A newly found vulnerability in GraphQL query language for application programming interfaces has been found to expose a leading business-to-business financial technology company. While the exposed company was not named, the GraphQL vulnerability was uncovered and detailed today by researchers at the API security firm Salt Security Inc. The vulnerability was identified by researching the mobile ...

Industrial cybersecurity startup Claroty Ltd. today announced that it has raised $400 million in new funding, money that no doubt comes in handy for its acquisition of “internet of things” security company Medigate Tech Ltd. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the Series E round. Also participating in the round were ISTARI, Team8 and Standard Investments. Yossi ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. has launched the not subtly named AWS Top Secret West region, the company’s second cluster to cater for U.S. top-secret information. Following what is now called AWS Top Secret East launched in 2017, the new cluster is designed to cater for customers in the U.S. defense, intelligence and national security communities. ...

No-code automation platform startup Torq Ltd. today announced it has raised $50 million in new funding to accelerate its expansion in an effort to meet rapidly increasing demand from enterprise customers and managed security service providers. Insight Partners led the Series B round. Also participating in the round were SentinelOne, GGV Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. Including the ...

Operational intelligence platform startup NetSpring Data Inc. revealed today that it has raised $13 million in new funding. Dell Technologies Capital led the Series A round with Khosla Ventures and Wipro Ventures also participating. Including the new funding, the company has raised $17.7 million to date, according to Crunchbase. Founded in 2019, NetSpring offers a cloud application ...

Israeli software-as-a-service security platform startup Grip Security Ltd. announced today it has raised $19 million in new funding to triple its headcount, accelerate product development and expand its go-to-market efforts in the U.S. Intel Capital led the Series A round. Also participating in the round was YL Ventures, which led a $6 million seed round into ...

Git cybersecurity startup GitGuardian SAS has announced that it has raised $44 million in new funding to accelerate growth strategies, extend its secret detection solution to become a comprehensive code security platform, expand its go-to-market and increase its headcount. Eurazeo led the Series B round. Also participating in the round were Sapphire, Balderton, BPI and Fly ...

Identity verification and authentication startup Incode Technologies Inc. today said it has raised $220 million in new funding on a valuation of $1.25 billion, giving the company “unicorn” status for the first time. General Atlantic and SoftBank led the Series B round. Also participating in the round were J.P. Morgan, Capital One, Coinbase, SVCI, DN Capital, ...

Intel Corp. announced late today that it plans to list shares publicly in Mobileye, the self-driving car company it acquired for $15.3 billion in 2017, in mid-2022. The announcement follows a report shortly before from The Wall Street Journal. Referring to people familiar with the matter, the Journal said the listing could value Mobileye at north of $50 ...

Microsoft Corp. said today it has seized 42 domains being used by a Chinese cyber espionage group that has targeted organizations in the U.S. and other countries. The group, called “Nickel” by Microsoft but better known as APT15, has been active since 2010 and is believed to be a state-sponsored hacking group. Microsoft has been tracking ...