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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 2017, Clay offers a platform designed to enhance data enrichment and streamline personalized outreach, with ...

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 ...

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. ...

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, ...