blackberry ltds shares dropped wednesday after the technology company logged a loss in its fiscal third quarter and it forecast flat sales for its cybersecurity business in the early part of the next year in midday trading the shares were 8 lower at c518 the stock has declined 56 so far this year the waterloo canada company reported a loss of 4 million from a yearearlier profit of 74 million as revenue fell 82 to 169 million slightly ahead of the 164 million expected by analysts polled by factset during a conference call with analysts after the release of its results tuesday blackberry said the sales cycle for its cybersecurity software has lengthened it now expects the business to have flat sales in the first half of 2023 then show growth in the second half