Cloud security startup Menlo Security Inc. today announced its new Data Loss Prevention solution powered by Isolation Core, a service that the company claims is a world’s first. The solution, introduced at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, is available as part of Menlo’s Global Cloud Proxy Platform. It’s built on the company’s patented Isolation Core, a ...

Uber Technologies Inc. likes to think of itself as more of a technology company than a glorified taxi firm, but with a new push into advertising, it’s going old school: ads on the top of vehicles. The ad push involves Uber signing a deal with ad-tech company Adomni, which provides mobile billboards for “out-of-home advertising,” or put ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has suffered a data breach, but though the extent of the breach and exactly what was involved is open to speculation, it may be the least of the company’s problems given that the Wuhan coronavirus  is out of control in South Korea. Initial reports suggested that the data breach may have ...

German cybersecurity firm Utimaco GmbH today announced it has acquired cryptographic key management firm Geobridge Corporation for an undisclosed price. Founded in 1997, Geobridge sells and supports encryption, cryptography and payment applications for payment processors, issuers, terminal manufacturers and merchants. In particular, the company’s services include key management program development, payments industry consulting, cryptographic software development warehouse ...

The Perth Mint Gold Token, a cryptocurrency token secured by gold and guaranteed by the government of Western Australia, begins public trading today, debuting on the KuCoin exchange. The token was launched in October by precious-metals digitization company InfiniGold Pty. Ltd. and is backed one-to-one by GoldPass certificates issued by the Perth Mint. GoldPass certificates are ...

Updated with announcement: Business and financial software company Intuit Inc. today confirmed it’s acquiring personal finance company Credit Karma Inc. for $7.1 billion in cash and stock. “Our mission is to power prosperity around the world with a bold goal of doubling the household savings rate for customers on our platform,” Intuit Chief Executive Officer ...

A data breach has hit the Defense Information Systems Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense agency tasked with providing information technology and communications support to the White House, Secretary of Defense, military services and combat commands. The personal data of about 200,000 people, including names and Social Security numbers, may have compromised, though the agency ...

Organizational management platform startup ChartHop Inc. today announced $5 million in new funding and emerged from stealth mode. The seed round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and included Abstract Ventures, the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund, CoFound, Cowboy Ventures, Flybridge Capital, Shrug Capital and Work Life Ventures. Founded in 2018, ChartHop pitches itself as the “world’s first org ...

The annual Game Developers Conference scheduled to be held in San Francisco March 16 is the latest to suffer from coronavirus-related fears as both Facebook Inc. and Sony Corp. withdrew from the event today. “GDC is always a highlight of our gaming event lineup, however, the health of our employees and the wider games community comes ...

Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of its Microsoft Threat Protection and Insider Risk Management platforms today, along with a version of its Defender antivirus software for Linux now and for Android and iOS later this year. Microsoft Threat Protection, released as a public preview in December, offers an integrated solution built on the Microsoft ...