Microsoft Corp. today addressed nearly 70 vulnerabilities in its monthly “Patch Tuesday” release, the most notable one for a so-called privilege vulnerability. The vulnerability, known as CVE-2018-1038, affects Windows 7 for x64-based systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based systems. In addition, keeping on trend with the February and March releases, April’s Patch Tuesday includes operating-system-level mitigations ...

Cybersecurity firm Carbon Black Inc. is going public, filing its initial public offering paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Monday. It’s the latest firm to go the IPO route in what’s shaping up to be a big year for new issues. The company filed for a $100 million offering, but that’s a common ...

While enterprises continue to modernize their current information technology infrastructure, applications and processes, security professionals remain concerned that on-premises tools are not adequately providing security against new cloud-related risks. That’s according to a new report from Sumo Logic Inc. The 2018 Global Security Trends in the Cloud, based on a survey of IT security personnel, found that ...

Widespread adoption of software-as-a-service products is being held back by concerns over cybersecurity, according to a new report from iboss Inc. The “Head in the Clouds: Misconceptions Hindering Enterprise Cloud Adoption” report, based on a survey of information technology decision makers and office employees in U.S. enterprises, found that 94 percent of decision makers had concerns ...

Connected vehicle security startup Karamba Security Ltd. today said it has raised $10 million in additional capital via Silicon Valley-based venture debt firm Western Technology Investment. The money will be used to fund the acquisition of companies and technology assets to accelerate Karamba’s Autonomous Security portfolio. Last May, the company raised $12 million in a venture capital round. ...

Container threat detection startup StackRox Inc. today said it has raised $25 million in new funding. The Series B round was led by Redpoint Ventures and included Sequoia Capital and Amplify Partners. Founded in 2014, StackRox offers a cloud-based platform that offers continuous advanced threat detection for container technologies included Docker and Kubernetes. The company’s platform, designed to assist enterprise users ...

Venture capital investments into startups are set to experience a record-breaking year, according to the latest quarterly report from the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. The report, which monitors venture capital activity, found that $8 billion was raised in the first quarter of this year, a slight decline from previous quarters. Although that’s obviously not record activity, ...

Bitcoin bears have dominated the market this year, but not everyone is ready to write off the cryptocurrency quite yet. Gemini Trust Company LLC, the cryptoexchange owned by the Winklevoss twins, today announced a new product that aims to reduce the impact of large volume bitcoin trades on the overall market. Called Gemini Block Trading, the new service allows ...

Mixed-reality sensor and peripherals maker Leap Motion Inc. has launched a new augmented reality platform called Project North Star that aims to deliver $100 AR headsets with hand tracking. Leap Motion, best known for its hand tracking hardware development, sees Project North Star as an open AR platform, releasing hardware specifications and software under an open-source license to ...

Uber Technologies Inc.’s deal to sell its Southeast Asian operations to Grab Taxi Pte. Ltd. is facing regulatory pushback in the region as a number of countries have expressed concern about the deal lessening competition in local markets. Leading the pack is the Philippines, where the country’s antitrust agency on Saturday ordered Uber to continue ...