Shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc. fell nearly 9% in late trading today after the network management and security firm reported beats in its fiscal third quarter but disappointed investors with its fourth-quarter forecast. For the quarter that ended on April 30, Palo Alto Networks reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.32, up from $1.10 ...

Google LLC has released a new emergency Chrome browser security update following the emergence of a new zero-day security vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-4947, the zero-day vulnerability is a “type confusion bug” in V8 in Google Chrome prior to version 125.0.6422.60 that allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary ...

Enterprise voice assistant startup PolyAI Ltd. today announced that it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand and enhance its artificial intelligence-powered voice automation technology, scale operations, innovate multilingual support, improve customer experiences and grow its market presence. Founded in 2017 as a spinoff from Cambridge University’s Machine Intelligence Lab, PolyAI offers a ...

Microsoft Corp. has reportedly asked hundreds of employees in its cloud-computing and artificial intelligence operations in mainland China to consider transferring outside of the country amid growing geopolitical tensions, but exactly how many staff may have been asked is uncertain. The story originally comes from The Wall Street Journal, which references people familiar with the ...

A new report released today by HP Inc. is warning that cybercriminals are using “cat-phishing” techniques to deceive victims by redirecting them to malicious websites through seemingly legitimate links. The finding came from the quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report, which shows that attackers are relying on open redirects, overdue invoice lures and Living-off-the-Land ...

Security intelligence and management solutions startup Exabeam Inc. and security intelligence firm LogRhythm Inc. are set to merge, with a goal to create a combined company that leverages strengths from each to deliver artificial intelligence-driven security operations. The merger is being pitched as allowing customers from both companies to benefit from enhanced research and development investments and product innovation, ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice have seized control of the infamous BreachForums hacking forum, at least according to a notice on the group’s site. First reported today by Bleeping Computer, the notice on the BreachForums site (pictured) reads that the website was taken down by the FBI and DOJ with assistance ...

Palo Alto Networks Inc. and IBM Corp. today announced a new partnership in which Palo Alto Networks will acquire IBM’s QRadar software-as-a-service assets and become IBM’s preferred cybersecurity partner across network, cloud and security operation centers. The partnership, described as a broad-reaching partnership to deliver artificial intelligence-power security outcomes to customers, seeks to address the ...

A new report released today by phishing detection and response solutions company Cofense Inc. warns that Meta Platforms Inc. business accounts are being targeted by a sophisticated phishing campaign. The report details a phishing operation that has the ability to bypass multifactor authentication protections, which are meant to prevent accounts from unauthorized access. According to Cofense, the ...

DevOps security startup Cycode Ltd. today announced that it has launched a new application security posture management marketplace that includes more than 100 integrations and connectors that allow customers to streamline application security workflows. Claimed to be the first of its kind, the Cycode ASPM marketplace is focused on providing relevant third-party security tools that help complement ...