Tidal Cyber announced today that it has raised $5 million in new funding to accelerate the growth of its platform, which enables security operations teams to focus on critical threats and take action to improve their cybersecurity posture. Founded as Tidal Security Inc. in 2022 by a team of threat intelligence veterans with experience at MITRE, the ...

A recently disclosed vulnerability in Atlassian Corp.’s Confluence Data Center and Server is being actively targeted in the wild and has been upgraded to a 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, the most severe rating possible. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-22518, is an improper authorization vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset Confluence ...

Cloud cybersecurity startup Orca Security Ltd. today announced a new integration with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform for automated code generation and enhanced risk remediation to improve security outcomes. The integration is part of an expanded partnership between Orca and Google LLC to provide organizations with an intelligent security assistant to rapidly generate remediation code for identified risks. ...

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced a flurry of new features, including an artificial intelligence-powered zero-trust management solution, several advanced security capabilities and next-generation firewalls, to address the use cases of modern enterprises. Leading the list is the launch of “Strata Cloud Manager,” designed to address the issue of inadequate predictive and actionable insights and a ...

Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. rose more than 3% in late trading today after the electric car maker reported mixed earnings and revenue results in its third quarter and announced that it was ending its electric van exclusivity agreement with Amazon.com Inc. Rivian reported an adjusted loss of $1.19 per share on revenue of $1.337 billion. Analysts ...

Shares of content delivery network and cloud services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. and cybersecurity company Gen Digital Inc. rose in late trading today after both beat revenue expectations in their latest quarterly earnings reports. For its third quarter that Sept. 30, Akamai reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.63, up 29% year-over-year, on revenue of $965 million, ...

Kubernetes operations and cost management startup CAST AI Group Inc. today announced that it has raised $35 million in new funding and also debuted two new features at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Chicago. The new funding will be used to enhance CAST AI’s Kubernetes cost optimization platform by expanding capabilities, accelerating innovation and improving customer savings and ...

Israeli phishing protection startup Ironscales Ltd. today announced an update to its platform capabilities aimed at bolstering defenses against the surge in image-based phishing attacks, including those using QR codes. The Ironscales Fall 2023 release introduces sophisticated machine learning protections tailored to counter image-based threats, as well as automation features for phishing simulation testing. The ...

Software-as-a-service user management platform Frontegg Ltd. today unveiled Frontegg ForwardTM, a customer identity and access management platform designed to fuel growth for software-as-a-service companies. The platform introduces four innovations aimed at streamlining user management, bolstering security and offering predictive insights, which Frontegg claims will be essential for the next decade of SaaS growth. The service includes out-of-the-box ...

Intel Corp. is the leading candidate to receive billions in U.S. government funding to build secure facilities that produce microchips for the military, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal today. The facilities, which have not yet been disclosed, would be designated as a “secure enclave” to reduce the military’s dependence on chips ...