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 ...

Facebook Inc. today made a $5.7 billion investment in Jio Platforms Ltd. in return for a 9.99% stake, valuing the subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Inc. at nearly $66 billion. Jio Platforms operates a variety of businesses, key among them Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., the largest mobile network in India with 388 million customers. ...

Four serious security vulnerabilities have been found in International Business Machine Corp.’s Data Risk Manager that can allow hackers to execute unauthenticated remote code — and there’s no patch yet available. IBM Data Risk Manager, previously known as Agile 3 Solutions, is a software platform that aggregates data from different systems across an organization to ...

Digital identity management startup ForgeRock Inc. has $93.5 million in new funding to invest in research and development, cloud, global sales and market awareness. The Series E round announced today was led by Riverwood Capital and included Accel, Meritech Capital, Foundation Capital and KKR Growth. As part of the deal, Riverwood Capital co-founder and Managing Partner Jeff ...

Shares in Snap Inc. surged 20% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company beat analyst forecasts with strong revenue and user growth. For the quarter ending March 31, Snap reported revenue rose 44% from a year ago, to $462 million. That easily topped analysts’ predictions of $431 million. The revenue jump was reflected in an increase ...

Popular third-party Android app provider Aptoide S.A. has suffered major data breach with the details of 20 million users published on a hacking forum. The data breach was first discovered by security researchers at Under the Breach and is likely bigger yet, with those behind the hack claiming that they have in total 39 million ...

Financial technology startup Rapyd Ltd. announced today that it has acquired Korta ehf, an Iceland-based payment card service provider, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2002, Korta offers cross-border payments services in the European Union. The company offers services such as point-of-sale terminals, online payments and card storage services. Korta offers support for both Visa Inc. and ...