Softbank Plans Big Push into Insurance Investments October 16, 2018 By Eric Auchard and Simon Jessop Softbank’s Vision Fund plans to pump more money into insurance, a sector it sees as both ripe for disruption and...
Study Warns of Cyber Hacking Risk to Firms Using SAP, Oracle Management Software August 6, 2018 By Eric Auchard At least a dozen companies and government agencies have been targeted and thousands more are exposed to data breaches by...
Insurtech Firm Wefox Seeks New Funding with Softbank Among Investors: Sources August 2, 2018 By Eric Auchard and Simon Jessop Wefox, one of Europe’s fastest-growing insurance technology firms, is close to settling on a new “triple-digit million” euro funding round,...
Study Warns of Cyber Hacking Risk to Firms Using SAP, Oracle Management Software July 25, 2018 By Eric Auchard At least a dozen companies and government agencies have been targeted and thousands more are exposed to data breaches by...
Romanian Firm UiPath Ascends as Leader in Automating Business Tasks Such as Claims March 7, 2018 By Eric Auchard Romanian firm emerges as leader in automating business tasks Romanian software firm UiPath has raised $153 million in new venture...
Artificial Intelligence Raises Real Risks from Malicious Hackers, Rogue States February 21, 2018 By Eric Auchard Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are raising risks that malicious users will soon exploit the technology to mount automated hacking...
Cyber VC Firm, Advised by Ex-Intelligence Officials, Plans Europe M&As January 26, 2018 By Eric Auchard A venture capital fund advised by former British and U.S. intelligence officials is planning a string of acquisitions to create...
KKR-Backed Optiv Plans to Offer Cyber Security Services in Europe January 24, 2018 By Eric Auchard Optiv Security, an acquisitive Denver-based company backed by private equity firm KKR, is expanding into Europe where it will offer...
Lebanon Spy Agency Turns Smartphones into Spycams in 21 Countries: Researchers January 19, 2018 By Eric Auchard Lebanon’s intelligence service may have turned the smartphones of thousands of targeted individuals into cyber-spying machines in one of the...
Cyber Spies with Possible Russian Links Targeted European Hotel Guests: FireEye August 11, 2017 By Eric Auchard A cyber-spying group with suspected links to Russian military intelligence was probably behind a campaign targeting hotel guests in eight...