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A new report released today by Thales SA had found that bot traffic now makes up nearly half of all internet traffic globally and that bad bots account for a significant number of those bots. The details come from the 2024 Imperva …
Cyabra exposes disinformation campaign on X targeting Intel’s stock price
A new report released today by social threat intelligence company Cyabra Strategy Ltd. is warning of attempts to manipulate the stock price of Intel Corp. on X, the service previously known as Twitter. The “Intel Stock Manipulation” report details how Cyabra researchers …
Akamai reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Noname Security for $500M
Israeli enterprise application programming security startup Noname Security is reported to be in advanced talks to be acquired by Akamai Technologies Inc. for $500 million, a figure that’s half of the company’s valuation as of its last venture capital round. The report comes from …
CISA issues urgent directives on attacks of Microsoft and Sisense accounts
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency today issued an emergency directive mandating that all federal agencies take steps to guard against attacks from a Russian hacking group using compromised Microsoft Corp. accounts. The emergency directive came after CISA revealed earlier today that …
Descope introduces new features to enhance user onboarding and self-service
Passwordless authentication company Descope Inc. today announced new capabilities that are designed to help customers offer secure, frictionless onboarding and self-service experiences to their users. The new features include embeddable user management widgets, plug-and-play connectors with HubSpot Inc. and Segment.io Inc. and the ability to …
Cohesity completes late-stage $150M funding from IBM and Nvidia, expands IBM partnership
Data management provider Cohesity Inc. today announced an extension of its relationship with International Business Machines Corp., including new funding, with an aim to accelerate the development of essential cyber resilience capabilities across hybrid cloud environments. As part of the expanded relationship, Cohesity announced …
Docusign unveils Intelligent Agreement Management platform to transform business contracts
Electronic signature company Docusign Inc. today announced an expansion of its strategy with a new software-as-a-service category, called Intelligent Agreement Management, and the launch of Docusign IAM, an intelligent agreement management platform and a suite of applications. Docusign IAM has been designed …
DocSend report reveals surprising uptick in first-quarter venture capital engagement
A new report from DocSend Inc., a Dropbox Inc. company, released today surprisingly finds that all is not doom and gloom in the venture capital sector, with investor activity surpassing 2021 engagement levels and hitting record highs. In the first quarter, based on the …
LockBit struggles to maintain relevance amid rise of impersonators and new ransomware groups
A new report from cybersecurity company Trellix’s Advance Research Center finds that the infamous ransomware gang LockBit has struggled to remain relevant after its supposed “takedown” by law enforcement and amid a rise of imposters and new ransomware groups. Lockbit was targeted by an …
New AI service from meQuilibrium aims to illuminate and tackle workforce risks
Digital resilience solution startup meQuilibrium today launched a new generative artificial intelligence service that illuminates work risk in an organization and provides actionable personalized interventions to individuals. Called “sparQ,” the service leverages meQ’s billions of unique human cognitive and data points to help individuals …