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 ...

French quantum computing startup Alice & Bob today announced that its first cat qubit quantum chip in its “Boson” series is now available on the Google Cloud Marketplace, giving Google customers access to fault-tolerant quantum computing. Named after the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment, cat qubits are a type of superconducting qubits developed by Alice & Bob to make quantum computers ...

British auction house Christie’s has been targeted by a cyberattack that knocked its website offline during its marquee annual art auction week. The attack, shared by Christie’s Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Cerutti on LinkedIn on Sunday, was described as a “technology security incident.” Pointing to the possible form of the attack, Guillaume wrote that they have ...