Shares in Workday Inc. surged by nearly 7% in late trading today after the enterprise resource planning software giant delivered solid earnings and revenue beats in its latest quarterly results. For its fiscal third quarter that ended Oct. 31, Workday reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.53, up from 99 cents in the same quarter of last ...

Shares in CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. declined slightly in after-hours trading today despite the cybersecurity company reporting beats in third-quarter earnings and forecasting a fourth-quarter outlook higher than expected. For the quarter that ended Oct. 31, CrowdStrike reported adjusted net income of $199.2 million, or 82 cents per share, up from $96.1 million, or 40 cents per share, ...

A new report released by software-as-a-service bot protection startup DataDome SAS today has found that about two in three U.S. websites are unprotected against simple bot attacks. The finding came from DataDome’s U.S. Bot Security report, which tested over 9,500 of the largest U.S.-based websites across a range of industries, including banking, ticketing, e-commerce and gambling. Highlighting an ...

Cloud security company Lacework Inc. today announced a new generative artificial intelligence assistant that provides context to investigate and remediate proactive and reactive alerts. Designed to give enterprise customers a new way to engage with the company’s platform, Lacework Assistive AI is said to meet analysts at their level of expertise to help them navigate security issues in complex cloud ...

A new report released today by early-stage venture capital fund Forum Ventures LLC has found a slight resurgence in the pre-seed investment market even as late-stage venture capital investments continue to grapple with a broader downturn. The Forum Ventures’ second annual State of VC Market report was compiled by surveying 70 U.S. venture capital funds, ...

Cloud detection and response company Skyhawk Security (CNP) Ltd. today announced a new artificial intelligence-based autonomous purple team for continuous proactive protection. Announced at the annual AWS re:Invent 2023 conference, Skyhawk’s new Continuous Proactive Protection product uses AI as an autonomous purple team to continually analyze customer data. A purple team in cybersecurity is a collaborative ...

A new report released today by cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. has delved into artificial intelligence coding and found that as AI coding assistants have achieved widespread adoption among developers, many place far too much trust in the security of code suggested, despite concerns about its accuracy. The report, based on a survey of 537 software engineering and ...

A new threat intelligence report released today by BlackBerry Ltd. has found a substantial increase in cyberattacks and an increasing diversification of attacks and types of tools deployed to bypass defensive controls. The report was based on 3.3 million cyberattacks BlackBerry intercepted in the three months from June through to August, up 70% from the ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced a range of new artificial intelligence service capabilities that are enhanced using foundation models. Announced at the annual re:Invent 2023 conference, the enhanced capabilities include Amazon Transcribe now offering FM-powered language support and AI-enhanced call analytics, Amazon Personalize now using FM to generate more compiling content, and Amazon Lex ...

General Electric Co. has allegedly been hacked, and the hacker is offering stolen data, including Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency documents for sale on a hacking forum, raising national security concerns. The hacker behind the alleged hack goes by the name of “IntelBroker” and was offering the stolen data for sale on the BreachForums hacking forum, ...