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Chinese researchers create ‘human-on-chip’ system using brain matter to create ‘organoid’ robot

Duncan Riley — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 23:36:04 +0000

Researchers at Tianjin University and the Southern University of Science and Technology in China have created a “human-on-chip” system that combines human brain matter with a neural interface chip and have used the technology to create a hybrid “organoid” robot. The technology is reported to be an emerging branch of brain-computer interfaces, which aims to […]

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Qualys warns of OpenSSH vulnerability researchers are calling ‘extremely dangerous’

Duncan Riley — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 22:56:49 +0000

Researchers at cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. are warning of an OpenSSH vulnerability affecting more than 14 million servers that some security researchers are calling “extremely dangerous” and “about as bad as they come.” Ray Kelly, a fellow at the Synopsys Software Integrity Group, said the “trifecta of remote code execution, root access and a widespread distribution across […]

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Typeform introduces enhanced capabilities for go-to-market teams in latest update

Duncan Riley — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:00:54 +0000

Form building and conservational data collection platform company Typeform SL today announced Typeform for Growth, a new suite of capabilities designed to help businesses capture, qualify and convert leads to boost revenue growth. The capabilities in Typeform for Growth have been created with growing businesses in mind to provide go-to-market teams with a platform to […]

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LogRhythm boosts security with data intelligence, AWS integration and compliance updates

Duncan Riley — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:00:08 +0000

Security intelligence firm LogRhythm Inc. today announced enhancements to its security solutions. They include improvements to its Machine Data Intelligence Fabric, simplified data retention via Amazon Web Services Inc.’s S3, compliance frameworks for National Institute of Standards and Technology standards, and a JSON normalization wizard as part of security information and events management updates. JSON, short for JavaScript Object […]

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SentinelLabs uncovers new CapraRAT spyware targeting Android users

Duncan Riley — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:00:29 +0000

A new report released today by SentinelLabs, the research arm of listed cybersecurity company SentinelOne Inc., warns of a resurgence of CapraRAT spyware targeting mobile gamers and weapons enthusiasts through malicious Android applications. CapraRAT is an Android remote-access trojan virus used by a Pakistan-linked threat actor called Transparent Tribe, also known as APT36, which first emerged around […]

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CISA joint guidance warns of memory safety vulnerabilities in open-source projects

Duncan Riley — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 23:28:42 +0000

A new joint guidance released by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at partners is warning of the widespread and costly prevalence of memory safety vulnerabilities in critical open-source projects and an urgent need for software manufacturers to adopt memory-safe programming practices. The Exploring Memory Safety in Critical Open Source Projects guidance, created by CISA […]

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Clay raises $46M on $500M valuation to enhance AI-driven sales and marketing platform

Duncan Riley — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:59:30 +0000

Artificial intelligence-driven sales and marketing startup Clay Labs Inc. today announced that it has raised $46 million in new funding on a $500 million valuation to enhance its platform for data aggregation, customer research and AI-driven personalized messaging. Founded in 2014, Clay offers a platform designed to enhance data enrichment and streamline personalized outreach, with […]

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Samsara debuts new IoT solutions for enhanced operational efficiency

Duncan Riley — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:30:45 +0000

Internet of things cloud platform provider Samsara Inc. today unveiled several new solutions for assets, training and automated workflows that are built to empower the “physical operations leaders who run the world.” The new products and solutions, announced at the company’s Beyond 24 conference in Chicago, are aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, safety and sustainability. The innovations […]

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Permissions management startup AuthZed raises $12M to accelerate its strategic expansion

Duncan Riley — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:00:47 +0000

Permissions management startup AuthZed Inc. today announced that it has raised $12 million in new funding to accelerate its strategic expansion, particularly targeting small to midsized organizations. Founded in 2020 by Jake Moshenko, Joey Schorr and Jimmy Zelinskie, veterans of CoreOS and RedHat, AuthZed provides a secure and scalable permissions management system for modern applications. […]

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Cisco Talos warns of wider security implications following Snowflake breach

Duncan Riley — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:00:19 +0000

A new report released today by Cisco Talos is warning of the implications of the recent Snowflake Inc.-related cloud data platform breach and how the comprised accounts highlight the vulnerabilities inherent in cloud environments. The Snowflake breach involved attackers using stolen login credentials to infiltrate customer accounts. The credentials were not protected by multifactor authentication, […]

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Background check firm KarmaCheck raises $45M to fuel development and growth

Duncan Riley — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:00:11 +0000

Background checks, credentialing and compliance software company KarmaCheck Inc. today announced that it has raised $45 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its technology platform and expand into new industry segments. Founded in 2019 by Eric Ly, one of the co-founders of LinkedIn, KarmaCheck pitches its offering as reimagining background checks and […]

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Jana Partners acquires stake in Rapid7, reportedly pushes for sale of company

Duncan Riley — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 23:13:44 +0000

Activist investor Jana Partners LLC has taken a stake in cybersecurity solutions provider Rapid7 Inc. and is reportly planning to push the company to sell itself. Jana’s managing partner, Scott Ostfelf, unveiled the investment today and, while not saying how many shares the investment firm had acquired, described Jana’s shareholding as “significant.” The Wall Street […]

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Supply chain attack compromises 100,000 websites via polyfill.io domain takeover

Duncan Riley — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:34:00 +0000

About 100,000 sites have potentially been compromised in a supply chain attack following an alleged Chinese firm’s takeover of a popular open-source library. The compromise involved the acquisition of polyfill.io, a domain name linked to the open-source Polyfill project, in February. Polyfill.io is a service that automatically provides the necessary polyfills — pieces of code […]

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Arctic Wolf report reveals 70% of organizations targeted by BEC attacks in past year

Duncan Riley — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:00:18 +0000

A new report out today from managed cybersecurity services company Arctic Wolf Networks Inc. finds a significant increase in business email compromise attacks, with 70% of all organizations reportedly targeted by BEC attacks in the last 12 months. The 2024 Arctic Wolf Trends report, based on a survey of its customers and internal data, found […]

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CData raises $350M in growth capital to enhance data connectivity solutions

Duncan Riley — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Data access and connectivity solutions company CData Software Inc. today announced that it has raised about $350 million in growth capital to accelerate its investments in building innovative data integration solutions for customers. Founded in 2016, CData offers data integration solutions for real-time access to online on on-premises applications, databases and web application programming interfaces. […]

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Google intensifies efforts against wide-reaching China-linked influence operation

Duncan Riley — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:56 +0000

Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group today shared insights into how it is taking on prolific influence operation actor DRAGONBRIDGE, a “spammy influence network” allegedly linked to China with a presence across multiple platforms. DRAGONBRIDGE, also known as “Spamouflage Dragon,” was first highlighted by Google TAG in January 2023. The group is known for producing a high […]

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Coder secures $35M to expand global footprint and enhance cloud development tools

Duncan Riley — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:39:46 +0000

Remote development platform company Coder Technologies Inc. announced today that it has raised $35 million in new funding to broaden its open-source footprint, evolve cloud development environments and expand globally. Founded in 2017, Coder provides open-source tools and an enterprise platform aimed at making it easier to configure, secure and scale development environments. The company’s mission is […]

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Rocketlane raises $24M to expand professional services automation and development efforts

Duncan Riley — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:13:35 +0000

Customer onboarding and professional services automation platform company Rocketlane Corp. announced today that it has raised $24 million in new funding to expand its operations and development efforts. Founded in 2020, Rocketlane offers a platform for collaborative customer onboarding and professional services automation designed to streamline project management, enhance team collaboration and improve overall customer […]

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Cloudflare AppSec report finds denial-of-service and bot attacks dominate web threat landscape

Duncan Riley — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000

A new report from content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today warns of a rapid rise in web threats dominated by distributed denial-of-service attacks, bot traffic and rapid zero-day vulnerability exploitation. The State of Application Security 2024 report is based on the analysis of HTTP traffic patterns observed between April 1, 2023, and March 31 this year. […]

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BlackBerry reports 40% increase in unique malware samples in first quarter

Duncan Riley — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:00:42 +0000

A new report out today from BlackBerry Ltd. details a significant increase in new malware used in cyberattacks in the first quarter of this year as overall attacks continue to surge. The latest BlackBerry Global Threat Intelligence Report reveals that BlackBerry cybersecurity solutions detected and stopped 3.1 million cyberattacks in the first quarter, or 37,000 […]

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LockBit claims Federal Reserve breach, demands ransom not to release stolen data

Duncan Riley — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 23:44:09 +0000

Infamous ransomware gang LockBit is claiming to have breached the U.S. Federal Reserve and is threatening to release stolen banking information if a ransom payment is not made. According to a listing on its dark web leaks site, LockBit claims to have “33 terabytes of juicy banking information containing Americans’ banking secrets” before going on […]

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Amazon reportedly working on new AI chatbot to compete with ChatGPT

Duncan Riley — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 23:06:23 +0000

Amazon.com Inc. is reported working on a new artificial intelligence chatbot that will compete directly with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Business Insider, citing people familiar with the matter, claims that the internal project building the AI is called “Metis,” a reference to the Greek goddess of wisdom. Metis is said to be powered by an internal Amazon […]

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Ollama addresses remote execution flaw following Wiz discovery

Duncan Riley — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:00:49 +0000

As generative artificial intelligence continues to grow in popularity and become mainstream, so do security issues surrounding large language models and their support services. A new report today from Wiz Inc. details one such vulnerability discovered in Ollama, the open-source infrastructure project designed to simplify the packaging and deployment of AI models. However, in a welcome […]

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US bans Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky over national security concerns

Duncan Riley — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:11:03 +0000

The U.S. Commerce Department today announced that it’s banning Kaspersky Lab Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky, and its subsidiaries and parent companies from selling its software in the U.S. The decision from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security institutes the ban starting July 20. The company is […]

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Cato Networks introduces new partner program to simplify managed SASE services

Duncan Riley — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:30:45 +0000

Cloud networking company Cato Networks Ltd. today announced a new partner platform that eliminates the complexity of delivering managed Secure Access Service Edge services. Called the Cato MSASE Partner Platform, the new platform is been designed to allow channel partners to rapidly deliver and profit from management SASE services. The platform gives partners vendor-level insight, control and […]

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Cyber resilience startup Semperis raises $125M for enterprise identity protection expansion

Duncan Riley — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:00:54 +0000

Enterprise identity protection and cyber resilience startup Semperis Ltd. today announced that it has secured $125 million in growth financing, which will allow it to invest in product innovation and support its expanding global customer base. Founded in 2014, Semperis offers cybersecurity services that specialize in protecting Active Directory and Azure AD from cyberthreats, as well as […]

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LockBit resurgence sees ransomware attacks reach record high in May

Duncan Riley — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:00:46 +0000

A new report released today by NCC Group plc has found that ransomware attacks hit a record high in May, driven by a massive resurgence in LockBit ransomware attacks. The NCC Group 2024 Threat Intel report found that global ransomware attacks rose by 32% month-over-month in May, to 470 recorded ransomware attacks, up from 356 […]

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Cyberattack on CDK Global disrupts car sales in North America

Duncan Riley — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:43:01 +0000

Data technology company CDK Global Inc., a major supplier of software to car dealerships in North America, has been hit by a cyberattack that has resulted in the company being forced to take its systems offline and clients being unable to process regular business transactions. The attack occurred today as systems going offline at around […]

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Nvidia reportedly acquires incident automation startup Shoreline for $100M

Duncan Riley — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:09:45 +0000

Nvidia Corp. has reportedly agreed to acquire incident automation startup Shoreline Inc., although neither company has confirmed the deal as of now. The details of the unconfirmed deal came from Bloomberg Tuesday, referencing people familiar with the matter. It reported a deal was struck recently and valued Shoreline at around $100 million. Founded in 2019, Shoreline provides intelligence […]

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Hackers demand $50M ransom payment from UK lab provider following hospital disruption

Duncan Riley — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:52:22 +0000

A Russian hacking group is reportedly demanding a $50 million ransom payment from a U.K. lab services provider following a ransomware attack earlier this month that disrupted hospitals in London. The hacking group, known as Qilin, targeted Synnovis Group LLP, which provides lab services to hospitals in London under the U.K.’s National Health Service. Someone […]

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