Malaysia Airlines Berhad has disclosed a data breach that involved the theft of data from its frequent flyer program, but in a twist on a standard data theft story, the airline said the breach spanned nine years. The data breach involved a third-party information technology service provider that was tasked with running the airline’s Enrich ...

Microsoft Corp. issued a warning today that a new Chinese state-sponsored hacking group is targeting on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server using a number of recently identified and now patched vulnerabilities. The hacking group, dubbed “Hafnium” by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center, is described as “highly skilled and sophisticated.” It’s specifically attempting to steal information ...

Following its acquisition of Postmates Inc. last year, Uber Technologies Inc. today spun off the delivery provider’s robotics division previously known as Postmates X into a new company called Serve Robotics Inc. Serve Robotics debuts with an undisclosed amount of initial funding in a round led by Neo that included Uber, Long Journey Ventures, Western Technology ...

Private equity firm TPG Capital today announced it has signed a deal to acquire cybersecurity firm Thycotic Software Ltd. for $1.4 billion. Founded in 1996, Thycotic offers privileged access management solutions that are designed to protect an organization’s data, devices and code across cloud, on-premises data center and hybrid environments. The company’s PAM solutions are ...

Tether, the wholly owned division of iFinex Inc. that offers the USDT stablecoin, claims it’s being extorted by threat actors demanding a payment of 500 bitcoin ($24.625 million) not to publish allegedly stolen emails. In a series of tweets Sunday on its Twitter account, Tether said that documents circulating online purporting to be between Tether ...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will start a bitcoin desk with support for bitcoin futures and a form of short-term futures for clients next week, according to a report today from Reuters. The report describes Goldman Sachs as “restarting” its cryptocurrency desk amid a boom in bitcoin, but that may not be entirely correct. The company had advanced ...

The next range of Apple Inc. iPhones due out later this year will feature a smaller notch, which will then be replaced altogether in models next year, according to an investor note today from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo, who is famed for his remarkable accuracy in predicting future Apple trends, claims that the iPhone 13 lineup ...

A lab studying COVID-19 at the University of Oxford has been targeted by a cyberattack with at least some access gained to internal systems. First reported Feb. 25 by Forbes, the attack on Oxford’s Division of Structural Biology is believed to have occurred around the middle of February. Officially Oxford University is describing it as an isolated ...

Drone manufacturer Skydio Inc. today announced it has raised $170 million on a unicorn valuation topping $1 billion to enable it to expand globally and accelerate product development. The Series D round was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Growth Fund and included Linse Capital, Next47, IVP and UP Partners. Skydio becomes the first U.S. drone company with a valuation ...

Cybersecurity asset management startup Axonius Inc. today revealed it has raised $100 million in new funding on a unicorn valuation of above $1 billion. The company plans to use the Series D round to expand its cybersecurity asset management platform to meet what it says is surging market demand. The round was led by Stripes and included ...