A new report released today by Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group warns of the dangers posed by the commercial surveillance industry and how those providers exploit vulnerabilities in consumer devices to install spyware for governments worldwide. Commercial surveillance is a practice that allows for the clandestine monitoring of journalists, human rights defenders, dissidents and political figures. ...

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced new advancements in its Cisco Security Cloud that simplify security with artificial intelligence and protect against identity-based attacks. First up is Cisco Identity Intelligence, a new solution that Cisco claims is the industry’s first attempt to combines identity, networking and security. The company says the combination better protects organizations’ complex ...

Shares in Palantir Technologies Inc. surged over 17% in late trading today after the big-data analytics company beat revenue expectations in its most recent quarter and revised its outlook for fiscal year 2024. For the quarter that ended Dec.31, Palantir reported adjusted earnings per share of eight cents, up from four cents per share in ...

The Rust Foundation, which supports the development of the popular open-source Rust programming language, today shared that Google LLC had made a $1 million contribution specifically earmarked for a C++/Rust interoperability effort known as the “Interop Initiative.” The initiative aims to foster seamless integration between Rust and the widely used C++ programming language, addressing one of ...

Enterprise software provider OpenText Corp. today announced the launch of the second generation of its Fortify Audit Assist technology designed to enhance cybersecurity auditing in complex, multicloud environments. Fortify Audit Assist is a solution for incorporating security at the beginning of the software development lifecycle, at code inception, for building robust, secure and reliable software systems. The service ...

Data security solution startup Metomic Ltd. today announced the launch of Metomic for ChatGPT, a new service that offers information technology and security leaders full visibility into what sensitive data is being uploaded to OpenAI LP’s ChatGPT platform. Offered as a browser plugin, the new service has been designed to allow businesses to take full advantage of the ...

The rise of cybersecurity experts and specialists is a welcome trend in the technology industry and a needed one amid ongoing shortages in the industry, but what happens when there are too many cybersecurity experts and companies looking for vulnerabilities? The answer to that question is in a new report today from cyberthreat intelligence provider ...

Cloudflare Inc. disclosed today that one of its internal Atlassian servers was hacked by a suspected nation-state attacker in November and provided details of what occurred so others know the risks. The hack in question was detected on Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., with Cloudflare’s security team immediately cutting off the threat actor’s ...

Shares in OpenText Corp. rose slightly in late trading today after the enterprise software provider reported better-than-expected earnings in its fiscal second quarter. For the quarter that ended Dec. 31, OpenText reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.24, up from 89 cents in the same quarter of the previous year, on revenue of $1.535 billion, up ...

Shares in Atlassian Corp. fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading today after the Australian collaboration software company reported a widening loss in its latest quarter. For its fiscal second quarter that ended Dec. 31, Atlassian reported a net loss of $84.5 million, down from $205 million in the same quarter last year but worse than ...