Open networking software startup Aviz Networks Inc. today announced that it has added Cisco Investments LLC to its latest funding round of $10 million to accelerate customer momentum for its multivendor generative artificial intelligence-based networking stack along with the adoption of the SONiC open-source network operating system. Founded in 2019, Aviz offers solutions for open, cloud ...

Information relating to nearly 2 million current and former employees of discount variety store company Dollar Tree Inc. has been stolen following a breach at a third-party provider. Details of the breach first emerged in a filing by Zeroed-In Technologies LLC with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, which stated that 1,997,486 people had ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. today launched a new program at its re:Invent conference aimed at making it easier for customers, particularly small and medium-sized businesses, to find affordable policies from insurers. Called the AWS Cyber Insurance Competency, the program includes a new, simplified experience with the AWS Security Hub and partners that work with AWS to ...

Shares in PagerDuty Inc. rose nearly 7% in late trading today after the application observability platform provider delivered better-than-expected third-quarter earnings results. For the quarter that ended Oct. 31, PagerDuty reported adjusted earnings per share of 20 cents, up from a loss of four cents per share in the same quarter of last year, on revenue of ...

Google LLC has released an emergency security update for its Chrome browser following the discovery of a critical vulnerability that could open the door to attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-6345, is described as an integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome before version 119.0.6045.199 that allows a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process ...

The U.S. government is investigating multiple attacks on municipal water suppliers that, in one case, is believed to have been orchestrated by an Iranian government-linked hacking group. The first attack occurred on Friday, Nov. 24, and involved the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania. A group going by the name of “Cyber Av3ngers” claimed ...

Managed cybersecurity services provider BlueVoyant Inc. announced today that it has acquired cyber defense company Conquest Cyber LLC and raised $140 million in new funding to accompany the acquisition. Founded in 2008, Conquest Cyber offers cybersecurity services to critical infrastructure providers, focusing on defense industries and local, state and federal governments. The company’s software-as-a-service platform ...

Shares in Synopsys Inc. rose more than 2% in late trading today after the electronic design automation company reported stronger-than-expected earnings and record quarterly and yearly revenue as it wound down its fiscal year. For its fourth quarter that ended on Oct. 31, Synopsys reported adjusted earnings of $490.9 million, or $3.17 per share, up from $297.7 ...

ManageEngine, the systems management arm of Zoho Corp., today introduced a dual-layered threat detection system that it claims empowers security operations center teams in organizations with improved accuracy and enhanced precision in threat detection. Called Vigil IQ, the new feature, part of ManageEngine’s Log360 threat detection, investigation and response component, combines the power of accuracy and ...

Cloud exposure management firm XM Cyber Inc. today announced new capabilities that provide complete and continuous visibility into risks and vulnerabilities in Kubernetes environments. The company’s new Kubernetes Exposure Management offering has been designed to help security teams protect critical assets running in Kubernetes clusters across public cloud, private cloud and on-premises infrastructure. The solution delivers continuous ...