researchers at Sophos plc and revealed Friday, the ransomware was found targeting a U.S.-based business in the hospitality industry. Delivered as the final executable payload in a hand-controlled attack, the ransomware ...

Chinese smartphone and device manufacturer Xiaomi Inc., a company often referred to as the Apple Inc. of China, today demonstrated new fast-charging technology that can charge a 4,000mAh battery in eight minutes. Called “HyperCharge,” the technology was demonstrated using a custom Mi 11 Pro with a 200W charger. In a video demonstration, the device managed ...

Owners of Amazon.com Inc. devices in the U.S. will automatically share their WiFi as of June 8 as part of a program called Amazon Sidewalk. Pitched by Amazon as a shared network that helps devices such as Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors and Tile trackers “work better at home and ...

The details of some 44 commercial customers of Canada Post covering about 950,000 receiving customers is believed to have been stolen following a cyberattack that targeted a key supplier. In a statement May 26, Canada Post said it had been told May 19 by Commport Communications International Inc., an electronic data exchange solution supplier used by the corporation, ...

Customer experience management software company Sprinklr Inc. filed its paperwork May 28 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. Founded in 2009, Sprinklr provides cloud services that large enterprises use to manage interactions with customers. The company offers five services for managing customer-facing activities, including marketing, technical support and product feedback collection, with ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration has formally announced new cybersecurity requirements for critical pipeline owners and operators. The directive, first reported earlier this week to be coming, requires critical pipeline owners and operators to report confirmed and potential cybersecurity incidents to the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and to designate a Cybersecurity Coordinator, ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation today issued a flash alert warning that so-called advanced persistent threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in cybersecurity appliances from Fortinet Inc. According to the FBI, an APT group — APT groups are typically state-sponsored — has exploited a Fortinet appliance to access a web server hosting the domain of a ...

Shares in Salesfor.com Inc. surged in after-hours trading today after the company topped analysts’ expectations in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report. Salesforce reported revenue rose 23% from a year ago, to $5.96 billion for the quarter ended April 30. Net income in the quarter came in at $469 million or 50 cents a share, way up ...

With the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack still making headlines and resulting in new government policy, a new report from application security provider WhiteHat Security Inc. finds that companies across multiple industries remain exposed to future attacks. WhiteHat’s monthly Appsec Stats Flash report released today found that the Window of Exposure, a key metric indicative of breach ...