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Mobile app security company NowSecure Inc. today introduced a set of artificial intelligence-native features for its testing platform, including a chat assistant, a Model Context Protocol server and new detection for vulnerabilities specific to AI-powered mobile apps. The additions target a fast-moving problem. NowSecure’s …
Cato Networks and CrowdStrike partner to unify network and endpoint security
Networking and security company Cato Networks Ltd. today unveiled a partnership with CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. to integrate their platforms and give security teams a single view of network and endpoint data. The integration ties the Cato SASE Platform to the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. Analysts …
Google rolls out selfie video sign-in for account recovery
Google LLC today added a new sign-in option for its accounts: a short selfie video that Google uses to confirm a user’s identity when the usual login fails. The target is account recovery, the situation where a user cannot get to an …
ServiceNow beats estimates and raises outlook as AI passes $1B in bookings
Shares in ServiceNow Inc. rose more than 3% in late trading today after the enterprise software company beat Wall Street targets across every headline metric in its fiscal second quarter and raised its full-year subscription revenue outlook, as its artificial intelligence products …
Exclusive: StrongestLayer raises $4.1M for reasoning-based email security
Artificial intelligence-based email security startup StrongestLayer Inc. revealed today that it has raised $4.1 million in new funding to expand its platform and go-to-market push ahead of a planned Series A round. Founded in 2024, StrongestLayer offers software that skips the signatures, …
OneSpan debuts DigipassONE platform to modernize bank authentication
Electronic signature and authentication cybersecurity company OneSpan Inc. today launched DigipassONE, a unified platform that pulls its authentication, transaction security, in-app protection, analytics and digital credential products together under a single architecture. The company is pitching the platform at financial institutions that …
Lookout launches tool to expose vulnerable code hidden inside mobile apps
Mobile security company Lookout Inc. today launched the Lookout Mobile Software Exposure Center, a tool that lets organizations continuously identify, assess and prioritize the software exposure risk buried inside the mobile apps running on their employees’ devices. The capability is delivered as …
Block launches Buzz, an open-source workspace for humans and AI agents
Financial services company Block Inc. today launched Buzz, a free open-source workspace built for teams of humans and AI agents. The agents are full members with their own accounts, not chatbots answering prompts. Buzz combines team chat with code hosting and automated …
OpenAI says its own AI models broke out of testing and hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI Group PBC today disclosed that two of its artificial intelligence models broke out of a controlled testing environment and hacked open-source AI platform Hugging Face Inc. to cheat on an internal benchmark in what the company called an unprecedented cyber incident. The …
Google expands Gemini with cheaper models and a bug-hunter it keeps on a leash
Google LLC today launched three new Gemini Flash models and moved its CodeMender code-security agent into preview, part of a push to run artificial intelligence agents more cheaply and to automate the finding and fixing of software vulnerabilities. The new models are …