Application security startup Contrast Security Inc. has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Battery Ventures that included previous investors General Catalyst and Acero Capital. Founded in 2014, Contrast Security provides “self-protecting” security software that protects enterprise software applications from within. The company’s Contrast Assess and Contrast Protect products work together across popular development and deployment methods ...

Intel Capital, the investment arm of the giant chip maker, announced Thursday that it has invested $60 million in 15 data-focused startups as part of its plan to support early-stage innovation in the rapidly growing sector. The 15 companies cross borders, located in the United States, Canada, China, Israel and Japan. They also include substantial ...

Blockchain startup Tezos, which raised $233 million in an initial coin offering in July, is imploding as the founders of the code have declared war on the head of the foundation set up to raise funding to support its development. The row involves Arthur and Kathleen Breitman of Dynamic Ledger Solutions Inc., the company that developed the ...

New versions of malware spread by the Necurs botnet has been found to have a disturbing new twist: Along with making traditional infections, the software is now taking screenshots and gathering data from infected personal computers and sending it back to a command-and-control server. Spotted by researchers at Symantec Corp., the Necurs botnet, which is ...

Enterprise risk management firm Resolver Inc. has acquired Sunnyvale, California-based risk intelligence solutions startup RiskVision Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2005, RiskVision offers an enterprise intelligence platform designed for a “real-time, big data, threat-centric world.” The platform is claimed to deliver the industry’s best usability, scale, automation and time-to-deployment advantages – at a fraction of ...

Smartwatches designed for kids that are often pitched to parents as safety devices are highly vulnerable to hacking. That’s according to research published Wednesday by the Norwegian Consumer Council in conjunction with security firm Mnemonic AS. They found serious security and privacy flaws in smartwatches for children that could allow strangers to seize control of ...

In a possible sign of strength for technology initial public offerings, New York City-based database company MongoDB Inc.’s shares jumped 34 percent in their first day of trading today to close at $32.07 a share. The company set its IPO price Wednesday evening at $24 a share, up from an initial guidance of $18 to $20 a ...

In a story that really should be filed in “things you can’t make up,” Google LLC has caved to pressure and withdrawn the use of an cupcake emoji after people complained that it was “triggering” them into eating the pastries and “fat shaming” them. The evil, horrible, oh-so-bad, world-ending cupcake emoji in question arrived as ...

Former Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency head Dr. Regina Dugan has mysteriously resigned from her role as the head of Facebook Inc.’s hardware lab “Building 8” after only 18 months to focus on “building and leading a new endeavor.” Dugan, who along with leading DARPA, the U.S. government organization that created the internet, has an ...

Self-driving cars are coming to New York City as General Motors Corp. announced that it will be the first company to deploy the nascent technology on the streets of Manhattan starting next year. GM will be testing a fleet of Level 4 automated Chevrolet Bolts fitted out by Cruise Automation Inc., the self-driving car startup GM ...