Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corp. today acquired cybersecurity assessment firm Clear Skies Security LLC for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2008, Clear Skies specializes in helping companies discover vulnerabilities in their computer networks and applications before they can be exploited by hackers. The company offers a range of services, including application assessments, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, architecture reviews ...

They may not be stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, but the folks at free stock-trading app maker Robinhood Market Inc. are certainly merry as the company raised yet more venture capital ahead of its expected initial public offering. The latest raise of $460 million is an extension on its Series G round ...

Shopify Inc. has suffered a data breach and details from about 200 merchant accounts were stolen by employees. Reported Tuesday, the data theft involved two “rogue” Shopify support team members whom the company describes as engaged in a “scheme” to obtain customer transactions records from certain merchants. The data stolen included contact information such as ...

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. said today it plans to acquire zero trust cybersecurity startup Preempt Security Inc. for $96 million. The deal consists of a cash payment of $86 million and $10 million in stock and options subject to vesting conditions. Founded in 2014 and launched in 2016, Preempt Security offers a zero-trust and conditional access solution ...

Google Cloud’s Chronicle security service today announced Chronicle Detect, a threat detection solution that leverages Google’s infrastructure to help enterprises identify threats faster and at larger scale. Designed to deliver threat detection to enterprises with the next generation of Google’s rules engine that “operates at the speed of search,” Detect offers a data fusion model that ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency today issued an alert on the increased spread of LokiBot, a form of malware designed to steal confidential information. LokiBot was discovered in 2016, but it’s the increased detection rate since July that has authorities concerned. Various forms of the malware, offered as open source on the ...

A joint operation across nine counties has led to the arrest of 179 people buying and selling illicit goods and services on the dark web. “Operation DisrupTor” was led by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation with support from German Federal Criminal Police, Dutch National Police, the U.K. National Crime Agency, U.S. government agencies ...

Morgan Beller, a co-founder of Facebook Inc.’s Libra digital currency project, has left Novi, the company formerly known as Calibra that was set up by Facebook to commercialize the idea. Formerly officially head of strategy at Novi, Beller (pictured) has left the company to become a general partner at early-stage venture capital firm NFX. Before starting ...

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Monday issued its first official guidance on stablecoins, which are cryptocurrency whose value is linked to traditional currency holdings. The guidance is potentially game-changing given that it confirms that U.S. banks can provide services to stablecoin issuers in the U.S. Banks are already providing services to stablecoin ...

After years of speculation, Google LLC could be getting close to facing a lawsuit on antitrust grounds, according to multiple reports published today. Both the New York Times and the Washington Post reported that the U.S. Justice Department is in the process of briefing states on their planned legal action against Google ahead of filing in ...