A new study from Georgia Institute of Technology researchers has found malicious plugins installed on some 25,000 WordPress websites. The researchers analyzed backups from over 400,000 web servers and found 47,337 malicious plugins across 24,931 unique WordPress sites using a web development tool named “YODA.” Every compromised website in their dataset had two or more ...

Hackers behind a phishing attack that compromised accounts on cloud communications provider Twilio Inc. used their access to intercept onetime passwords issued by Okta Inc. The hack on Twilio took place on Aug. 4 and involved the theft of employee credentials that in turn gave the hacker access to a limited number of customer accounts. To ...

The same hacking group that successfully breached Twilio Inc. and attempted to breach Cloudflare Inc. earlier this month is now believed to have breached more than 130 organizations in the same phishing campaign. As detailed today by researchers at Group-IB Global Pvt. Ltd., the phishing campaign, codenamed “0ktapus” after its impersonation of identity and access management service ...

Shares in Affirm Holdings Inc. plunged in late trading after the payments company missed forecasts on quarterly earnings and offered a lower-than-expected outlook for the quarter ahead. For its fiscal fourth quarter that ended June 30, Affirm reported a net loss of 65 cents per share, surpassing last year’s loss of 48 cents per share. ...

Data analytics software firm Sumo Logic Inc. reported an earnings beat and a slightly better-than-expected outlook for its fiscal second quarter as its revenue continues to grow. For the second quarter ended July 31, Sumo Logic reported a loss even before costs such as stock compensation of $12 million or 10 cents per share, compared with a ...

Shares in Marvell Technology Inc. dropped in late trading after the infrastructure semiconductor maker issued a lower-than-expected fiscal third-quarter outlook. For its second quarter ended July 30, Marvell reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of $486 million, or 57 cents per share, up from $284 million or 34 cents per share in the same ...

Shares in Workday Inc. surged in late trading after the enterprise resource planning software giant delivered an earnings beat and revised its operating margin outlook amid strong growth. For its second quarter ended July 31, Workday reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of 83 cents per diluted share, down from $1.23 at ...

Cloud subscription services company Zuora Inc. has announced it has entered a deal to acquire subscription paywall software startup Zephr Inc. for $44 million in cash. Founded in 2017, Zephr offers a technology platform for media companies to grow their subscription revenue. The company says its identity, access management and customer experience platform allow for the swift ...

Shares in Box Inc. dropped slightly in late trading despite the file-sharing company reporting a modest earnings beat in its fiscal second quarter. For the quarter ended July 31, Box reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of 28 cents per share, up from 21 cents per share in the second quarter of 2022. ...

Salesforce Inc. shares dropped in late trading today after the cloud-based software company came up short in its quarterly and full-fiscal year outlook. For its second quarter ended July 31, Salesforce reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of $1.19 a share, down from $1.48 per share in the same quarter last year. Revenue ...