Cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today acquired Israeli cloud security startup Dome9 Security Inc. to enhance its cloud security offering. Although the price of the acquisition was not disclosed, The Times of Israel claimed the deal came in at $175 million in cash plus stocks and options. Founded in 2011, Dome9 offers a cloud firewall management ...

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has channeled former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a rallying call for the introduction of new data privacy laws to protect consumers. Speaking at a privacy conference in Brussels Wednesday, Cook (pictured) railed against what he dubbed the “data-industrial complex” that has “weaponized against us with military ...

Japan’s Financial Services Agency today granted the local cryptocurrency industry self-regulatory status, giving policing powers to an association backed by the industry. The Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association has been bestowed the status of “certified fund settlement business association,” giving it the right to set rules to safeguard customer assets, prevent money laundering and give operational ...

Developing self-driving cars is hard. That’s the main takeaway from the news today that General Motors Co. is the latest company to stumble in autonomous vehicle efforts. According to Reuters, cars developed by GM’s Cruise unit, which first started on-street testing in 2016, are facing “some unexpected technical challenges,” including difficulty in “identifying whether objects ...

In a surprising finding ahead of the U.S. midterm elections Nov. 6, a survey has found that nearly one in five people may not vote due to security concerns with voting systems. The finding comes from the 2018 Unisys Security Index, which compiles the results of a poll of 13,000 consumers in 13 countries, including more than ...

A Washington internet service provider is the latest company found to have exposed confidential data via a misconfigured Amazon Web Services instance, or virtual server. But in a serious twist to a common tale, the data was far more than simple customer details. The company in question is called PocketiNet Communications Inc. and UpGuard Inc. found 73 gigabtyes ...

The Triton malware that targeted industrial control systems in the Middle East in December has been linked to Russia in a newly published report. FireEye Inc. claimed Tuesday that the malware, believed responsible for the shutdown of a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia, was developed by the Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics. That’s a ...

Bitcoin and blockchain startup Circle Internet Financial Inc. just got a big boost for its burgeoning USD Coin, gaining the support today of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc. The USDC stablecoin was announced by Circle in May alongside a round of funding before being offered publicly in September. A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to minimize the price volatility ...

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. is preparing for an initial public offering, according to an unconfirmed report. Reuters, quoting “people familiar with the matter,” claimed that the popular CDN provider is looking at going public in the first half of the year on a $3.5 billion valuation. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is said to have ...

Ford Motor Co. will set a historic first as the first company to deploy self-driving vehicles onto the streets of Washington D.C. The test of the vehicles, run in conjunction with Argo AI, the artificial intelligence startup it invested $1 billion into back in February 2017, will begin in the first half of next year. The ...