Shares in DocuSign Inc. rose in after-hours trading today after the electronic signature platform provider topped earnings expectations in the first quarter thanks to growing demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the quarter ended April 30, DocuSign reported revenue rose 39% from a year ago, to $297 million. Profit before certain costs such as stock ...

State-sponsored hackers are actively targeting the U.S. presidential campaigns of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, according to a senior Google security researcher. The claim come from Shane Huntley, the head of the Google Threat Analysis Group. He wrote on Twitter that the Google team had seen a Chinese advanced persistent threat group targeting Biden ...

Security researchers from the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team along with KPMG’s U.K. Cyber Response Services have discovered a new form of ransomware that’s being used by attackers. Dubbed “Tycoon,” the ransomware is uniquely Java-based and targets both Windows and Linux systems. Believed to have been first used in December, Tycoon leverages an obscure Java image format to ...

The prolific hacking group REvil has started auctioning off sensitive data stolen from companies in its various ransomware attacks. The group, also known as Sodinokibi, is auctioning the stolen data through a dark web site dubbed the “Happy Blog” that offers eBaylike auctions. The first cache of stolen data offered for auction is from Canadian agricultural ...

The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System has suffered a data breach, with data belonging to some 74,000 members likely stolen. The data breach came via the third-party web development firm 10up Inc. which hosts the website for SFERS. 10up placed a database of 74,000 members dating from August 2018 on a test server that was hacked Feb. ...

A contractor for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has allegedly been hit in a ransomware attack and the group behind it claims to have stolen company files. The apparent attack comes from the DopplePaymer ransomware group and involves Digital Management LLC, a Bethesda, Maryland-based firm that offers business intelligence and cybersecurity services to ...

Paperwork automation platform startup Anvil Foundry Inc. announced today it has raised $5 million in new funding. The Series A round was led by Gradient Ventures — Google’s AI-focused investment fund — and included Citi Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Financial Venture Studio and 122 West. Founded in 2018, Anvil offers a low-code paperwork automation platform designed to assist businesses ...

Work orchestration and observability platform startup Cutover announced today it has added Barclays plc as an investor into its $17 million Series A round to increase its development capability while supporting its expansion into new verticals. Founded in 2013, Cutover, formally known as Godesic Ltd., offers a platform designed to provide full organizational visibility into dynamic flows of ...

San Francisco-based mobile banking startup Varo Money Inc. revealed today that it has raised $241 million in new funding to expand development of its mobile banking products. The Series D round was co-led by Gallatin Point Capital and The Rise Fund and included HarbourVest and Progressive Insurance. Founded in 2015, Varo offers a mobile-first banking service ...

A new report from mobile security firm Lookout Inc. details an alarming increase in enterprise mobile phishing attempts. The Lookout 2020 Mobile Phishing Spotlight Report digs into the current mobile security landscape across both iOS and Android and found that there has been a 37% increase worldwide in the enterprise mobile phishing encounter rate between the fourth ...