Shares in Uber Technologies Inc. rose more than 10% in regular trading today after the ride-hailing company impressed investors with better-than-expected earnings and revenue in its fiscal second quarter. For the quarter that ended on June 30, Uber reported adjusted earnings per share of 47 cents, up from 18 cents per share in the same ...

Business risk intelligence startup Flashpoint today announced the release of new features and capabilities to its platform that help companies stay ahead of threats and make critical decisions to protect people, places and assets. Announced at the annual Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas, the new features and capabilities include a new investigations management tool, a ...

Application security startup Contrast Security Inc. today introduced Application Detection and Response, a new service that identifies and blocks attacks and zero-day or previously unknown vulnerabilities on applications in production. Contrast Security ADR has been designed to help security teams identify vulnerabilities, detect threats and stop attacks that target custom applications and application programming interfaces. ...

Application security posture management company Apiiro Ltd. today announced a new artificial intelligence-driven capability that automatically analyzes feature requests to identify risks and proactively initiates security reviews at the earliest stage of the application development lifecycle. Called Risk Detection at Design Phase, the new service is claimed to be a first-of-its-kind capability that allows application ...

Enterprise search technology provider Elastic N.V. today announced a new feature that automates the development of custom data integrations and accelerates security information and event management onboarding with artificial intelligence. Called Automatic Import, the new feature, claimed to be the only one of its kind for a security analytics or SIEM solution, adds custom data sources faster ...

Artificial intelligence-native human behavior security company Abnormal Security Corp. announced today that it has raised $250 million in late-stage funding on a $5.1 billion valuation. The funding is intended to enable the company to continue its mission of protecting humans from cybercrime through AI and understanding human behavior to detect and prevent socially engineered attacks. Founded ...

Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. shot up about 12% in late trading today after the big-data analytics company beat analyst expectations in its fiscal second quarter and forecast a higher-than-expected outlook thanks to increasing growth in artificial intelligence. For the quarter ended June 30, Palantir reported adjusted earnings per share of nine cents, up from ...

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. today announced updates to its operational technology security platform, including enhanced security networking and security operations capabilities as part of its commitment to security for the growing cyber-physical systems market. The updates seek to address the growing rise of cyberattacks that compromise OT. A report from Fortinet released in June found that 73% ...

Low-code security automation company Swimlane LLC today announced new features in its Hero AI offering that allow security teams to take decisive action against complex cases, alerts and intelligence. They include expanded case summarization capabilities with context-aware recommendations informed by cybersecurity frameworks and a customer’s own knowledge-based best practices. Artificial intelligence-driven case summaries and recommended actions are ...

Shares in Coinbase Global Inc. and Block Inc. rose in late trading today as they both impressed investors and Block announced a new sales strategy. For its second quarter that ended June 30, Coinbase reported adjusted earnings per share of 14 cents, up from a loss of 42 cents in the same quarter of the ...