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Behavioral security analytics startup Cyberhaven raises $13M
Behavioral security analytics startup Cyberhaven Inc. today launched its main product with the announcement of $13 million in funding to further boost product development. The Series A round was led by Vertex Ventures and Costanoa Ventures and included Crane Venture Partners along with a number of individual investors. The company was founded in 2015 by a team of five ...
Data center provider CyrusOne hit by ransomware attack
Data center provider CyrusOne Inc. has suffered a ransomware attack knocking at least some of its customers offline. The attack, believed to involve a version of the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware, according to a report today by ZDNet, took place Dec. 4. A ransom note sent to the CyrusOne included its name at the top, suggesting that the attack ...
Huawei sues over ban on rural carriers buying its gear with government funds
Huawei Electronics Co. Ltd. today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in a bid to overturn a ban that prevents rural carriers from using a government fund to buy network equipment from the company. The ban, handed down Nov. 22, banned rural carriers from using funds for Huawei equipment, as well as ...
Report: five new iPhones in 2020, iPhone without Lightning connector in 2021
Famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is predicting that Apple Inc. will launch five new iPhones in 2020, but in a surprise, he’s predicting that in 2021 the company is planning to launch an iPhone without a Lightning connector. Kuo made the predictions in a research note from TF International Securities first reported today by Macrumors. As previously predicted by ...
UK retailer Sweaty Betty reports customer data stolen in Magecart attack
U.K. retailer Sweaty Betty is the latest victim of a so-called Magecart attack, as hackers inserted code on its website that intercepted and stole customer payment details. The hack was first disclosed in an email Tuesday to customers in which the company claimed it had been made aware of “unusual activity” on its website. The email ...
Bug bounty startup HackerOne suffers breach after analyst mistake
Bug bounty program startup HackerOne Inc. has suffered a security breach after accidentally giving a researcher the ability to read and modify some of its bug reports. The incident occurred because an analyst at Hackerone who was corresponding with the researcher provided a cURL command that mistakenly included a valid session cookie. That gave anyone ...
iPhone 11 Pro shares location data even when the option has been turned off
Apple Inc., a company that prides itself on customer privacy, has been caught out after it was discovered that the current model iPhone 11 Pro continues to share a location data even when the feature has been turned off. The unauthorized data sharing was discovered Tuesday by security researcher Brian Krebs, who found that the phones send location ...
Israeli cybersecurity startup Panorays raises $15M
Israeli cybersecurity startup Panorays Ltd today said it has raised $15 million in new funding to expand its marketing and sales initiatives as well as to do more research and development. The Series A round was led by Oak HC/FT and included previous investors Aleph VC and Lane Bess, the former chief executive officer of Palo Alto ...
Workday beats earnings expectations again on strong subscription revenue
Financial management and human capital management software firm Workday Inc. topped Wall Street estimates for another quarter thanks to strong subscription revenue growth. The company booked total revenue of $938.1 million in the third quarter, up 26% over the same quarter of 2018, with subscription revenue coming in at $798.5 million, up 28%. Workdays’ operating loss marginally ...
Salesforce beats earnings predictions, but guidance disappoints
Salesforce.com Inc. beat market analysts’ predictions for the second straight quarter, but disappointing guidance caused its stock price to drop slightly in after-hours trading. For the quarter ended Oct. 31, Salesforce reported revenue of $4.5 billion, up 33% from the same quarter of 2018. Analysts had predicted a figure of $4.46 billion. Subscription and support ...









