Shares in Square Inc. plummeted in after-hours trading after the financial services provider disclosed in its quarterly earnings report that it had purchased bitcoin at a time the cryptocurrency is declining in price. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Square reported revenue jumped 141% from a year ago, to $3.16 billion, in the quarter ended ...

Sophos Group plc today announced a partnership with Qualcomm Inc. to provide its Intercept X endpoint protection to 5G personal computers powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon compute platforms. Qualcomm’s main 8cv compute platform, unveiled in December 2018, offers a seven-nanometer central processing unit designed for Windows 10 PCs. The platform enables 5G connectivity built on smartphone ...

Israeli information technology automation platform startup Atera Networks Ltd. announced today it has raised $25 million in new funding led by K1 Investment Management to expand research and development, widen its geographic footprint and accelerate its market expansion efforts. Founded in 2011, Atera offers an all-in-one platform that combines remote monitoring and management with help desk, reporting ...

Sequoia Capital, one of the most famous venture capital firms in Silicon Valley has suffered a data breach with investor information likely stolen. Officially referred to by the firm as a “cybersecurity incident,” it’s believed that the attack vector was via an employee being phished. Whether malware or ransomware was involved in the data breach ...

EquityBee Inc., a company that helps startup employees raise money to exercise their stock options, said today it has raised $20 million in new funding to accelerate growth and expand product offerings. The Series A round was led by Group 11 and included Oren Zeev Ventures, Battery Ventures and ICON Continuity Fund. Founded in 2018, EquityBee offers ...

A new form of malware has been discovered to be infecting Apple Inc. computers running Intel Corp. chips and the company’s own M1 chips but oddly it’s not known what the intent behind the malware is. Detailed late last week by security researches at Red Canary, the malware targets LaunchAgent, a root-level folder in macOS that ...

The hot audio-based social app Clubhouse has apparently suffered a data breach, as a third-party developer designed an open-source app that allowed Android smartphone users to access the invite-only, iPhone-only service. Launched in March 2020, Clubhouse is an audio-based social app that allows users to join group chats spontaneously. It raised $100 million in funding ...

Data relating to millions of car owners in California may have been stolen after a third-party contractor used by the California Department of Motor Vehicles was struck by a ransomware attack. The ransomware attack struck Automatic Funds Transfer Services Inc., a Seattle-based company that provides financial services and data management services the DMV uses to ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Security Response Center today concluded its internal investigation into the SolarWinds Worldwide LLC breach, finding that although some source code was downloaded, there was no evidence hackers had abused internal systems or products to attack its users. Reports that Microsoft had been a possible victim of the SolarWinds hack first emerged Dec. 17 ...

Israeli software-as-a-service automation startup Torii Labs Ltd. has raised $10 million in new funding to develop out its management platform and hire more people. The early-stage venture capital round was was led by Wing Venture Capital and included Entree Capital, Global Founders Capital, Scopus Ventures and Uncork Capital. Founded in 2017, Torii offers a SaaS ...