Leading cloud service, semiconductor and system providers joined forces today to launch the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, a new consortium for industrywide cooperation to build a complete Ethernet-based communication stack architecture for high-performance networking. The consortium seeks to cater to the evolving demands of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads, which need top-tier functionality, performance and interoperability ...

A new report from Google LLC’s AI Red Team today explores a critical capability that the search giant deploys to support its Secure AI Framework: red teaming. Google released its Secure AI Framework in June to help companies protect artificial intelligence models from hacking. The framework is aimed at ensuring that when AI models are implemented, ...

A new report from dependency lifecycle management startup Endor Labs Inc. has warned that artificial intelligence and large language models are unable to classify malware risk in most cases accurately. The “State of Dependency Management 2023” report, compiled by Endor’s Station 9 research team, explores emerging trends that software organizations need to consider as part of their ...

In the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly crucial tool. How this plays out was discussed today in an interesting new blog post from Alym Rayani, vice president of security marketing at Microsoft, highlighting AI’s role in addressing the growing challenges in cybersecurity. The post emphasizes the ever-changing threat landscape and siloed ...

Cybersecurity technology provider Rapid7 Inc. today launched “Executive Risk View,” a new solution that normalizes risk scoring in cloud and on-premises environments. Risk scoring is a method that quantifies the potential threat a vulnerability or a set of vulnerabilities poses to an organization’s information technology infrastructure. The method considers various factors, such as the nature of ...

A new report from content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today details the disturbing rise in distributed denial-of-service attacks in the second quarter against critical sectors. The report describes targeted attacks by Russian-linked hacking groups, such as REvil, Killnet and Anonymous Sudan, against Western websites. A popular target in the second quarter was financial systems, with attempts ...

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced significant gains across sectors and expanded its ecosystem with the introduction of its Data Masking and Tokenization Solution. Described as the industry’s first confidential computing-powered software-as-a-security solution, the Fortanix Data Masking and Tokenization Solution is designed to tackle increasing data breaches and evolving data privacy regulations organizations are dealing with in 2023. The ...

Cloud infrastructure access management startup Teleport today launched a new artificial intelligence-powered chat interface designed for DevOps teams to troubleshoot infrastructure problems more quickly and easily by chatting with their cloud environments. Called Teleport Assist, the service allows DevOps teams to chat with their cloud environments, ask questions and give instructions in English to massive fleets of servers. With ...

Cybercrime detection company Netcraft Ltd. has raised $100 million in new funding to drive growth, expand globally and accelerate its mission of detecting and disrupting cybercrime at scale to create a safer online experience. Founded way back in 1995, Netcraft offers cybercrime countermeasures and disruption services that enable a company to disrupt or take down cybercrime ...

Security startup Egress Software Technologies Ltd. today announced the launch of an adaptive security model for its Intelligent Email Security platform that provides dynamic and automated protection against advanced inbound and outbound threats. The adaptive security model is designed to evaluate human risk at the individual user level and modifies enforcement protocols based on the risk identified. In doing so, ...