Shares in CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. rose in after-hours trading today after the cybersecurity firm beat analysts’ estimates for its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, CrowdStrike reported revenue jumped 74% from a year ago, to $264.9 million. The figure was boosted by subscription revenue that rose 77%, to $244.7 million. Annual recurring ...

The chief executive of Sky Global Inc. has hit back at U.S. authorities after he was indicted late last week over his involvement in the encrypted messaging app that was at the center of a criminal investigation in Europe. The app, Sky ECC, was the focus of police targeting criminals in the Netherlands and Belgium ...

Microsoft Corp. today released a one-click Microsoft Exchange On-Premises Mitigation Tool designed to help customers apply critical security updates related to a serious vulnerability first disclosed earlier this month. The EOMT has been created particularly to help customers that don’t have dedicated security or information technology teams to apply the relevant security updates, but it’s ...

Low-code startup Genesis Global Technology Ltd. has raised $45 million in new funding to expand into international markets such as Asia-Pacific and build out its low-code and no-code tooling. The Series B round was led by Accel and included GV, Salesforce Ventures, Citi, Illuminate Financial and Tribeca Early Stage Partners. Founded in 2012, Genesis pitches itself ...

General Motor Co.’s majority-owned autonomous vehicle company Cruise LLC said today it has acquired self-driving car startup Voyage Auto Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2017, Palo Alto, California-based Voyage focuses on developing self-driving car technology to “supercharge” communities, especially retirement communities. The company’s technology is retrofitted onto existing vehicles, which are then deployed to ...

Payment technology company Stripe Inc. announced today that it has raised an additional $600 million in new funding on a $95 billion valuation to invest in its European operations, support surging demand from enterprise heavyweights across Europe and expand its global payments and treasury network. The Series H round included Allianz X, Axa, Baillie Gifford, Fidelity Management & ...

Sales and marketing company Insider Sales Solutions has suffered a data breach that left a database of 1.5 million customer records exposed online. Discovered and publicized today Secure Thoughts in conjunction with security expert Jeremiah Fowler, the exposed database, entitled “shared,” was not password-protected. It included invoicing and payment records, references to reports and other potentially ...

Autonomous breach protection startup Cynet Security Ltd. announced today it  has raised $40 million in new funding to expand its business reach in the North American and European markets. The Series C round was led by Greenfield Partners and included Norwest Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, BlueRed Partners and Deutsche Telekom. Founded in 2015, Cynet provides a breach ...

Cryptocurrency lending firm BlockFi Lending LLC announced today it has raised $350 million in new funding on a valuation of $3 billion to add features to its product suite, accelerate expansion into new markets and provide capital for select acquisition opportunities. The Series D round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, DST Global, Pomp Investments and Tiger Global and ...

Apple Inc. today filed a lawsuit against a former employee, accusing him of passing trade secrets to a member of the media in return for favorable coverage of companies he was involved in. The lawsuit names the former employee as Simon Lancaster, but Lancaster goes by the name of “Simon Lancaster-Larocque (he/him)” on LinkedIn. Lancaster held ...