Facebook Inc. has alleged that Israeli spyware company NSO Group Technologies Ltd. hacked about 1,400 WhatsApp users using U.S. servers. The claim came in a court filing Friday made in response to an attempt by NSO Group and its affiliate Q Cyber Technologies Ltd. to have the WhatsApp lawsuit dismissed. NSO claims that it has sovereign immunity from ...

Bitcoin mining equipment maker Ebang International Holdings Inc. has filed to go public with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Founded in 2010, Ebang designs and manufactures application-specific integrated circuit chips and fabless integrated circuits for bitcoin mining machines. A top 10 manufacturer in the market, the company was the leading bitcoin mining machine producer in 2019, ...

Payment technology company Stripe Inc. today added a range of new features to its lineup of services nearly two weeks after announcing it raised $600 million in new venture capital. The three major updates include expanded support for global card networks, an updated revenue optimization engine and a new application programming interface that allows U.S. businesses to issue ...

Fresh off better-than-expected quarterly earnings, Snap Inc. today announced that it plans to raise $750 million in new funding through a debt offering. Snap will issue convertible senior notes that expire May 1, 2025, unless repurchased, redeemed or converted before that date, with an option for buyers to acquire an additional $112.5 million of the ...

Online collaborative whiteboard startup Miro (RealtimeBoard Inc.) today said it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand its platform. The goal is to provide enterprises and developers with application programming interfaces to embed Miro whiteboards into their business applications. The Series B round was led by ICONIQ Capital and included Accel and a number of individual investors. ...

Zoom Video Communications Inc. continues to surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic even as yet another security vulnerability has been revealed. Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan revealed during a webinar on April 22 that the company now has more than 300 million daily users, up 50% from 200 million users it had at the beginning ...

A hacking group is targeting companies using the self-hosted ad serving platform Revive to inject and deliver malicious advertising to website visitors. In an attack detailed today by security researcher Eliya Stein from Confiant Inc., the ad servers are being targeted by a group dubbed Tag Barnacle. Revive Adserver is a popular open-source ad serving platform for those who ...

A database with 2.5 million credit card transactions belonging to New York mobile payments solutions provider PAAY LLC has been found exposed online. Discovered and revealed today by security researcher Anurag Sen, the database included credit card numbers, expiration dates and amount spent dating back to Sept. 1. The database did not include cardholder name ...

Meeting notes startup Hugo Corp. today revealed that it has raised $6.1 million in funding to continue to hire more people and accelerate product development. The seed round was led by Gradient Ventures, Google LLC’s AI-focused investment fund and included Slack Fund, Founder Collective and Entrée Capital. Founded in 2018, Hugo offers cloud-based meeting notes software that brings ...

Zoom Video Communications Inc. today launched an updated version of its videoconference app that addresses some of the security issues that have plagued the company since it surged to the top of app charts amid the coronavirus pandemic. Zoom 5.0 introduces a higher standard of encryption, password-enabled default and a new security hub, among other ...