The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has announced a crackdown on companies allegedly making deceptive artificial intelligence claims and schemes, including robot lawyer startup DoNotPay Inc. The crackdown, named “Operation AI Comply,” has seen the FTC take action against multiple companies that are alleged to have relied on AI as a way to supercharge deceptive or ...

Scalable application security company DefectDojo Inc. announced today that it has raised $7 million in new funding to fuel innovation, product development and market expansion. Founded in 2015 and based on the open-source project of the same name, DefectDojo offers a security automation and vulnerability management platform designed to help organizations manage security findings across ...

Cloud-native security and networking provider Infoblox Inc. today unveiled its Universal DDI Product Suite, a new service that offers a comprehensive domain name system, dynamic host configuration protocol and IP address management, asset visibility and proactive security. The Universal DDI Product Suite breaks down silos across NetOps, CloudOps and SecOps while offering the flexibility of adaptive deployment models, ...

A new report out today from phishing defense company Cofense Inc. details a new phishing scam that uses TikTok URLs to redirect users to malicious sites, in particular targeting Microsoft 365 credentials. Phishing campaigns using social media platforms such as YouTube and Facebook are not new and have a similar theme — deceiving users into clicking ...

Digital adoption platform and analytics provider Whatfix Pvt. Ltd. announced today that it has raised $125 million in a new late-stage funding to enhance its product suite through organic growth and strategic acquisitions and to expand its market presence globally. Founded in 2014, Whatfix offers a digital adoption platform that helps organizations improve software adoption ...

Managed cloud security remediation startup Tamnoon Inc. announced today that it has raised $12 million in new funding to accelerate its product roadmap, expand its partnership ecosystem and drive innovation in managed cloud security remediation. Founded in 2022, Tamnoon offers a service focused on mitigating cloud security risks through a fusion of human intelligence and ...

Services at global payments and wire transfer services company MoneyGram International Inc. have been disrupted following a cyberattack that may have been a ransomware attack. MoneyGram customers first reported having issues with services from the company on Friday, Sept. 20. MoneyGram said on X Inc. (formerly Twitter) on Saturday that it was suffering from a “network ...

Hyperautomation platform security company Torq Ltd. today announced that it has raised $70 million in new funding to increase expansion across Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region and devote more resources to generative artificial intelligence enhancements. Founded in 2020, Torq offers a hyperautomation platform for security and operations teams that connects security infrastructure and communications ...

Hyperautomation company Hyperscience Inc. today announced updates to its Hypercell platform that are designed to accelerate automation for a wide variety of back-office documents, use cases and processes. The new updates are focused on helping organizations further embed machine learning and artificial intelligence into the core of their businesses to accelerate digital transformation efforts. The updates ...

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today announced that it’s making key security tools, including its zero-trust platform Cloudflare One, available for free. The free tool offering is focused on giving security teams the ability to gain visibility into and assess the overall health of their organization without the stress of expensive vendor renewals or diminishing security ...