Confirming what has perhaps always been known but rarely stated publicly, the founder of popular encrypted-messaging app Telegram Messenger LLP said that he was indeed offered bribes by U.S. government officials to install a backdoor into the app to give them access to messages. The accusation comes from Pavel Durov, who took to Twitter to make the ...

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an alert Tuesday that the North Korean government is targeting businesses with malware and botnet-related attacks as part of a concerted new hacking campaign. Dubbed “Hidden Cobra,” the campaign is targeting media, aerospace, financial and critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S. and around the world using a mixture of tools, according ...

Remote monitoring and management startup Continuum Managed Services LLC has been acquired for an undisclosed price by Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm with a taste for investing in enterprise and security startups. Founded in 2011, Continuum offers a cloud-based platform that allows managed service providers to backup, monitor, troubleshoot and maintain information technology ...

Verizon Communication Inc.’s long-running and occasionally drama-filled takeover of Yahoo Inc. is finally over. The company announced Tuesday that the deal has now officially closed. Yahoo properties, including news, sports and other sites, will join properties from the Verizon-owned AOL in a new property bizarrely called Oath under the management of former AOL Chief Executive Officer Tim ...

Russian hackers are alleged to have targeted election systems in 39 states, according to a report published Tuesday. Bloomberg, citing sources “with direct knowledge of the U.S. investigation,” claims that incursions into voter databases and software systems occurred in almost twice as many states as previously reported. Among the states targeted, the report, said, are ...

On-demand physical-goods storage startup Clutter Inc. has raised $64 million in a late-stage funding round led by Atomico. Founded in 2013, the Culver City, California-based company offers a Uber-for-storage type service in that it allows users store extra belongings without actually leaving their house. Users access an app to book a pickup time for the items they want ...

Microsoft Corp. has acquired Israeli security firm Hexadite Ltd., a company that offers automated incident response solutions to cyberattacks. The price of the acquisition was not officially disclosed, but TechCrunch, citing sources, said the deal was sealed for a neat $100 million. Founded in 2014, Hexadite claims to be changing the way cyberincident response is done, ...

Space may be the final frontier, but this is the story of a startup using technology first developed by NASA back here on Earth, commercializing industrial-grade artificial intelligence software for fossil fuel exploration. Founded in 2012, Beyond Limits Inc. has raised $20 million in a Series B round led by BP Ventures, the venture arm of BP PLC., formerly ...

Despite nearly constant criticism from the media, ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. continues to plow ahead, as a report Thursday claimed it’s in talks to acquire Luxe Valet Inc., a San Francisco-based startup that specializes in on-demand valet parking. Founded in 2013, Luxe aimed to make users “fall in love with parking.” It claimed to ...

Fintech startup Addepar Inc., a company that offers a “financial operating system” for investors, has raised $140 million in a late-stage funding round. Founded in 2009, Addepar offers a technology platform whose data-driven service claims to bring “common sense” to the market. According to the company, its financial operating system gives asset owners and advisers a clearer ...